where is the right type of winch?

[Jimi]

Hi,

I want a winch that I can mount on the ceiling in my poolhouse that will lift the hardshell cover off of it...this is a POOL (Over 20 ft long) not a HOT TUB..I now they sell all sorts of gadgets to lift off hardshell covers for a spa or hot tub. This hardshell cover is in 3 pieces weighing about 25-30 lbs each so I don't need an ATV winch (2000 lbs)...I only need something with lifting capacity of about 100-150 lbs. I plan on putting the winch on an aluminum track so these covers can be lifted seperately and slid away . I've googled this to death..I am a welder by trade and have the machining background to make the track rollers for the winch to slide up and down the track....... but need to find a "light duty" winch 12 volt DC or

110 Volt AC dosn't matter as I am GFI'd up to the whoopie through poolhouse regulations...A Mini winch that would crawl on an I beam would be the ultimate!! I know I'm dreaming but am looking for this type of thing ! ...Thanks for any constructive replies... Jim

[willshak]

on 10/11/2007 11:45 PM Jimi said the following:

Good luck. A pool inside a house or building is more correctly called a Natatorium, rather than a pool house, which is a Cabana type building next to a pool. I never knew that until my daughter was on a swim team in high school and competed in other schools. I just followed the Natatorium signs to find the pools. Would a 12 volt electric winch like this help?

[Joe]

Multiple offerings from Northern Tools and Harbor Freight but posibly more robust than you want. Have you considered hand operated rope slings, for example? HF has at least a couple of these.. HTH

Joe

[Caesar Romano]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:44:01 -0700, Joe wrote Re Re: where is the right type of winch?:

Indeed. All of the 12VDC and 120VAC motor driven winches I've ever seen where much more heavy-duty than the OP is looking for. For something as light as that I would just use a light-duty block and tackle such as