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Re: Home Brew Shop Tools - Old Man Short Cuts

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Home Brew Shop Tools - Old Man Short Cuts
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:30:46 -0700
Sounds like you paved the floor with some of Keith's fake rocks. He has 
trouble with a creeper on his. LOL
Glen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 3:14 PM
Subject: Home Brew Shop Tools - Old Man Short Cuts


> My shop has a rough floor, and my old back isn't good enough to roll 
> loaded engine stands, transmissions, or other heavy parts around the shop. 
> I bought an electric winch from Harbor Freight for $89, hung it in the 
> middle of the shop, and placed snatch-block pullies near the floor at four 
> locations in the shop.  I can now pull the cable out, run it through one 
> of the floor pullies, and hook it to anything in the shop, and move it to 
> anywhere else in the shop.  Sometimes I have to re-route the cable once or 
> twice, and it's not real fast, but I can move a hemi from one corner to 
> the other with a press of my thumb, and never have to take my pipe out of 
> my mouth. I even rolled the car out of the shop using this method.
>
> Dick J






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