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Yamsack was added by me to the tablet’s dictionary. Frequenting internet forums I have found that word to come in handy every now and then.
The joust aren’t truss rafters. The workshop has basically a flat metal roof on it (recently replaced by myself and my wife. Okay, mostly my wife as my stupid back doesn’t allow me to work like I should be able to. My wife really is amazing. Besides being the most beautiful woman in the world she isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty and pitch in on the physical labor that needs doing!). The roof has a 12 to 1 pitch and really is quite light. The workshop is 30’ long and the joist are positioned every 24"down the length of building. When we rebuilt the roof I laid down a new substrate of OSB board and each 4’x8’ panel crosses over at least 2 joist, so I would think that would add some strength. Also, the metal roof while not strong by itself is screwed into the joist and the OSB every 2’. I would think that would also contribute to some stiffness and strength.
I am still unsure of the route I am going to take although I know renting a cherry picker is out of the question as I can purchase one for not much more than 3 or 4 days rental would cost me. The cherry picker is a bit more than double the cost of the hoist, my issue with buying is I have so little use for it. It seems a shame to buy something and then let it collect dust, although if I owned one perhaps I would pull engines in a more frequent basis to aid in detailing engine compartments.
My workshop is almost complete and it is coming out fantastic. A place of my own to work on my hobby of restoring cars without having to share space with last year’s Christmas decorations. The shop is 30’x14’, has an 8"thick concrete floor and had been totally redone. The only projects left are painting the floor (being done tomorrow), running the piping for an in wall air system and installing the metal interior walls. Oh, and I have to put a fresh coat of paint in the two beautiful roll up doors. Needless to say I am quite pumped about the workshop. First tine in my life I will have a professional workshop AND a wife who us showing 100% support for the project. The only downside is my back injury makes the going painfully slow.
Since I am new to the Polk City, FL area I now only need to find a friend who enjoys working on cars to hand out with. If any of you are in this area and have the car bug, shoot me a PM.
Hell no, you can’t joust with a truss rafter. You need one hand for the reins and you won’t be able to pick up a rafter with just the other one.
But seriously, wouldn’t you just buy the cherry picker then ebay it? You’ll probably get 80% of the cost back and the 20% it will cost you is cheaper than any other solution.
I hate when I read halfway through a thread to find someone saying what I planned to say. I like this idea better than building a frame. It takes a little bit of know-how to build the frame right, this is faster and is straight up and down foolproof.
But I’d check on renting a cherry picker. I haven’t rented any tools from my local Autozone but when I asked if they had a certain tool available for rental they said every tool in the store was for rent.
“Really, you have one of everything in the back ready to rent?”
“Well, you buy whatever you need, use it and bring it back for a refund and we call it a rental.”