I know just enough about rigging and hoisting to know that it's no joke. Does anyone have some idea what sort of strength/ dimension of a wood beam would be needed for a chain hoist attaching point? For a beam that might see a max of 1000 lbs and spanning about 12 ft?
Here's my situation:
* Got a "garage/shop" (some call it a john deere room) and one end of my walkout basement. Concrete wall on one side, stud wall parallel separating the finished portion. Probably 12 ft wide or so with joists above crossing perpendicular. A "cherry picker" can and has been used in this area but takes up way too much room.
I don't want to use a joist for the beam, even if I doubled one, because I see some risk to the tile floor above. (Pulling down the sub floor above).
My thought would be to rest a beam across this area, in an existing joist cavity, but isolated from the joists. The very heaviest thing I would ever try to lift would be a stovebolt engine (600-700 lbs). Would also be very handy for lifting the front of the zero-turn lawnmower for under-deck maintenance (probably secured with jack stand after lifting).
Probably would get a manual 1-ton hoist as overkill. Just need to spec the beam and figure out attaching point (eyebolt vs chain or cable looped over the beam).
