Carl,
Do I understand correctly that you hoisted the body tub up to the garage
rafters? If I am correct, Iwould caution anyone doing this. Most
garage rafters wre designed to support the roof and little else.
Pulling up things like bikes, tools and the occasional TR hardtop won't
put too much strain on the superstructure, but a car tub might. I'd
hate to read in the paper that a man's garage colapsed and buried him
and his Triumph.
Regards,
Joe Curry
Musson, Carl wrote:
>
> All this talk about hardtop storage and it is something I hadn't thought
> about on the new project. Yesterday I pulled the body off the chassis
> to take it to bead blasting. I used 4 - 4x4x30's with an eyebolt in
> them across a pair of rafters in the garage. They were placed at about
> the same location that the top will be sitting. I used the ratchet type
> tie down straps that I used to bring the project home. The only
> problem was the short lifting capabilities because of the small ratchet.
> Could only do about 6" at a time and then had to re-brace and adjust. I
> wish I had gotten the pulleys as described below. May do so before it
> comes back. Then I'll be all set to handle the top which is going to
> bead blasting also.
>
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