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1. [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: "John Niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:17:32 -0600; got a new trailer with a 6' ramp gate. I'm an old sissy and this gate is heavy. I looked at the gorilla lift assist systems but 200 bucks is a little high .. so I though I'd research building one the; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00008.html (8,200 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: Pat Horne <pat@hornesystemstx.com>; Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:10:15 -0600; Around here garage doors worth their salt make their own springs and can make any weight needed. Check with companies that install custom doors and you should find a source for the spring you need. P; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00009.html (9,620 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: Tim <tputland@charter.net>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:31:26 -0800; I think John is looking for a spring strength recomendtion, not a source there for.....Or is my head stuck in my nether region again/still???? Tim == Around here garage doors worth their salt make th; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00010.html (10,425 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: Jim Ferguson <jferguson@bellsouth.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:45:52 -0500; I built one like that for my wife's horse trailer. I used an old garage door spring that a pile of "stuff to save because you may need it someday". I have no idea of the rating of the spring. It was; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00011.html (7,889 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:48:51 -0800; Well, you want the force from the spring to be zero with the ramp closed, so the spring needs to be fully relaxed/retracted at that point. And the force should be just slightly less than what it tak; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00012.html (8,716 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 20:08:52 -0500; john, I've seen systems that work much better and aren't in the way for trailer lift gates. In fact, the car trailer I just rebuilt has a great way to do it. It uses a leaf spring in the center of th; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00013.html (8,293 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 20:14:14 -0600; *It's not that complicated, our factory installed ramp/door has the normal* *garage door torsion spring and cable arrangement . . the gate just* *floats at ground level but allows a one hand lift to; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00015.html (9,325 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:35:41 -0500; OK, I took a couple photos of the underneath of my trailer. You can see how the leaf spring works. Let me know if you need any more information on it... <http://www.megageek.com/photo/photoa~1.nsf/a7; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00037.html (7,873 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] building a gorilla lift (score: 1): Author: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:52:55 -0600; This is a lot simpler mechanism than the garage door spring would be. It might take a little experimenting to get the angles and lengths just right though. With the garage door spring, assuming you a; /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00043.html (9,003 bytes)

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