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Post by nfalls116 on May 29, 2016 23:32:20 GMT -5
But I have a wood burner in my garage so I had this made to hang from the joist and can use it on any 2 by lumber I like that. Makes me wonder why I didn't think of it. glad you like it, pretty easy design I have two of them ;-)
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Post by wesb81219 on May 29, 2016 23:41:36 GMT -5
I have a building / 1 car garage size that is my little workshop or pretty much whatever I wanna do with it. I keep my gun and hunting stuff back there. I want to put a wood burner in it for and the winter months and even cut a hole in the wall for an air onditioner for early season. I really don't want to pay for processing and when I get good enough would like to start processing for others. I figure it could help bring in some revenue to support my gun and hunting habits.
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Post by duff on May 30, 2016 6:44:12 GMT -5
I have a building / 1 car garage size that is my little workshop or pretty much whatever I wanna do with it. I keep my gun and hunting stuff back there. I want to put a wood burner in it for and the winter months and even cut a hole in the wall for an air onditioner for early season. I really don't want to pay for processing and when I get good enough would like to start processing for others. I figure it could help bring in some revenue to support my gun and hunting habits. I know a guy who loved to fish, hunt and trap. He started a taxidermy shop in his basement. Then a nice shop and he started processing deer. Then it turned into a full blown butcher, smoke house and taxidermist shop. Guess how much hunting he gets in these days? Not saying you would get this deep into it but be careful picking a side job that will only be busy during hunting season.
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Post by M4Madness on May 30, 2016 8:41:38 GMT -5
...be careful picking a side job that will only be busy during hunting season. Yep, Conservation Officer, taxidermist, or deer processor would all be terrible occupations to have if really enjoy deer hunting.
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Post by wesb81219 on May 30, 2016 11:54:06 GMT -5
Yes you are right. I would only want to do maybe 5 to 10 deer a season and that would be enough to pay for all or most of my money. I already have the bulk of equipment and gear so the major spending of getting started is over with. I'm sure there will always be new things I want but the stuff I already have should last for many years.
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Post by nfalls116 on May 30, 2016 19:22:12 GMT -5
I already have the bulk of equipment and gear so the major spending of getting started is over with. I'm sure there will always be new things I want but the stuff I already have should last for many years. lol
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Post by INhuntin on Jun 7, 2016 17:37:20 GMT -5
I used two 2x4s between rafters with a short piece of chain wrapped around them with this gambrel system to process my deer. www.harborfreight.com/gambrel-and-pulley-hoist-99758.htmlShe was about #150 field dressed. It worked great, I just backed the truck into the garage hooked the doe to the hoist & pulled her up. I put a plastic tarp under her to keep the blood from staining the concrete, then let her hang to age the meat.(it was cold enough in the garage) At processing time I dropped her down hooked the gambrel into the back legs & picked her up to just the right height.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jun 8, 2016 8:28:04 GMT -5
I did have a large eye hook in the garage I used. Then I went this route and it's much better. Can hold up to 3 deer at a time.
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Post by dusty20 on Jun 8, 2016 18:29:22 GMT -5
One thing I would question is what type of joist is it? My last place had the fancy engineered joists which are great for supporting a load that is sitting on it but I don't know if id hang anything from a single one. They are basically a 2x3 (maybe?) On top and a 2x3 on the bottom and have a vertical OSB piece to make an I-beam. I didn't look overly close but I would be worried about pulling the bottom 2x3 off of the OSB vertical.
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Post by dusty20 on Jun 8, 2016 18:32:52 GMT -5
One thing I would question is what type of joist is it? My last place had the fancy engineered joists which are great for supporting a load that is sitting on it but I don't know if id hang anything from a single one. They are basically a 2x3 (maybe?) On top and a 2x3 on the bottom and have a vertical OSB piece to make an I-beam. I didn't look overly close but I would be worried about pulling the bottom 2x3 off of the OSB vertical. I should note that it was one of the room over garage types so if it's just a single story gsrage I wouldn't worry. I would think you would pull the threads out before causing too much harm else where.
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Post by Russ Koon on Jun 10, 2016 10:06:27 GMT -5
I built a very similar setup many years ago in my garage. At the time, I was mostly interested in pulling engines with it, but figured it would also be nice for processing my deer.
I used a piece of scrap from the local junkyard that looked handy as the "bridge" to spread the load across three ceiling joists. and the largest and strongest eye bolt available at the local hardware. I don't recall the exact figures, but I think it was 3/4 inch threads and something over half a ton rated load.
I actually had another job ready for it before putting it in the garage. We were replacing the old cast steel tub in the big bathroom with a new fiberglass whirlpool type. I had planned to just take a sledge to the old one and take it out in manageable pieces, thinking it was cast iron. Found with the first good swing that it wasn't going to be that easy. After fighting it for several minutes with the eight-pound sledge and only nicking the porcelain, I got the piece for the "skyhook" and drilled a hole in the ceiling drywall over the tub and between two joists. Crawled up into the area over the tub and laid the scrap steel piece where it would cross three joists, and stuck the shank of the eyebolt up through the hole in the drywall and the one in the steel that I had drilled and aligned with the one below. Then stuck the eyebolt temporarily in place with some duct tape so I could crawl back over the bathroom and attach the washers and nuts.
IIRC, the weight of that tub was something like 450 pounds, and that diy skyhook and a come-along worked just fine to gently lift the tub to an upright position that allowed me to slowly "walk" it out of the room and out into the drive to the back of my pickup.
Always liked working the night shift, but it did kinda leave me short of available help sometimes when I could have used it. 8^)
Anyway, after that job, and a quick patch job to the ceiling drywall, I put the tested and approved skyhook in the garage ceiling, about six feet from the back wall and centered left to right. It pulled a few engines there, and turned out to be in the right location where I could place the patient under it to center the load under it get the job done pretty easily. That also turned out to be a handy spot to hang my deer when I was ready to make meat.
A flush interior door across two sawhorses made a fine cutting table, with plenty of room to clamp the base of a cheap slicer and a cheap grinder, with the freezer paper roll hanging from the ceiling near to hand. And everything stores out of the way easily after the season until next year.
Really appreciated that setup many times when the rain and cold wind were howling outside, and I was comfy in the cool garage, taking my time with processing without worries about weather, neighborhood dogs, etc.
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Post by medic22 on Jun 10, 2016 14:30:10 GMT -5
I did have a large eye hook in the garage I used. Then I went this route and it's much better. Can hold up to 3 deer at a time. This is what ill do at my next house. Itll double for catfish too.
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