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Boom Hoist Made From Cottonwood Trees
Farming in rural Alaska, sometimes you have to make do with materials you have at hand. That's what Trent and Christine Sexton did when they needed a lift boom to build a storage shed.
The Sexton's made a simple lift hoist with two 20-ft. poles cut from cottonwood trees and mounted them in the back of a pickup.
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Boom Hoist Made From Cottonwood Trees BUILDINGS New Techniques 34-5-29 Farming in rural Alaska, sometimes you have to make do with materials you have at hand. That's what Trent and Christine Sexton did when they needed a lift boom to build a storage shed.
The Sexton's made a simple lift hoist with two 20-ft. poles cut from cottonwood trees and mounted them in the back of a pickup. The poles butt up tightly against the wheel wells in the box where they're chained in place. A 3/8-in. cable runs from the top of the poles to the front of the pickup. A block and tackle attached to the top of the poles does the lifting.
They used the boom hoist to lift roof timbers made from whole cottonwood trees.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Trent & Christine Sexton, P.O. Box 143433, Anchorage, Alaska 99514 (ph 907 748-4341).
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