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Re: Suspending a hoist

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Subject: Re: Suspending a hoist
From: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 12:34:10 -0400
At 02:18 AM 10/5/98 +0000, Peter Schauss wrote:
>
>At 09:08 PM 10/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Don't use an eyebolt.  Put a 2x6 across several joists.  Put a length of
>>chain around the 2x6.  Attach your hoist to this loop of chain.
>>
>What if I have a sheet rock ceiling?
>
>Peter Schauss, Long Island, NY
>1963 BJ7
>1980 MGB
> 
Go ahead and use an Eye bolt (be sure to use one that will handle the
weight)  and put a steel plate on top to distribute the weight a little.

Regards  Nils
Yardley,  PA
59(100-6)  69XKE  72/73MGB  52MGTD


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