I finished welding and cleaning the trolley and then Sharon painted it.

After the paint was dry, I bolted the trolley onto the hoist. In this picture it’s upside down because the other side of the hoist is round and it would roll over.

The hoist is heavy, so I used two ratchet straps to lift it up. Raise one, then the other, repeat.

Installing the wheels

And it’s ready for use! These wheels are a little narrower than I would prefer, but I made the spacing of the trolley so they can’t fall off the beam. But, for extra safety, I used very long bolts to hold them on. If they did fall off the beam the bolt would keep it from falling.

And, finally, tie on a cord and try rolling it on the track. The end of the track has pieces of garden hose to act as a cushion to stop it.

Now we can lift and move heavy machines and deliveries of steel. We can also hang something from this while working on it, such as painting.

The hoist can lift up to 500 kg, which is good, because our milling machine is almost 400 kg and is waiting to go into the shop.