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Steel thickness for elect. hoist?

RedMF40

RedMF40

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I'm attaching a metal bar to underside of I-Beam in my barn. Then attaching electric hoist to that--cap 900 lbs. Bar will be 5 feet long, 1-3/4" wide to fit between mounting brackets. Hoist will slide back and forth along the bar. Does anyone have idea of minimum thickness steel for the bar? I could go with the thickness of the mounting brackets that came with the hoist, but I'm thinking the five-foot span of the steel bar will result in increased stress--it will only be mounted at two points, one on each end. I checked online before asking here, couldn t find the info I was looking for. Thanks for any help, Gary

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One inch would be conservative and not much more than 3/4 in cost. Use at least 5/8 grade 8 bolts with
3/4" pipe standoffs to allow the hoist to slide. always design things that are life safety with a 50% safety factor. Jim
 
You didn't tell us what the dimentions of the I beam are. Without knowing the thickness and width of the web and the flange I don't believe anyone can tell you for sure. If I were going to reinforce the I beam with that flat bar, I would weld it on it's edge, not flat as you're showing it, more strength that way. However for a 900lb winch you're not really going to need anything too awfully strong unless you use snatch blocks, then you will increase your lifting capacity of the winch & you'll be surprised how much that little 900lb winch can lift. Just my thoughts, Keith
 
(quoted from post at 17:58:19 04/10/17) I'm attaching a metal bar to underside of I-Beam in my barn. Then attaching electric hoist to that--cap 900 lbs. Bar will be 5 feet long, 1-3/4" wide to fit between mounting brackets. Hoist will slide back and forth along the bar. Does anyone have idea of minimum thickness steel for the bar? I could go with the thickness of the mounting brackets that came with the hoist, but I'm thinking the five-foot span of the steel bar will result in increased stress--it will only be mounted at two points, one on each end. I checked online before asking here, couldn t find the info I was looking for. Thanks for any help, Gary

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ook into a beam trolley/traveler and hook you winch to it. Harbor freight has a one ton for around 60 dollars. No sagging steel , no holes to drill simply mount and roll into position.
 

Jim--Thanks. I was going to go with stacked washers to create the standoff, but short stub of pipe sounds better. Beam has pre-drilled holes, easily accepts 5/8" bolts.
 
Is it a H-beam or I-beam and web thickness width and thickness of the flange. For 900 lbs it doesent need to be that thick. Is the beam fastened on each end where and with what thats more important than i-beam dimensions. Ive built a couple at work then had them inspected and was picking more than 900 lbs
 
Thank you for the replies, may look into buying trolley since it may be same money as my steel bar idea and prob works better. Beam is 5/8 steel 12" square and serves as main horiz support for barn. Very robust, will support more weight than I'll ever ask it to.
Thanks again, G
 
When I hung my 2 ton hoist on a 12 inch beam, I made my own trolley since I didn"t like what was available...wheels so small. I made the wheels from spindles from a small car, maybe an Escort. Half-inch side plates with pipe spacers to set the width.
 
Make sure your trolley fits your beam from your description it will hold more than 900 lbs According to the measuremtnts its a "W"
 
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