Had a handful of reds off it and some big lambs & mutton
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Spread the load around corner and over bigger area with flat bar and angle
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Spread the load around corner and over bigger area with flat bar and angle
How long is the span? A scaff pole is surprisingly floppy once it gets long.
yes, the joists handled them absolutely fine
I'll have to double check. It's a single garage. 3-4 metres maybe? Would you envisage an issue around that ballpark?
Thanks, food for thought.
I wouldn't dangle a red from it.
My garage was a triple with a 4 metre span at least, but with the standard 2 foot space between joists they easily coped so I’m sure yours would if similarly spaced
I got the impression that he wants to support the scaff pole only at the ends.
I agree, longer than 3 metres the bar will flex more than you might be happy with. You could always have a piece of 2.4m 2x4 timber propped against the wall and simply brace the bar with it when you use it. Cheap adaptation but keeps to your original plan. If you didn’t want to drill the holes in the wall you could bolt similar wood vertically to the wall where the bar will rest with a v cut in the top and metal joist strap so the bar is supported by the wood with greater distribution on the wall and no big holes?
Yeah, I get that and I think I just lost track! I was just offering up a simple option as I kept it simple and just slotted a spare piece of 3 foot bar though the U sections of the winch across the two joints did the job perfectly. If it is just to hang the deer for skinning and quartering then I wouldn't try to complicate things. You can also move it around the garage if the initial position doesn't suit for any reason.
Unfortunately I have moved house so can't take a photo.
nun_hunter
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Look on Facebook for the galvanised handrails that are often put up for elderly relatives who have had a fall. These then get taken down and sold by the new house owner for pretty cheap (sometimes free) and they're usually 42mm.
How wide is the span you're looking to bridge between the walls?
Norfolk Horn
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The trick is in modern truss roofs is to place the support as close to the webs as possible and then span as many trusses as possible.
If you check out tank stand designs for truss roofs that should help
NH
If you check out tank stand designs for truss roofs that should help
NH
Norfolk Horn
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No, that leaves you with a full span of 2.4 m and a single point load of a potential red deer plus the weight of the hoist (plus the fact that the load is dynamic when the hoist is in motion). Can you drop any supports along the length from the roofing joists above?
My first rail was scaffold pole approx 5 m long. wedged between two upright RSJs that formed two uprights to a shed. Two spare timber baulks kept the pole about 3 m off the ground, with a couple of chocks driven in at either end to keep it steady. S hooks held the deer on the rail. It took a bit of manhandling to slide big reds along the pole. The original hoist was a stationary chain hoist.
My point is that we never had issues with 3 or 4 big reds on the pole. Perhaps there is a difference between steel scaffolding poles of 30 years ago and whatever material is in use today.
My point is that we never had issues with 3 or 4 big reds on the pole. Perhaps there is a difference between steel scaffolding poles of 30 years ago and whatever material is in use today.
I'll get some pics sorted to better help you and others visualise what I'm working with.
Norfolk Horn's pdf was helpful as I think I'll be able to run it across 5 different joists, so could be way forward.
My thought process behind drilling the wall is I'm not sure if I can get a 2.4m pole up and through the structural woodwork from ground level to ne where I need it.
There's a scaffolding tower in the yard at home. Looks like a steel alloy mix (if there's such a thing) The longest bracer is about 210 cm not including the rings welded at each end. I wouldn't hesitate to hang animals in the region of 120 to 140 kg off it, given that I just swung my 100kg off it.That's a helpful insight. Maybe I need to focus my search on a 30 year old pole
paulbshooting
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No lowland reds here. Some big fallow, especially the bucks. You could always use two pieces together, one inside the other if worried ref weight
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