Part 3 of Building Your Own Freight Elevator

Part 3 of How to build a freight elevator for your pole barn

[@jpdunamislodge]

Ours is going to be 48”x32” and primary use is for us old people and our old dog! LOL. Using a 4500 12 volt ATV winch with 3/8 steel cable which has two remotes and the handlebar rocker switch which will be mounted in the cab. Cab will have expanded metal mesh screen on 3 sides and the top. Going for the old Alaska mining camp \ mineshaft elevator look. All heavy duty Z brace timber framing, over engineered hardware and pulleys, everything will be plus 4500# rated. Will post up a video of our build and finished product and tag you as the inspiration. May have a use for your gravel mover too! Thanks again and God Bless. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@brentmeg922]

That is completely awesome! Would love to see video of your project once up and running!

[@refusoagaino6824]

Other than the clamp thing, this is pretty well engineered. I like the simplicity and the framers were obviously paying attention.

[@edelgado1]

Mega awesome!

[@jeffbrown7246]

I think the weak link is actually the D rings and the swivels. If the hoist failed it would probably unspool slowly enough to prevent a hard crash. If an unobservable mfg flaw or material fatigue in one of the singular lift components (D ring, eyebolts, etc) failed it would likely crash to the floor. A cable snap is much less likely. Double-up on all singular components.

[@brentmeg922]

Thanks for the comment Jeff. I agree with you 100% and have since made it a rule to triple up on all the singular lift components

[@rschwanke315]

Thanks for these videos, I am just designing a lift in my garage however I will follow your lead as this great work

[@anthonymarino4260]

well done

[@999666333u]

realy verry verry useful video & suprb idea thank u my friend

[@willford8475]

Hi Did you ever build a new elevator? It would be interesting to see it. 👍

[@linctexpilot8337]

All of your cable loop U-bolt clamps are on BACKWARDS. The U-bolt goes over the "dead" cable...... the saddle goes over the "live" cable.

[@georgeboyle3967]

What you built is remarkable in terms of the mechanicals involved. Where can I find your email? I would like to ask a few questions that will help answer my design questions. Again, a great job. George

[@vet137]

Thumbs up!

[@oooomoment5739]

The Crosby Wire Rope Clips are installed backwards and the cable may slip and lift fail as currently configured. The U bolt always goes on the dead-end of the wire rope cable!

[@refusoagaino6824]

I see double cable clamps which is good, except that one should be as you describe and the other opposite when two are used. I believe two clamps is mandatory for safety concerns. Hose clamps also, go one on one side, the other facing the opposite way. I actually went to an underground mining "school" the only one of it's kind at the time, in Rossland, British Columbia, for six months one winter (1972). Justin Trudeau's father's idea, he paid for it. He was prime minister of Canada at the time. Pure socialism, I was 21 yrs old and my Unemployment Insurance checks ran out. You have two choices, go to work or go to school. The Mining school was a fabulous experience, with about 15 students only, we had three excellent instructors, an entire gold mine, and various pieces of equipment from Jack leg drills, stopers, long-hole machines, to a 9 yd Scoop tram and a 3 boom Jumbo drill. Few regulations exist underground when it comes to rules for building water and air systems, railroads and ventilation systems, or rules for loading rounds and blasting. You do what manufacturer's recommend and what the engineers require and what others show you. Because of the school I walked into a (very low pay) job in Timmins ON about a month after school ended. I worked another two years at that, paying back into the system whatever that experience had cost with monthly U.I. deductions. Ironically, two years later, working at a Mormon owned Uranium mine in Bancroft Ontario as a drift miner, I was probably the only person working underground who knew anything about minimal allowable gas levels, emergency procedures, (and) who had any blasting training (!) and I ran afoul of management because of it, more than a few times. It ended my "career" with that outfit, they tried to kill or injure me more than once near the end of that game. I was given assignments that couldn't be done under current safety regulations, like going to older parts of the mine from the '50s, to setup, drill off and blast sample rounds, in places with one access only (and damaged) or no ventilation, or using setups that were quick and inadequate. My partner and I were gassed one Friday afternoon, when the crew on the level below us blasted 15 minutes early, wanting to be first up, and first out to the tavern. Their COx's and NOx's then expand into our drift 150 feet above through ventilation shafts and trap us at the face. Visibility in the gas is a few inches so we made a tent of our waterproof clothes and huddled around the 2" air hose with one hand on the valve. After ten minutes it began to clear and we took a chance and walked through it about 100 feet to clear air. On surface our tags were still on the board even though the shift was over and everyone had left. Raging at our shiftboss he asked me, "did you light your round" to which I replied no, of course not (you f'ing fool, what a stupid question, we were trapped in front of it). I had to go back and do that. Needless to say, safety and how to install wire clamps was not, a top priority of that mining company.

[@craigdcosta7314]

Are there any extremely important considerations to keep in mind if constructing a similar set up with stainless steel instead?

[@duanewood2329]

Your cable clamps are installed incorrectly. The saddles go on the live side. Never Saddle A Dead Horse.

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

You talking about at 3:42?

[@kurtzimmerman1637]

Never saddle a dead horse. All your cable clamps are on wrong. Do not ride this .