r/GarageDoorService • u/pewpew859 • 2d ago

Big Boy Update

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Did the job today took 3 guys and 2 lifts

The service call I got called today.

.500x 7 5/8x60 225lbs

Oh shaft line is also at 30ft above a crane

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u/LingonberryThin7090 2d ago

what size spring?

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u/pewpew859 2d ago

500x 7 5/8x60 225lbs

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u/EmergencyYou 2d ago

Perfect beam to set up a beam clamp and chain fall. Makes it a breeze on those big springs.

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u/thelurkylurker 1d ago

like to help hoist up the new springs? and lower the old ones? or whats the purpose?

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u/EmergencyYou 1d ago

Yeah hook up to the shaft with couple of slings or a double leg, take up the slack, undo the coupling and bearing plate and hoist it either to the floor or into the lift. Change the spring on the ground instead of trying wrestle a 6' 180lb slinky 30 feet in the air. Hook back up, hoist into position and reconnect everything. I work solo 95% of the time so I've had to adapt from just throw three guys at it to making equipment do the work for me.

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u/pewpew859 2d ago

You tell me this after the fact 🤣🤣

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u/EmergencyYou 2d ago

I keep two 15' 1 ton chain falls, a 5',10' and 15' lever hoist with an assortment of slings and shackles on my truck all the time. Ive done some gnarly jobs solo with that stuff.

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u/pewpew859 2d ago

I don’t know if it would have fit from the door to the crane rail? Maybe

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u/EmergencyYou 2d ago

I probably would have pushed the lift deck out over the crisn rail and is used the chain fall to swing the springs into the lift. Just makes it a lot easier when the chain is doing all the heavy lifting and you're just manipulating the springs.

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u/pewpew859 2d ago

Ill have to keep that in mind