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<blockquote data-quote="gnappi" data-source="post: 459540" data-attributes="member: 22374"><p>I used to pull 8 cylinder engines in my garage using the truss / rafter joist and a chain hoist, BUT I used a 4x4 laid across a few of the joists to distribute the weight and I connected the hoist to the 4x4.</p><p></p><p>I see no reason you cannot hang a boat from the ceiling using common sense distributing the weight in a similar manner. </p><p></p><p>If you think about it a 200 lb. man can easily be supported on a single joist in the attic no? It only follows that a 400 +/- pound boat suspended fore and aft across several joists should not be any problem. Unless there is something already seriously wrong with the rafter / trusses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gnappi, post: 459540, member: 22374"] I used to pull 8 cylinder engines in my garage using the truss / rafter joist and a chain hoist, BUT I used a 4x4 laid across a few of the joists to distribute the weight and I connected the hoist to the 4x4. I see no reason you cannot hang a boat from the ceiling using common sense distributing the weight in a similar manner. If you think about it a 200 lb. man can easily be supported on a single joist in the attic no? It only follows that a 400 +/- pound boat suspended fore and aft across several joists should not be any problem. Unless there is something already seriously wrong with the rafter / trusses. [/QUOTE]
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