Author: Dave Williams; dlwilliams=aristotle=net
You can't see it too well in this picture, but this is one of my more esoteric
fangles. The yellow angle-iron frame is for holding tires for the race car.
It swings down on pivots just over the door. There's two feet over the door
(ten foot ceiling), and it swings down to just over chest high for easy
loading. I'm using a $39 Harbor Freight electric winch to swing it up and
down.
Another angle. The come-along is for lifting other stuff.
Rack is made from 2 x 1/4" hot rolled angle, with brackets attached to the
wall studs with 4" lag bolts. The rack can swing almost 180 degrees; from
eight feet overhead to chest high, for easy loading.
Piece of aluminum strap with a hook. The hook goes on the winch cable.
Lift thingie is about three feet long, made of 1/8" x 1" flat steel. There's
a 1-1/2" round ring for the hook to grab, the short bent section that grabs
the angle iron, and the long handle that's welded to it. The odd bends on the
handle part are so you can hang the handle up on the rack when not in use; the
angles match those of the rack when it's up.
Closer viewof the lift thingie.