[Shop-talk] winchin advice

[John Innis]

I had a situation very similar to yours.  What I ended up doing was to
mount a 5000# D ring at the back of the garage and attaching a snatch block
to that.  Then I used a winch on my tow vehicle to pull the project in and
out of the garage.  To pull out, just hook up directly and pull.  To pull
in, hook to the front of the project, through the snatch block and pull.
The D-Ring was small enough and mounted all the way against the back wall,
so it was never in the way and I didn't have to worry about hooking and
unhooking.

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:20 PM, john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:

> I’m working on a truck project (53 f-100) in a single car garage...  the
> truck is almost complete with 460 ci engine cab and bed in place...  when I
> started it was easy to push in and out of the garage.. especially out since
> the floor and drive slope slightly away from the door.   Pushing it back in
> is getting to be a problem when I’m working alone.   I’m thinking about
> mounting an extra 3000#  winch to the floor and spooling out the cable to
> the trailer hitch on the truck and using the winch to pull it back in.  The
> truck is on ball bearing wheeled dollies and moves easily on flat ground.
> I need ideas for mounting the winch temporarily when I need it...
>
> Maybe anchoring a removable ring in the floor and use chain thru the ring
> to tie to the winch mount plate... or something similar.   Not sure on
> floor thickness but know it’s at least 4”  (I’m gonna drill and find out
> actual thickness)   I’m open to all suggestions and comments
>
> thanks
> John
>
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