[Shop-talk] reinforcing roof joists

[Darrell Walker]

On Mar 17, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Tim wrote:

> I want to hang a Datsun Roadster car body from the joists above my shop 
> and garage space so I can start working on a frame in the shop.

Hi Tim,

For what it's worth, I lifted the body of my TR4A from the garage joists.  I'm not sure what the stripped body weighs, but since I could fairly easily lift each end, I figured no more than 4-500 lbs.  And since I can stand on one of the joists, and I'm a bit north of 200 lbs, it seemed OK to me.  I didn't leave it to hang, I put sawhorses under to support it.  I put some big screw eyes into the joists (one at each end of the car), and used two block and tackles to raise/lower the body.

-Darrell

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Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
Vancouver, WA, USA