Engine out, engine in. I'm thinking a whole lot less than 24' for the "I"
beam, it seems that the cost of a beam that long with provision for hoisting
a dynamic load would be prohibitive. As many times as you would use the "I"
beam hoist, money would be better spent buying a good quality engine hoist.
But then again I'm having workshop envy. Good luck with your
decisions.-----Original Message-----
From: Nelson, Jeff - DTC <jnelson@paducah.k12.ky.us>
To: 'oletrucks@autox.team.net' <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, June 05, 2000 1:58 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Shop Hoist Engineering Question
>I am in the process of designing my garage/shop which I am finally going to
>build this summer. It will be 24' deep and 32' wide, with three bays and
>three 9' roll up garage doors. I am probably going to be building it as a
>pole barn type construction. I am thinking that I would like to engineer it
>so that I have a steel I-beam running the full 24' depth down the middle of
>the third bay so that I could support an overhead, rolling, 2 or 3 ton
chain
>hoist (I've put a copy of my draft floor plan on the web at
>http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/jeff/garage/garage_frame.htm if you are
>having trouble visualizing this.)
>
>I'd appreciate any input from others who have put overhead hoists in shops.
>Any thoughts on engineering and construction details would be greatly
>appreciated. For example, could I just set the I-beam on top of the double
>2"x12" wooden header that spans the 9' garage door opening, or will I need
a
>steel header?
>
>TIA
>Jeff Nelson
>1953 3600
>Paducah, KY
>http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/jeff/
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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