At home in my shop I have a stand with a foot wide, 2" diameter steel
roller on top that I use as an out-feed support for my table saw. Cost was
about $14. Why not take the roller from that and make a removable support
that would fit into the joint formed by the door of the trailer and the floor?
Brian
At 04:55 PM 05/02/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm only thinking of this because my wife just threw an old one away after
>buying a new one-- a rolling pin. As is my usual manner, I tried to think
>of some use for it rather than dispose of it. Could you mount a cheap
>rolling pin on a small portable frame that you could position under the
>cable where it rubs the floor of the trailer. Maybe something as simple as
>two 2x4s with notches cut in them for the handles. If it fits into the gap
>between the floor and the ramp, then it wouldn't move any. Do this before
>there is any tension on the cable. When the car comes up the ramp far
>enough to clear the cable from the floor, just pick up the rig and put it
>aside. Nothing permanent on the trailer to trip over. The width of the
>rolling pin provides plenty of area for movement. It might look a little
>dorky, but I bet it would work!
>
>At 01:22 PM 05/01/2000 -0700, Ted Rodgers wrote:
> >When I'm winching my racecar into my trailer the cable scrapes on the floor
> >at the open end until the car is sufficiently up the ramp to bring the cable
> >more level. I'd like to install some kind of roller or ? to support the
> >cable, but can't seem to find anything that would fill the bill. I could
> >install a pulley as a guide, but then the cable wouldn't have any lateral
> >movement.
> >
> >Does anyone have any better solution or just what I might use for the
> >support?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Ted Rodgers
> >
> >
>Regards,
>
>Bob Spruck
>Sharpsburg, GA
>' 67 Midget Vintage Racer
>' '72 Midget Weekend Car
>4 parts cars in the woods
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