Hoisting a Keg using Garage Ceiling

[Randy]

Simpler still (and portable) -

A suitably strong ramp for the back of the pick up and a two-wheeler with good tires (the air-filled ones are better than the solid kind, in my experience) and just roll the kegs up and down.

You can probably find a suitable handtruck at Home Depot or similar or if you want fancy, you can get one made for keg moving

And for a ramp -

I am sure all this is available locally where you are, the links are just for the examples.

Randy

[Randy]

Simpler still (and portable) -

A suitably strong ramp for the back of the pick up and a two-wheeler with good tires (the air-filled ones are better than the solid kind, in my experience) and just roll the kegs up and down.

You can probably find a suitable handtruck at Home Depot or similar or if you want fancy, you can get one made for keg moving

And for a ramp -

I am sure all this is available locally where you are, the links are just for the examples.

Randy

[sylvan butler]

Agreed. This is all you need (I'd still like to see the load spread across two or more ceiling trusses):

Don't pay more than $5. Oh, and the biggest disadvantage to it, is lack of a brake -- maintain tension, else the load will come down. With a double pulley on the load and a triple on the ceiling, you'll be pulling only circa 40 lbs. Of course, with a 6ft lift you'll have a 24ft pile of rope on the floor. :)

sdb

[sylvan butler]

The local home depots just started carrying it one year, maybe two years ago. And only 2 of the 3 I visit regularly have it now. The third did a closeout only a few months after getting it in. Unfortunately the strut was gone when I saw the yellow tags, but I got a good selection of misc hardware (bolts, washers, etc) for WAY less than the hardware aisle.

sdb

[sylvan butler]

Back it up right to the chest freezer, lift, swing, lower. Ahh. :)

sdb