Where to attach pulley

[mongoose33]

Good God man, screwed and bracket supported! That will hold me, my family, and half the neighborhood!

I'd just stick a screw eye into the joist. It'd hold the 30# or so of weight in the bag.

 

[MaxStout]

Response 29, rebooting a really old thread but here's how I rigged mine up. Old heavy bag bracket with 4 inch, 5/16 lag screws fastening it to the underside of the joist. View attachment 628649

You must be hoisting some enormous BIAB batches to need a bracket with two 5/16 x 4" lags into the joist and a stack of fender washers on the back side of that eye bolt.

Is @wilserbrewer making 50 gal BIAB bags?

 

[wilserbrewer]

Is @wilserbrewer making 50 gal BIAB bags?

Yes we are...have made bags for 3B systems as well as 500 liter...

4 lag bolts at 5/16” is easily good for thousand pounds easily....

 

[FlabbyRoach]

I had a couple of hooks that I used to hang my bike on. I found the center of the joist and drilled a pilot hole for the thread. I then tested it by hanging my body weight, 180 pounds, from the hook. Never looked back.

I had to use a small chain due to the higher ceiling in the garage.

 

[wilserbrewer]

I then tested it by hanging my body weight, 180 pounds, from the hook. Never looked back.

Proof loading is always a wise idea!!!

 

[matt_m]

It worked out that an I-beam runs right about where I intended to put my kettle. I bought a beam clamp and a 3/8 threaded eye bolt at Lowes. Should be strong enough LOL.

 

[Goowa]

You must be hoisting some enormous BIAB batches to need a bracket with two 5/16 x 4" lags into the joist and a stack of fender washers on the back side of that eye bolt.

Is @wilserbrewer making 50 gal BIAB bags?

Just the stuff I had on hand. [emoji57]

#brickSh*tHouse

 

[MaxStout]

Why use one bolt when three will do. We'll never read a post from you later like, "my BIAB fell from the ceiling, is my beer ruined?"

 

[balrog]

I'm still wanting to devise and install the simplistic travelling overhead pulley with swing away arm system.

With a motor.

Using paperclips, dental floss and duct tape.

 

[Red Clay]

I don't have it installed yet, but I'll be using 1 5/8" Unistruts and the Unistrut Trolly System to suspend (and move) my BrewHa BIAC 1/2 barrel basket.

After the first batch with that beast, I realized that two grown and well-fed men could barely, and certainly not safely, lift the wet grain up out of the conical. So I went totally overboard and bought a full I-beam 1-ton overhead trolly. Now that I'm moving from the covered porch to the basement I don't have the overhead room, nor do I need to lift a small car worth of wet grain!

The Unistrut P2950 can handle a 600 lb dynamic load, and I can move it around my basement using an overhead trolly made of cheap Unistrut sections. I'm a couple of months away from that stage on my basement build, but I'll post pics when it's up and running.

 

[Holy_Grail_Reference]

I used some unistrut from home depot to span as many joists as i wanted then used 3/8” x 4” lags with heavy washers, probably over kill but i wanted to be able to easily change out wether i need an eyebolt or needed a shorter or longer one, plus i wanted the ability to hang a deer under the deck

You don’t want a sack full of grain dropping into really hot wort while your face is there


That’s what i did

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