Hoist Built From Discarded Swing Set
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Elroy N. Lindaas, Mayville, N. Dak.: "This handy hoist, built from a discarded swing set, provides me with a safe and easy way to clean the deck and sharpen the blades on my riding mower. Once the riding mower is on the hoist I can pull up a seat on rollers and work from a sitting position.
"First I shortened the swing's overhead horizontal pipe to about 6 ft. wide. Then I slipped a heavier 2-in. dia. galvanized pipe over the pipe to reinforce it, and used -in. sheet metal screws to secure the two pipes. I used no. 60 roller chain to secure a 1 -in. dia. pipe below that, and mounted an electric winch on it. I use a remote control to operate the winch, which I bought at Harbor Freight for about $60. It has better than a 400-lb. rating. Small wheels on the legs make the swing easy to move around."
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Hoist Built From Discarded Swing Set FARM SHOP Tools 34-1-36 Elroy N. Lindaas, Mayville, N. Dak.: "This handy hoist, built from a discarded swing set, provides me with a safe and easy way to clean the deck and sharpen the blades on my riding mower. Once the riding mower is on the hoist I can pull up a seat on rollers and work from a sitting position.
"First I shortened the swing's overhead horizontal pipe to about 6 ft. wide. Then I slipped a heavier 2-in. dia. galvanized pipe over the pipe to reinforce it, and used -in. sheet metal screws to secure the two pipes. I used no. 60 roller chain to secure a 1 -in. dia. pipe below that, and mounted an electric winch on it. I use a remote control to operate the winch, which I bought at Harbor Freight for about $60. It has better than a 400-lb. rating. Small wheels on the legs make the swing easy to move around."
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