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I have been everywhere looking for 10’ straps. I found 6’ and 8’ – thinking they will be too short. Everything else is 20’ to 30’ – way too long. Any help on where
Thanks for this follow up!
Will this work with the top for the gladiator?
where did you get the ring and carabiners at?
Great Setup, I appreciate the follow up video with the attic view. I am curious to know If there would be any reason to reinforce the ceiling floor joists? I have a full attic above the Garage so it is a perfect setup. I feel that I could mount this on top of the existing floor – going into the floor joists which are 1x6s. Do you think it would be best to reinforce the two floor joists?
Many thanks for this video. What a great Idea! I finished installing mine yesterday. I made a few modifications that I wanted to share for those installing this:
(1) I stacked four 2 x 4's instead of three so that the top of the larger PVC coupling wouldn't trigger the safety on the hoist (note: alternatively, you could cut the PVC coupling down on the attic facing side.
(2) I used lag screws instead of conduit straps to secure the unistrut to the wooden frame.
(3) I used an actual "U-shaped" unistrut. You can get these at Lowe's or Home Depot in 2' and 10' sections. I ended up getting a 10' unistrut and cutting it down because I needed 28" because of the way the attic trusses connected. Note as I was finishing, I realized I could have used a 2' unistrut IF I would have used the bottom two 2 x 4's to span the distance then cut down the subsequent 2 x 4's to slide further under the trusses (because you have adequate strength for load, you're just gaining height for clearance).
My total installed cost of materials was $283, but learning from trial and error, I could have dropped the cost down to ~$230.
Great set up. Thanks for sharing.
Only one comment. You may want to shorten the safety cable so the top doesn’t drop (even a few inches) if the hoist fails. This will reduce the load on the eye bolts and limit any chance of them pulling out of the ceiling during a failure.
My hoist arrives tomorrow. Excited to duplicate this. Thanks man!
great vidz bro, i got my electric hoist and will just have to put 2 big screws because i have a cement ceiling. hope it works for me.
keep up the good work with vidz!
Thanks for uploading this. I just did the same set up after seeing the video. Cheers
Gonna have a lot more reason to have that roof off, now!