Rotating Shop Hoist

Rotating Shop Hoist FARM SHOP Tools 28-2-37 "I built it to save my back," says George "Bing" Ribble about an easy rotating shop hoist he uses to move heavy loads of a ton or more into and out of his shop. The Hettick, Ill., farmer used two different sizes of heavy duty well casing for the 11-ft. high upright anchored just inside the door of his shop. The outer pipe is 8 in. in dia.; the pipe that rotates inside is 7 1/2 in. in dia. The outer pipe is sunk in 3 ft. of concrete in the floor of the shop. The inner pipe mounts on a bearing hub out of a disk gang to make it rotate easily, with only a nudge. A race mounts on top of the bearing, helping to take weight off the inner well casing. Three bearings at the top mount in brackets in a notch in the outer pipe to keep the inner pipe centered. The lift arm consists of a 10-ft. I- beam. It's fitted with a shop-built carrier that runs in five bearings out of an old corn picker head. A commercial chain hoist mounts in the carrier. "The hoist rotates 220 degrees at the touch of a finger and works great for moving heavy objects, such as engines, into and out of my shop," says Ribble. "It's a lot handier than using a front end loader or backhoe as we did before." Out-of-pocket expense was about $100. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, George "Bing" Ribble, Rt. 2, Hettick, Ill. 62649 (ph 618 778-5752).

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