[Shop-talk] Eye Lag bolt pilot hole in ceiling

[Brian Kemp]

Agree on the HF hoist.  Load rating is too light for the canoe and the 
hooks look thin.  It was a representative example of some pulleys to 
raise the canoe before it was better secured with some sort of strap or 
other device.

Brian


On 7/28/2025 3:23 PM, Tim . wrote:
> If you use the hook and pulley set up from horriblefreight, make sure 
> that you add a back up to the hooks. They turned out to not be enough 
> for (one of) the bikes I used to hang above my Datsun. Fortunately, 
> when one came down the Datto was not in the garage.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Jack 
> Brooks <JIBrooks at live.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2025 3:50 PM
> *To:* shop-talk at autox.team.net <Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Shop-talk] Eye Lag bolt pilot hole in ceiling
>
> Brian,
>
> That’s a nice setup. I may grab a pair for our bicycles and see if I 
> am comfortable with their strength relative to the canoe or if I need 
> to build my own similarly.  If I am comfortable lifting with this 
> setup, I could have pre-installed cables to support the boat during 
> storage.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jack
>
> *From:*Brian Kemp <bk13 at earthlink.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2025 10:00 AM
> *To:* Jack Brooks <jibrooks at live.com>; shop-talk at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Shop-talk] Eye Lag bolt pilot hole in ceiling
>
> Jack - To store my 50lb kayak at my previous house, I had a hoist 
> setup along the lines of the link below, but with separate ropes for 
> the bow and stern off to the side.
>
> https://www.harborfreight.com/bicycle-lift-95803.html
>
> I'd drive the car in with the kayak on the roof, attached bow and 
> stern hooks, then pull the kayak up to the rafters.  I then had a pair 
> of straps to more safely hold the kayak.
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Brooks <jibrooks at live.com>
> Sent: Jul 27, 2025 1:34 PM
> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net <Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Eye Lag bolt pilot hole in ceiling
>
> Team,
>
> I recently moved and can no longer keep my canoe outside.  The best 
> place to store this 75 +/- pound canoe is hanging from the ceiling, 
> OVER a car, so I want to be sure I get this right.  I have 4, 5/16” 
> Eye Lag Bolts that are going into the ceiling.  One end of the rope 
> will terminate at either a set of cleats on the wall or more eyebolts 
> and the other end suspending the canoe via the Eye Lag Bolts.  It 
> overdesigned, but it’s hanging over a car I cherish.
>
> My question is the pilot hole for the 5/16^th Eye Lag bolt.  I am 
> screwing them vertically up into the ceiling’s new 2x4’s, so I am 
> thinking the pilot hole should be a smidge on the tighter side and use 
> soap or paraffin to help reduce the friction of installing them.
>
> I’m looking for thoughts on the size of the pilot hole, keeping in 
> mind that while the load is light, it’s a vertical hanging arrangement.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jack
>
> p.s. Moving has been a rearranging nightmare.  We had a home with 
> three car bays and a 6 foot high paved and dry crawlspace with tons of 
> storage room.  I am forcing everything into a two bay garage with an 
> attached single wide, 42 foot deep bay that will hold our daily 
> driver, two Triumph cars, a Sprinter van and a workbench.  I do have 
> some basement storage too.  I’m using a lot more vertical storage and 
> it’s getting there………
>
>
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