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   pbww101 | Dec 06, 2006 08:47am | #1

   My uncle has one in his garage for moving engines around. It is one I beam on each end and one in the center that travels on rollers. He uses it across the width of his 2 car garage. Not sure how he made it but it still works great.

   Paul

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   Omah | Dec 06, 2006 09:14am | #2

   Sounds like the one.

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   hammer1 | Dec 06, 2006 10:32am | #3

   Are you asking about I beam trolleys? Here is one source.
   http://www.fsindustries.com/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?category=Hoist_Trolley

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   Omah | Dec 06, 2006 07:43pm | #4

   Dear Mr. Hammer1 Thank you for the link, It was very helpfull.

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   Stuart | Dec 07, 2006 03:27am | #5

   They may not be the cheapest sources, but I believe both Grainger and McMaster-Carr sell hardware for trolley hoists.  It may be worth looking at their online catalogs to get some ideas.  Globalindustrial.com sells that kind of stuff as well.

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   BilljustBill | Dec 07, 2006 03:43am | #6

      Try this site:

   http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_6970_101?cm_ven=Housefile&cm_cat=EXTEND1206&cm_pla=12506consumer&cm_ite=Cats&[email protected]

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   Omah | Dec 07, 2006 06:26am | #7

   nice

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   diddidit | Dec 07, 2006 07:52pm | #8

   http://www.wallacecranes.com/

   Gotta love a product line called "Hippo-Lift"...

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   Omah | Dec 07, 2006 08:39pm | #9

   Thanks I put it into fav. file

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   diddidit | Dec 08, 2006 03:48am | #10

   My last job was as an engineer at a crane and hoist company - generally considerably heavier stuff than you'd need, but similar. Make sure you check the math on whatever beam spans you have, if you're not getting a package of some sort. The standards for overhead hoisting is a 4:1 safety factor for manually-powered hoists, 5:1 on anything powered.did<!---->Cure Diabetes - Death Valley 2006!<!---->

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