The Ultimate Handyman shows you how to lift large beams by yourself using simple tools from harbor freight and common building supplies form Home Depot.
I did this when I built my huge wooden patio by myself. I basically used a bunch of tie downs and strap a taller beam next to my posts and run a piece of lumber across and mounted the hoist. It worked like a charm. People were shocked how I manage to get 4x10x20 beams up by myself lol. i love finding solutions.
Super supportive. I have been lifting a number of different building materials on a house build that I am working on, mostly solo. I actually considered those very same chain hoists and I made the exact same lifts that you did out of 4x4s, yours were much more stout and I will go back and reinforce with the Simpson hardware....I even bough and used the same 1/2" eye bolt. Amazing we were on the same track. Thank you so much for this video, so supportive.
Brilliant - I love the simplicity and efficiency that this brings. I am tackling a covered deck patio where I will be hoisting a few Glulam's and I will be replicating this to do so. Great work!
Quite helpful. I was trying to figure out how to do something like this. Previously I use two ladders and a friend and I just muscled a heavy beam up. It felt VERY dangerous. This is the right way to raise a beam without an existing overhead support structure. Thanks!
The original plan was to use ladders and 4 guy after I saw how hard it was to move on the ground i scraped that idea. The chain hoists make it super easy to adjust the beam. Good luck with you project and be safe.
Very well presented, well planned and more important, one of the SAFEST methods I have seen to lift heavy items. Ive seen plenty of sketchy ways to do this online and RL and Id be confident and secure using this method. Well Done.
I am using this tip for sure. Thank you. I liked subscribed and hit the bell on this. All that aside this is not just a little OP but a lot OP. It’s always good know the limits of things. There are great references to help people calculate wood weight, and also load capacities such as what weight a 4x4 over a horizontal span can support. I’m not creative enough to come up with the solution you did but hopefully encouraging folks to do this background research can help safety, cost and level of waste. I found info out there that puts your beams each at about 390 lbs. which is a weight that shockingly can be supported with a single 4x4 at the center of an 8 ft. span. Hopefully this comes across helpful and not rude.
Thanks I appreciate that. It is good to know the weight your lifting and how much weight the wood your using to lift the weight can Handel. I figured 400 to 500lbs for the beam. I could have lifted way more weight the way I had it set up.
This is brilliant. I am doing a post and beam pavilion for a customer. First time ever with heavy Timbers like this, and I’ll be honest, I was a little worried. Not now though. Thank you for sharing this!
Great, you've given me tremendous ideas. I am doing a 10 foot high apartment extension under an existing horse stable structure and need to go up just the beams and other structures. Thank you
Genius. I will be assembling a carport myself soon and trying to figure out such lifting contraption pkus once up how to hold fast whilst i attach othe beams until it can support itself
Hmm. This is a fabulous way to do heavy beam lifting it seems! I have to soon lift a 20’ 6”x12”. I’ won’t have a long 4x4 for that span. Im thinking I could mount the hoists directly on the 2 L shaped 4x4 brackets? Any reason you didn’t do it that way? Great video!
I didn’t mount my L brackets high enough so I needed extra height for the chain hoist. I was almost maxed out on my chain hoist lifting even with the 4x4. I was in a hurry and didn’t measure everything to make sure it would lift high enough. You can mount hoist directly to the L bracket.
I lifted the 4x4 brackets by myself while climbing up the ladder. The cross beam was lifted one side at a time using my tall A frame ladder. Also by my self.
It should be. You need to be your own judge and engineer for if it’s strong enough. The beam in the video was 4 to 500 lbs it all depends on how wet the wood was at the time. To be safe stay clear of the beam once it’s in the air. Do it at your own risk.
Are you taking about the ones i used for the 4x4 L. I got them at Home Depot. If your taking about the ones that hold the beam to the post I made them form scratch out of ¼ steel plate.
How much did it weigh? I have a 20' parallam lift coming up and its about 600lbs and 12ft in the air. Its over a 1st flr deck so a lift machine wont work. I like the configuration but thinking I may need a better L portion to carry that weight. Nice job Bro!
I think it was around 500 to 600 lbs. It lifted the beam with ease. Those L pieces are stronger that you think. It is always best to build it overkill just to be safe. I still have one maybe I can test it to failure one day
You could do that. I didn’t spend that much on building this setup. You still have to buy wood for a ramp and a winch. I think my way was cheaper, safer and easier to adjust once in place.
In the future I might try the ramp method to see how it goes. I’ve seen guys use 2x4 wall jacks. They climb there way up the board. They cost more than the 2 chain hoists I used. Guardian Fall Protection 2601 Portable Wall Jack, for Use with 1-1/2 X 3-1/2 in Fir Poles Or 1 in Od Steel Pipe, Malleable Iron, Red a.co/d/byxZOAE
@@TheUltimateHandymanKyle I just raised a couple 21ft beams and used a chain host with a gin pole on side, and ratchet straps (two, alternating) on the other. Ratchet are a little more sketchy and slow, but work and real cheap.
Yes and I had to wait a week to lift the second beam because the customer got the wrong size. So I would’ve had to rent it twice. You have to also consider labor time picking up the equipment. This was way cheaper and safer.
I would have had to rent the equipment 2 separate times a week apart because they ordered the wrong size beam. You have to factor in my time and the 2 separate rental fees. Making this setup was way cheeper and safer. Also the ground where this was had finished pavers and gravel so anything with wheels that were small would have gotten stuck. I did have access to a fork lift but it got stuck trying to get it over to this area.
Thats a good idea, im not sure it would have worked for my 12ft long 8"x8" beams they were pretty heavy , plus wood was expensive then. I went with the old roman Stonehenge method for mine. check it out ruclips.net/video/NwpO1P9-IV8/видео.html
I just watched your video. The method you used works good also. I think it was the right method for you project. The beam I lifted was a 16’ x10x10. And it wasn’t even close to stressing out my setup.
Why do we do this to ourselves?? Insisting that we work completely alone. One other person would have made that take 10 minutes to set both beams up there. I do this too, btw. But I think I'll just hire a helper cause it's ridiculous.
I wish I had help. It took 4 guys just to move these beams into place on the ground. Most jobs I do don’t require helpers. If I were doing this type of work regularly I would get some helpers.
Your strong enough to lift a 16 foot 10x10 that weighs between 400 and 500 lbs up 10 feet in the air using a ladder? You must be the world strong man. I must be a week old man. Even if I was strong enough to do that it’s not as safe. My chain hoists mad it easy to adjust the beam position. I had 4 guys deliver the beam and we had a hard time moving it at ground level.
😅😅 total überflüssig. Ihr baut alles aus Streichhölzern. Das hätte man hier auch machen können. 4 dünne Balken nebeneinander und verschraubt. Fertig! 👎👎🇩🇪
Im not sure what your point is. The way I did this in the video was the safest and cheapest way I could think of. If you have a better method than post a link to your video here. This is the translation below. Totally unnecessary. You build everything out of matches. That could have been done here too. 4 thin beams next to each other and screwed together. Complete!
There are a few reasons I came up with this method. First the cement walkway was 3 or 4 feet wide and that transition into gravel where the pergola was. So that would make it hard to impossible to use a rented lift.The wheels wouldn't work on gravel. It was actually cheaper to do it this way and way safer. Also I only had one beam to lift that day. The customer made a mistake and bought one that was too short. So if I rented the lift I would need to do it 2 times. The cost would be more than what I spent on making this. The wood brackets straps and hoists were at max $200 I maybe spent and hour building the wood brackets and 30 minutes to install them on the poles. It would have taken way longer to rent and return a lift. I also planned it so the large lag bolt I used to mount my lifting brackets were reused to attach the 6x6 on top of the beams. They had a large forklift there but we unable to drive it up to that area because it sank in the dirt.
Doing this way, when he was done he had all the equipment. Just out the wood, and that might be able to be used somewhere else. If he rented a lift, he would have a receipt. I would make the same choice
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I did this when I built my huge wooden patio by myself. I basically used a bunch of tie downs and strap a taller beam next to my posts and run a piece of lumber across and mounted the hoist. It worked like a charm. People were shocked how I manage to get 4x10x20 beams up by myself lol.
i love finding solutions.
Great idea.
Super supportive. I have been lifting a number of different building materials on a house build that I am working on, mostly solo. I actually considered those very same chain hoists and I made the exact same lifts that you did out of 4x4s, yours were much more stout and I will go back and reinforce with the Simpson hardware....I even bough and used the same 1/2" eye bolt. Amazing we were on the same track. Thank you so much for this video, so supportive.
Thanks. Great minds think alike.
Brilliant - I love the simplicity and efficiency that this brings. I am tackling a covered deck patio where I will be hoisting a few Glulam's and I will be replicating this to do so. Great work!
Thanks. Let us know how it goes. Be safe
Quite helpful. I was trying to figure out how to do something like this. Previously I use two ladders and a friend and I just muscled a heavy beam up. It felt VERY dangerous. This is the right way to raise a beam without an existing overhead support structure. Thanks!
The original plan was to use ladders and 4 guy after I saw how hard it was to move on the ground i scraped that idea. The chain hoists make it super easy to adjust the beam. Good luck with you project and be safe.
Very well presented, well planned and more important, one of the SAFEST methods I have seen to lift heavy items. Ive seen plenty of sketchy ways to do this online and RL and Id be confident and secure using this method. Well Done.
Thanks. It’s the only way to go if you’re by yourself.
I am using this tip for sure. Thank you. I liked subscribed and hit the bell on this. All that aside this is not just a little OP but a lot OP. It’s always good know the limits of things. There are great references to help people calculate wood weight, and also load capacities such as what weight a 4x4 over a horizontal span can support. I’m not creative enough to come up with the solution you did but hopefully encouraging folks to do this background research can help safety, cost and level of waste. I found info out there that puts your beams each at about 390 lbs. which is a weight that shockingly can be supported with a single 4x4 at the center of an 8 ft. span. Hopefully this comes across helpful and not rude.
Thanks I appreciate that. It is good to know the weight your lifting and how much weight the wood your using to lift the weight can Handel. I figured 400 to 500lbs for the beam. I could have lifted way more weight the way I had it set up.
Fairly genius! I'll have to remember that for future projects, and you can be sure I'll spread the video around.
Thanks
Nice job of making the best of working alone. Well done.
Thanks
This is brilliant. I am doing a post and beam pavilion for a customer. First time ever with heavy Timbers like this, and I’ll be honest, I was a little worried. Not now though. Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks, no problem.
Great, you've given me tremendous ideas. I am doing a 10 foot high apartment extension under an existing horse stable structure and need to go up just the beams and other structures. Thank you
That’s why I posted this video. I’m glad I was able to help. Good luck with your project
I usually do a lot of the work by myself too, very smart idea man, I'd use it. thanks for sharing.
Thanks. It was a fun problem to solve.
You make look so easy!!
Sometimes
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks
Very ingenious! Thank you so much for this idea!
Thanks. Glad I can help
Indeed
Great video have similar project under way. Very helpful.
Thanks. Good luck with your project
You would think cannot be done by one person? such a great idea👍🏻👏
Thanks.
Agreed!
Oh my God, you saved me. I was wondering how the hell I was gonna do this by myself.
Thank you
I’m glad my crazy idea was was helpful.
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great idea
Thanks
This project was worth it!
What did you lift?
@@TheUltimateHandymanKyle 21 green oak logs and took them to the mill
Excellent ! Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
Genius. I will be assembling a carport myself soon and trying to figure out such lifting contraption pkus once up how to hold fast whilst i attach othe beams until it can support itself
Thanks
Great idea
Thanks
Great vid
Thanks
Thank you just the right time , i Have to rise a 6" x 10" x 22 foot long up 10 feet. Thank again
Let us know how it goes. Be safe
Good job . Very sisinct .
Thanks
Great video, should attract more viewers.
Thanks. I hope it does.
Nice job brother getterdone.
Thanks
grasias that was realy helpful
No problem. Good luck with your project.
Wishing you the best wishes towards 10k subscribers!
Thanks I appreciate that.
❤ Nice job
Thanks
I’m going to do this tomorrow
Good luck and be safe. Let me know how it went.
Awesome. The other tube videos in this field suck.
Thanks
Hmm. This is a fabulous way to do heavy beam lifting it seems! I have to soon lift a 20’ 6”x12”. I’ won’t have a long 4x4 for that span. Im thinking I could mount the hoists directly on the 2 L shaped 4x4 brackets? Any reason you didn’t do it that way? Great video!
I didn’t mount my L brackets high enough so I needed extra height for the chain hoist. I was almost maxed out on my chain hoist lifting even with the 4x4. I was in a hurry and didn’t measure everything to make sure it would lift high enough. You can mount hoist directly to the L bracket.
Smart and safe work. Subed as well.
Thanks.
Thanks for the video. But i gotta ask the obvious...how did you get the beackets and cross beam up there?
I lifted the 4x4 brackets by myself while climbing up the ladder. The cross beam was lifted one side at a time using my tall A frame ladder. Also by my self.
Nice
Thanks
How much did you spend building that lift! Looks like $300+ of materials.
Between $175 and $200
@TheUltimateHandymanKyle which can be reused for years
@@johnfitbyfaithnet yes I've already used the chain hoists a few times
deck screws worked, but they are not structural because they are brittle.
Yes they will break at a certain point when bent. They were definitely strong enough for this job. I also used them so I could easily take this apart.
Does this wooden structure strong enough to hang/hold a 16' 500lb i beam?
It should be. You need to be your own judge and engineer for if it’s strong enough. The beam in the video was 4 to 500 lbs it all depends on how wet the wood was at the time. To be safe stay clear of the beam once it’s in the air. Do it at your own risk.
Hello, where did you get the brackets for your beams? Looking to fit a true 6x10 beam to true 8x8 post, can't find any that work. Thank you.
I got the metal brackets at Lowe’s
Where did you get the final brackets
Are you taking about the ones i used for the 4x4 L. I got them at Home Depot. If your taking about the ones that hold the beam to the post I made them form scratch out of ¼ steel plate.
How much did it weigh? I have a 20' parallam lift coming up and its about 600lbs and 12ft in the air. Its over a 1st flr deck so a lift machine wont work. I like the configuration but thinking I may need a better L portion to carry that weight. Nice job Bro!
I think it was around 500 to 600 lbs. It lifted the beam with ease. Those L pieces are stronger that you think. It is always best to build it overkill just to be safe. I still have one maybe I can test it to failure one day
@@TheUltimateHandymanKyle Thanks! I appreciate the feedback. Could go viral with that vid 😂🤙
Could this work for a metal I beam
Yes
Nicely done, seems a bit overkill and costly. I've done this by creating a ramp and drag them up the ramp using a winch.
You could do that. I didn’t spend that much on building this setup. You still have to buy wood for a ramp and a winch. I think my way was cheaper, safer and easier to adjust once in place.
In the future I might try the ramp method to see how it goes. I’ve seen guys use 2x4 wall jacks. They climb there way up the board. They cost more than the 2 chain hoists I used. Guardian Fall Protection 2601 Portable Wall Jack, for Use with 1-1/2 X 3-1/2 in Fir Poles Or 1 in Od Steel Pipe, Malleable Iron, Red a.co/d/byxZOAE
@@TheUltimateHandymanKyle I just raised a couple 21ft beams and used a chain host with a gin pole on side, and ratchet straps (two, alternating) on the other. Ratchet are a little more sketchy and slow, but work and real cheap.
How to operate rudimentary lifting equipment.
Definitely
Are you sponsored by Rigid. Or harbor freight?.
I should be sponsored by both
Or just get your friend over and help.. that's if you have any
Are your friends Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall?
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this is cheaper than just renting a crane?
Yes and I had to wait a week to lift the second beam because the customer got the wrong size. So I would’ve had to rent it twice. You have to also consider labor time picking up the equipment. This was way cheaper and safer.
Why not rent the equipment from Homedepot to lift the beams?
I would have had to rent the equipment 2 separate times a week apart because they ordered the wrong size beam. You have to factor in my time and the 2 separate rental fees. Making this setup was way cheeper and safer. Also the ground where this was had finished pavers and gravel so anything with wheels that were small would have gotten stuck. I did have access to a fork lift but it got stuck trying to get it over to this area.
Thats a good idea, im not sure it would have worked for my 12ft long 8"x8" beams they were pretty heavy , plus wood was expensive then. I went with the old roman Stonehenge method for mine. check it out ruclips.net/video/NwpO1P9-IV8/видео.html
I just watched your video. The method you used works good also. I think it was the right method for you project. The beam I lifted was a 16’ x10x10. And it wasn’t even close to stressing out my setup.
Why do we do this to ourselves?? Insisting that we work completely alone. One other person would have made that take 10 minutes to set both beams up there.
I do this too, btw. But I think I'll just hire a helper cause it's ridiculous.
I wish I had help. It took 4 guys just to move these beams into place on the ground. Most jobs I do don’t require helpers. If I were doing this type of work regularly I would get some helpers.
Unless your a sick old man you should be able to lift that beams up brrrooo
Your strong enough to lift a 16 foot 10x10 that weighs between 400 and 500 lbs up 10 feet in the air using a ladder? You must be the world strong man. I must be a week old man. Even if I was strong enough to do that it’s not as safe. My chain hoists mad it easy to adjust the beam position. I had 4 guys deliver the beam and we had a hard time moving it at ground level.
😅😅 total überflüssig. Ihr baut alles aus Streichhölzern. Das hätte man hier auch machen können. 4 dünne Balken nebeneinander und verschraubt. Fertig! 👎👎🇩🇪
Im not sure what your point is. The way I did this in the video was the safest and cheapest way I could think of. If you have a better method than post a link to your video here. This is the translation below.
Totally unnecessary. You build everything out of matches. That could have been done here too. 4 thin beams next to each other and screwed together. Complete!
with all the money in the building of the lifing mechanism you could have rented a lift for a day
There are a few reasons I came up with this method. First the cement walkway was 3 or 4 feet wide and that transition into gravel where the pergola was. So that would make it hard to impossible to use a rented lift.The wheels wouldn't work on gravel. It was actually cheaper to do it this way and way safer. Also I only had one beam to lift that day. The customer made a mistake and bought one that was too short. So if I rented the lift I would need to do it 2 times. The cost would be more than what I spent on making this. The wood brackets straps and hoists were at max $200
I maybe spent and hour building the wood brackets and 30 minutes to install them on the poles. It would have taken way longer to rent and return a lift. I also planned it so the large lag bolt I used to mount my lifting brackets were reused to attach the 6x6 on top of the beams. They had a large forklift there but we unable to drive it up to that area because it sank in the dirt.
Doing this way, when he was done he had all the equipment. Just out the wood, and that might be able to be used somewhere else. If he rented a lift, he would have a receipt. I would make the same choice