Harbor Freight Pittsburgh 1300lb Hoist Install (Unistrut and Trolley)  

You can buy purpose made combined trolley wheel and bracket for this exact usage, bolts directly onto the hoist, no drilling. They would eliminate the angle iron stuff, spacers and so on

The interesting question is what do your ceiling joists (which you incorrectly refer to as rafters) look like? How are they supported? What is their size? If you load this hoist with it’s full capacity, how do you know you won’t pull down the ceiling?

Great video. I'll be doing the same thing in my garage this weekend. Only question I have is did you us any washers on the lag screws that you used to hold the unistrut to the ceiling?

Great video man! What's the most weight you have lifted with this? Had any issues with heavy items?

Did you think about greasing the track and the trolly wheels less noise snd maybe avoid condinsation build ip during winter thus rust on the wheels and track plus less noise.

Great now i want everything on a track air hose reels electricty

3/8 bolt across the end for end stops /safety first

hey it works great idea

How far down from the ceiling to the limit switch does the unit sit with this setup?

Please show how you made the trolleys and where to get the parts. Thanks!

Just curious. Do you think it was necessary to weld the spacer rods in place? I am thinking that those two spacer rods would be "trapped" in between the angle iron sides, enough so that there wouldn't be any fear of them coming out. This would allow a little "play" for the trolleys to roll a bit easier. Just a thought. Another idea for you would be to use a pole with a hook on it to run your winch along the rail without putting any strain on your electric and remote cables.

how far apart are the mounting bolt holes? we're replacing one but want to upsize, but we upsized too much to the 2000lb one but were hoping the 1300 would be 4in apart like the 880lb one we're replacing.

Did you have any issues with c channel strut you used once it was fastened into place? My trolley gets hung up on the fastener heads

What is that just Yuna strut channel?

You put over 500 lbs. on that thing mounted with screws in the trusses and that whole thing is going to come crashing down!

Just curious do you know how many feet per minute it moves

what screws did you use for the track and did they hold up well?

Where did you get the trolleys

your joists are not made for the weight that the hoit will be exerting on them

If you have roof trusses then you did not screw into the rafters at all you screwed to the bottom cord of the trusses.