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I bought a 20' sea container awhile back for storage. Cheaper than a wooden storage shed the same size and except for the floor,Termites are not a problem. I built in shelves in the front half and left the back half open for larger heavy items.
I've built a few of these hoists over the years, the first was for lifting test equipment in and out of a container used as a lab. The idea was to be able to ship the lab overseas and once to the destination country, leave it on the container trailer for easy transport. It allowed for test equipment to be loaded and unloaded from the ground with a simple manual hoist.
The cross member supports are 4x4x1/4" square tube and the I-beam is a standard 6 x 12.5# beam. In use the rollers are mounted on leaf springs so the I-beam floats and is fairly easy to slide in and out.When load is applied, the leaf springs deflect and allow the beam to bear on the support plate ears. This configuration will lift and move 800lbs unsupported and 2,000lbs with the extended end of the beam supported by an A-frame support I have yet to build.
I'm in the process of moving some heavy stuff to my house in town from my parents old homestead. I got a lot of light stuff, but also a few things like a 7-1/2 hp hit and miss engine, a couple mills and a Porter jointer that would need a forklift to load otherwise.
I've built a few of these hoists over the years, the first was for lifting test equipment in and out of a container used as a lab. The idea was to be able to ship the lab overseas and once to the destination country, leave it on the container trailer for easy transport. It allowed for test equipment to be loaded and unloaded from the ground with a simple manual hoist.
The cross member supports are 4x4x1/4" square tube and the I-beam is a standard 6 x 12.5# beam. In use the rollers are mounted on leaf springs so the I-beam floats and is fairly easy to slide in and out.When load is applied, the leaf springs deflect and allow the beam to bear on the support plate ears. This configuration will lift and move 800lbs unsupported and 2,000lbs with the extended end of the beam supported by an A-frame support I have yet to build.
I'm in the process of moving some heavy stuff to my house in town from my parents old homestead. I got a lot of light stuff, but also a few things like a 7-1/2 hp hit and miss engine, a couple mills and a Porter jointer that would need a forklift to load otherwise.
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