I did that, but avoided the shelf by anchoring the haul lines to a wall cleat. I used seatbelt webbing to make straps which support the kayak. Locate the __centers__ of two ceiling joists (stud finder; then finish nail probe to find the outer edges), separated so the support points under your kayak will be a few feet in from the ends of the kayak. Place a pair of 3/8 inch x 3 inch eyes, separated by about 3 inches, in each joist where you want a haul line to hit the kayak (you'll need a haul line for each end of the kayak). Tie braided nylon line to one eye, and run the line through a double block at the kayak and a double block at the ceiling, giving you some mechanical advantage off the bottom block, which moves as the kayak is raised. Run each haul line off the top block (fixed to one of the eyes in the joist) over to a common point on the wall, and through a single pulley there, and then down to a cleat at eye level. Lag screw the cleat to a wall stud. 1/4 lag screws are enough there, because the load is at right angles to the fastener. This takes a lot of line, but is easy to use, because of the mechanical advantage. Don't use 1/4 inch hardware on the ceiling anchors -- it's too light. Don't ask how I know this. Email me off-list and I'll send you a couple photos, if you like. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Okunev" <unrealokun_at_yahoo.ca> >I have a 90lb double kayak and need to build some sort of shelf and pulley > construction to store it about 2.5 meters above my garage floor. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 07 2004 - 13:15:38 PDT
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