>>A one ton chain hoist will lift anything you'll need, but I use two hoists for big plates. I like the control and stability better. Ron N Greetings, I have always used a single chain hoist. I shortened the loop I grab to lift or lower, and removed a lot of links from the hoist chain. There is no need to have a hoist that can lift something 7 feet when a plate only needs 12" or so. I used to use soft nylon rope to attach a three point rigging, but now use the nylon strap tie-downs with hooks and adjustable cams. They are inexpensive and very convenient. After a while, various Steinway plates' idiosyncrasies, with their counter-intuitive tilts, are learned and the fast adjustment feature of the tie-downs allows extraction to proceed apace. I can also use them for lots of other chores, ie. for large clamping projects, they suffice for large band clams, etc. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100331/facf969d/attachment.htm>
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