Overhead Shop Hoist Built With Independent Footings

Overhead Shop Hoist Built With Independent Footings FARM SHOP Handy Hints Marion Shaner Lebo Kansas recently sent FARM SHOW photos of an overhead shop hoist he built with a non-bearing floor load The hoist is free to move back and forth on a 24-ft long I-beam that’s supported at each end by a vertical steel beam and extends from one side of the shop to the other “My fiancée and I were anticipating an approaching wedding and at the same time planning to build a new 48 by 96-ft slant walled shop I told her if she would take care of the church activities I’d take care of the wedding reception and hold it on our farm ” says Shaner “My plan was to pour the shop’s 6-in thick concrete floor and then rent a big tent and put it up over the floor I planned to build the rest of the shop later on after the wedding “The floor had to be smooth and clear with nothing on it or around it that could puncture the tent material as the workers spread it out before erecting it “I wanted an overhead hoist but I didn’t want one that bolts to the floor because I thought the hoist’s concentrated weight might crack the concrete ” He first dug four 6-ft deep 18-in dia holes 2 on each side of the floor for 2 vertical 8-in support beams He inserted a heavy duty 18-in dia ribbed poly culvert into each hole and poured 2 ft of concrete into the bottom to hold the culvert in place Then he poured the concrete floor and let it dry He also covered the opening at the top of each culvert with a 1/4-in thick steel plate set flush to the floor and it remained covered during the wedding reception After the wedding he welded a steel shoe plate to the bottom of each support beam Then he set the beam into the hole added sand and packed it down and topped the hole off with 2 ft of concrete to hold the beam in place “It’s an easy way to make a support beam footing independent of the building ” says Shaner Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Marion J Shaner 458 22nd Rd N W Lebo Kansas 66856 ph 620 256-6653

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