On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, W. Ray Gibbons wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Andrew Dooley wrote:
>
> > While pulling the engine out of my Midget is one of the many projects I
> > simply throw a rope over the trusses in my garage and pull, or would I
> I infer that umr.edu is University of Missouri Rolla. You are therefore
> most likely studying engineering. We, on the other hand, have
> demonstrated time and again that we collectively have all the engineering
> expertise of the average turnip. So you, an engineering student, are
> ^^^^^^^
> Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Greg Writes:
>Turnip eh? Was I included in this survey?
Ray Responds:
>You were the data point that caused the collective expertise to fall to
>the turnip level.
Greg Responds:
> Well anyway, Andrew,
If you somehow enlist two or more trusses in your hoist design,
you should be fine. I've had such a system in my parent's carport for 9
years, and it's never fallen yet. It's held many an engine assembly, and
only made creaking noises under the load of a TR-6 engine/trans/OD.
I believe their truss is made of 2x10 beams, and I put the system
together with a 2x4 spanning between two of them with a few nails. Scary
huh.
Of course, all the usual disclaimers apply, especially Ray's nifty one,
"if the thing falls, I never heard of you"
Greg
Greg Meboe meboe@wsunix.wsu.edu
Dept. of Mechanical and Materials ENGINEERING
Washington State University, Pullman, Wa.
'85 XJ-12 H.E. (daily) '67 Spit-6 '74 TR-6
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