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I just bought this 13 gallon drum container to use as a fermenter on ebay after reading enthusiastic posts and exchanging messages with HBT poster brew_ny (thanks!): http://www.ebay.com/itm/191468338978?afsrc=1&rmvSB=true and I want to find a way to lift it into and out of my fermentation chest freezer using my existing hoist set up. Brew_ny is strong enough to move his fermenter but my back says nyet to that idea since even lifting 5 gallon buckets into the freezer is why I use a hoist.
I use a small chest freezer for fermenting and have created a hoist system to lift primary buckets or better bottles in carboy carriers into and out of it by their handle or strap.
There is a 1" galvanized pipe mounted over the top of the freezer wall to wall and on it I have a heavy grooved caster (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LEVLV3O/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20) which is normally used on the bottom of those automated door gates like the Hollywood elite all seem to have.
Hanging from the caster is a Harbor Freight lever hoist http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarter-ton-lever-chain-hoist-67144.html which was cheap yet works well. The setup is a real back saver and so I want to find a way to use it with my new fermenter.
To lift that ebay container in which I'll have either 10 or 11 gallons of wort I want to have something more secure holding it and not rely on its handles. I have a couple of different nylon carboy carriers/brew haulers but those have a stated capacity of 100 pounds and 11 gallons of wort would be pushing that limit.
I have looked at bucket lifts on amazon like this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MSXMRY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 and emailed a couple of companies about them but none I found had adjustable girth and they did not appear to be big enough to hold the new container which has a 16" diameter.
So I put it to the HBT readership to help me out.
I use a small chest freezer for fermenting and have created a hoist system to lift primary buckets or better bottles in carboy carriers into and out of it by their handle or strap.
There is a 1" galvanized pipe mounted over the top of the freezer wall to wall and on it I have a heavy grooved caster (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LEVLV3O/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20) which is normally used on the bottom of those automated door gates like the Hollywood elite all seem to have.
Hanging from the caster is a Harbor Freight lever hoist http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarter-ton-lever-chain-hoist-67144.html which was cheap yet works well. The setup is a real back saver and so I want to find a way to use it with my new fermenter.
To lift that ebay container in which I'll have either 10 or 11 gallons of wort I want to have something more secure holding it and not rely on its handles. I have a couple of different nylon carboy carriers/brew haulers but those have a stated capacity of 100 pounds and 11 gallons of wort would be pushing that limit.
I have looked at bucket lifts on amazon like this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MSXMRY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 and emailed a couple of companies about them but none I found had adjustable girth and they did not appear to be big enough to hold the new container which has a 16" diameter.
So I put it to the HBT readership to help me out.
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