I bought a boat winch and two rollers on Amazon for $45.93. Now the question is how to stick this stuff together that it works. I drilled the I-beam to attach a roller, but then I headed back to the drawing board. I am now in the process of making two sliding brackets that can be tightened anywhere along the length of the beam to lift two deer at a time. In my theory three or four deer could be hung at a time and skinned outside then rolled inside to cut up, or lifted onto the back of a pickup. I plan on finding out soon if this works, or if it's a Rube Goldberg idea.![]()
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Good to know. I don't expect that the roller is going to get much wear with a flat strap going over it at slower speeds with less than 300 lbs. hanging on it. I could probably have run the strap over a bolt without a roller and it would have worked ok.If that roller doesn’t hold up, buy a clear yellow one. They are a little more expensive, but are way tougher.
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I was considering a power winch, and I might still add one later. The one thing that I wanted was to not have any batteries to charge or cords to drag along when I roll this thing around. Also, butchering involves spraying water, not having electric is one less thing to worry about keeping dry. And I have butchered a lot of deer by lifting them with a cable come-along winch, and the lifting part was always a minor part of the process. I'm waiting to see how this boat winch works to actually lift a deer.I would have gone with the electric winch, mounted to the I beam. I have one mounted in my butcher shop / barn kitchen. 12' ceiling. My next broject is to anchor a pulley to the floor so I can pull the hide with the winch. You could brobably put a cross member at the bottom to skin with.
I have an Aframe engine hoist I built many years ago that I took down to the deer lease that is still there. It has a boat winch on it and works great!Good to know. I don't expect that the roller is going to get much wear with a flat strap going over it at slower speeds with less than 300 lbs. hanging on it. I could probably have run the strap over a bolt without a roller and it would have worked ok.
I was considering a power winch, and I might still add one later. The one thing that I wanted was to not have any batteries to charge or cords to drag along when I roll this thing around. Also, butchering involves spraying water, not having electric is one less thing to worry about keeping dry. And I have butchered a lot of deer by lifting them with a cable come-along winch, and the lifting part was always a minor part of the process. I'm waiting to see how this boat winch works to actually lift a deer.
That’s what I use here at home...lolThat looks good. This is what we use:
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I use my FEL sometimes, but if someone gets a deer right ar quitting time and I'm in a hurry to get it quartered and in an icechest, getting the tractor out of the shed, jumping on and off the tractor several times to lift up another foot, then locking the tractor back into the shed seems to take a lot of time. Because of CWD regulations we can't throw our deer on the back of a pickup truck and take them with. All spinal cord tissue has to stay in that area. So my goal is a dedicated hoist ready to lift without any preparation.That’s what I use here at home...lol
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I got to thinking, something about your boat winch comment rings a bell. I'm starting to remember that I got the idea to use a boat winch from you in the first place, from another deer hoist thread. Thanks for your contribution to my project.I have an Aframe engine hoist I built many years ago that I took down to the deer lease that is still there. It has a boat winch on it and works great!
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