[Shop-talk] winchin advice

[Scott Hall]

I'd do exactly what you suggest, John--anchor a loop/ring/anchor to the
slab and use that.

I saw that because my garage has evidence of one of the walls having been
pulled off the foundation. I'm not sure how they did that, but I got to fix
it.

Actually, I know *how* they did it--a gigantic D-ring mounted around a
length of bar stock bolted through several of the studs with a manual winch
attached to that. What I don't know is what on earth they were winching on
and how they thought that was a good idea.

It was a pain to get the sill plate squared back up onto the slab.

Scott

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:30 PM, John Innis <jdinnis at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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