Electric Hoist Set Up

[novice]

Not sure if this is the correct section for this, but I'll give it a go.

I've historically used a Stretton Hoist for handling carcasses at home, fixed to a 50mm ball attached to the wall.

Works fine, but takes up quite a footprint thatcim looking to address.

I'm interested in using an electric hoist. Detached garage with a pitched roof, so plenty of height.

My current plan, and entirely open to suggestions as to why it's insane/can't possibly work, is to run a 52mm masonry hole saw through the block work and single skin brick work(don't believe there's a cavity) either side of the garage to allow me to run a scaffold pole across the width of the garage, up in the eaves. I'd then attach the hoist to the pole, with the pole sitting on the block/brick work taking the weight, rather than the roof timbers.

One thing I'm not totally sure on is how to attach the hoist to the pole. All options I've found on google suggest the square bar extension attaching to a vertical scaffold pole, rather than the hoist itself attaching to a horizontal scaffold pole.

I'm guessing a standard scaffold coupler won't do it, so looking for suggestions or ideas. Hoping someone else has done similar.

 

[VSS]

I'm sure you could attach the hoist to the scaffold pole using U bolts.

 

[Firefly]

A lot of hoists have u shaped brackets and are designed for just the arrangement you mention. Thus can be mobile and slide along the tube.

 

[paulbshooting]

As above, mine had two U shaped clamps on the top so run a length of unistrut between roof joists in pitched garage roof. This gives me about 2 foot of movement to load each rail of coolgame chiller. Saves a lot of lifting and no space as all roof mounted and mains powered.

 

[Mickeydredd]

Mine had the two brackets too so I just slipped a length of bar through the brackets and rested the bar over two joist in the garage, no need for any masonry work!

 

[wytonpjs]

Fitted a hoist to a sliding door rail system to allow me to lift, move, load and unload carcasses. I have a fixed one at the end as my adjustable height skinning station.

 

[Tingers]

Fitted a hoist to a sliding door rail system to allow me to lift, move, load and unload carcasses. I have a fixed one at the end as my adjustable height skinning station.

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That's looks like a great idea, what kind of deer are you lifting with it?

 

[bullet chucker]

Dead ones?

BC.

 

[Tingers]

Dead ones?

BC.

I certainly hope so.

 

[wytonpjs]

That's looks like a great idea, what kind of deer are you lifting with it?

My regular takes are roe and munties - the issue came at the beginning of the year when I acquired new ground with fallow However, after an "emotional" 10 minutes with both my youngest (20yr) and I struggling to get the first 39kg pricket into my chiller I decided things needed to be changed. @Tim.243 excellent butt hangers make it possible to get decent sized fallow into the drinks chiller but I needed a better system to transfer them so as not to loose fingers and to preserve what's left of my back, hence this arrangement. Whilst I am a CEng, I have not done the structural calcs on the roof trusses but have relied upon the olde let's hang off it and see what happens test and it bore my weight without issue. Good enough I reckon to take the master buck I have my eyes on but if I was doing lowland reds, I'd want to make the system more substantial. Works well for me

 

[Tingers]

My regular takes are roe and munties - the issue came at the beginning of the year when I acquired new ground with fallow However, after an "emotional" 10 minutes with both my youngest (20yr) and I struggling to get the first 39kg pricket into my chiller I decided things needed to be changed. @Tim.243 excellent butt hangers make it possible to get decent sized fallow into the drinks chiller but I needed a better system to transfer them so as not to loose fingers and to preserve what's left of my back, hence this arrangement. Whilst I am a CEng, I have not done the structural calcs on the roof trusses but have relied upon the olde let's hang off it and see what happens test and it bore my weight without issue. Good enough I reckon to take the master buck I have my eyes on but if I was doing lowland reds, I'd want to make the system more substantial. Works well for me

That's reassuring. I was wondering how you figured out the max load issues or went with let's see what happens. It looks pretty sturdy, I imagine when I get around to looking after my back a similar design will be made. Thanks.

 

[ion]

We hang lowland reds up to 180kg larder weight off a sliding door rail system. Either directly using the original door hanger rail with the hanging bolt bent into a hook, or using hoist mounted on a combination gantry and door hanger rail which allows transfer from the entry door rail to cold store. The only issue is that the carcase has to dropped into a cradle where the carcase is balanced mid body with a short webbing strap to be able to present the legs for hanging inside the cold store. The interior rail is more door hanger rail bolted through the cold store ceiling to scaffolding planks to spread the load. It's worked for 20 years with up to 6 low ground reds. We didn't extend the rail out above the door because it could not be fly proofed.

 

[sauer]

Lidl electric hoist mounted on corner of garage outside
Came with u-bolts / brackets
Flat bar and box section around corner of wall , small wooden box to hold controls & power cable … I just run inside larder to plug in so away from water / rain
Hoist itself covered by upside down metal box found which it fitted in … holes for u bolts bit of silicone sealant round em
Paul

 

[novice]

A lot of hoists have u shaped brackets and are designed for just the arrangement you mention. Thus can be mobile and slide along the tube.View attachment 326622

I got the impression the brackets were more to fit the square section bar they're supplied with and would be too narrow for a standard 48mm scaffold pole. Happy to be proved wrong though as would make life a lot easier.

 

[novice]

As above, mine had two U shaped clamps on the top so run a length of unistrut between roof joists in pitched garage roof. This gives me about 2 foot of movement to load each rail of coolgame chiller. Saves a lot of lifting and no space as all roof mounted and mains powered.

Are you using that for lowland reds? We're getting ever increasing numbers of big reds in this area, so I'd like to future proof it in the hope it will be handling reds at some point soon. I'm not sure whether unistrut would be happy with a lowland stag hanging off it?

 

[novice]

Fitted a hoist to a sliding door rail system to allow me to lift, move, load and unload carcasses. I have a fixed one at the end as my adjustable height skinning station.

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So you've got that hanging directly off the joists? Think I'd prefer to avoid that if I can.

 

[novice]

Lidl electric hoist mounted on corner of garage outside
Came with u-bolts / brackets
Flat bar and box section around corner of wall , small wooden box to hold controls & power cable … I just run inside larder to plug in so away from water / rain
Hoist itself covered by upside down metal box found which it fitted in … holes for u bolts bit of silicone sealant round em
Paul

That looks useful. Are you using it for reds? I did think about mounting it to the side wall, but it's putting a lot of faith in a few rawl bolts.

 

[Firefly]

You’re right. Just checked my tube is 42mm. Unless you’re planning on lifting a woolly mammoth I would’ve thought 42 to be more than sufficient depending on your span of course. the 42mm has loads of end fittings / bracket available. 42mm is available from the metal store in 6m lengths.

 

[novice]

You’re right. Just checked my tube is 42mm. Unless you’re planning on lifting a woolly mammoth I would’ve thought 42 to be more than sufficient depending on your span of course. the 42mm has loads of end fittings / bracket available. 42mm is available from the metal store in 6m lengths.

I was hoping to scrounge a used pole from somewhere, hence my fixation with 48mm!

What species are you using yours for? How have you got the pole fixed? I genuinely don't know if the load bearing between the 42mm or 48mm is a deal breaker. Thanks for the link to the metal store, very useful.

 

[novice]

Mine had the two brackets too so I just slipped a length of bar through the brackets and rested the bar over two joist in the garage, no need for any masonry work!

Sorry, I overlooked your post earlier. Are you using that for reds? I do worry about damaging the joists and leaving me with a very expensive headache to sort out.