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Old 12-04-2008, 02:48 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by Martha View Post
My dad rigged up a simple pulley system to lift our canoe off the car. He also had pulleys to crank up various other items in our garage/shop and barn. Pretty simple and even though he set those up 50 years ago they all still work. Next time I am out at the farm maybe I will remember to take a few pictures.
i have one of those homemade systems in my garage for lifting the fiberglas pickup truck cap. all we needed was some pulleys, good sturdy rope, and wall mounted cleats for tying off rope. it was designed and installed by 2 nutty engineers.
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