Hoisting a Keg using Garage Ceiling - misc.consumers.house

Message from discussion Hoisting a Keg using Garage Ceiling

Scott L

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More options Sep 9 2006, 3:52 am

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From: "Scott L" <scott-s...@neuralnw.com>

Date: 8 Sep 2006 10:52:02 -0700

Local: Sat, Sep 9 2006 3:52 am

Subject: Re: Hoisting a Keg using Garage Ceiling

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Harry K wrote:
> If a hoist is wanted, one pulley on the ceiling and one on the
> keg brings it down to 80 pound pull on a rope.

In case people can't imagine how that's rigged... Rope is fixed to the
ceiling (4x4 or whatever), runs down to the keg, through a pulley (how
do you connect a pulley to a keg?), back up to the ceiling, through
another pulley, and down again.

And you'll get quite a bit less than the theoretical 2-to-1 advantage
-- probably more like a 90 pound pull instead of 80. And if I were
doing it, I'd use climbing carabiners instead of pulleys, way cheaper
and good to around 5000 pounds (if used properly).

As for connecting the pulley to the keg, I'm picturing a "keg harness"
made of webbing, cleverly tied somehow...

Scott

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