Cut two 2 by 4 s to 8 feet long and five 2 by 4 s to 3 feet 9 inches long.
Self leveling 4 point pulley lift system diy.
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Using 3 inch wood screws attach the 8 foot long pieces to the ends of the shorter support pieces.
You should use two screws at each end of the shorter pieces for a total of 20 screws.
At about 40 lb per boat the 10 ft 60 lb hoist is a good match and takes a reasonable amount of effort to lift the boat.
Paracord 10 used for hanging the table the ammount you will need will depend on the size of the table you make and the height at which you want the table to hang.
Setting up a 4 point pulley lift system optional setup everything so far has created the basics for a simple pulley system like the one seen in the video.
Our garage ceiling is 10 ft high.
For my table i ended up using roughly 60 feet of cord.
In this case it was removing the roof from a tractor similar can be done with 8 pulleys and 1 draw rope giving 16x lift advantage on the rope.
Like anything there can be even more fancy or elaborate systems.
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Same image i used before for a similar question.
Check out step 10 for a formula that will help you determine how much paracord you will need pine board 8 wide x 10 long x 1 thick 20 these are cut and combined to.