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<blockquote data-quote="OKRuss" data-source="post: 4382047" data-attributes="member: 41777">All, looking for some input(preferably useful) in what design changes I need to make on our deer hoist.&nbsp; It&#039;s a 4&quot; square tube metal about 8&#039; tall with another 2.5-3&#039; arm cantilevered.&nbsp; There are 3 pulleys on the top with our hand crank winch mounted on the vertical column.&nbsp; My thoughts were the cable would have pressure on the first pulley, not much on the second then the 3rd pulley pressure would be more downward given the weight of the deer and it pulling straight down.Well, if you look at the picture and zoom in, you&#039;ll see the bolt holding the 3rd pulley is bent way towards the column.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; I would&#039;ve thought 100 lb deer hanging would&#039;ve been enough to keep the cable/pressure straight down.&nbsp; The 2nd pulley isn&#039;t even touching the cable.&nbsp; For the time being, I just removed the 3rd pulley.&nbsp; Should the 3rd pulley be lower than the 2nd one?I did the elaborate Paint drawing since my picture doesn&#039;t show the entire setup.&nbsp; If you need me to work on a kick-ass diagram or something for a work presentation just let me know!&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />[ATTACH=full]539116[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]539117[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OKRuss, post: 4382047, member: 41777"] All, looking for some input(preferably useful) in what design changes I need to make on our deer hoist. It's a 4" square tube metal about 8' tall with another 2.5-3' arm cantilevered. There are 3 pulleys on the top with our hand crank winch mounted on the vertical column. My thoughts were the cable would have pressure on the first pulley, not much on the second then the 3rd pulley pressure would be more downward given the weight of the deer and it pulling straight down. Well, if you look at the picture and zoom in, you'll see the bolt holding the 3rd pulley is bent way towards the column. Why? I would've thought 100 lb deer hanging would've been enough to keep the cable/pressure straight down. The 2nd pulley isn't even touching the cable. For the time being, I just removed the 3rd pulley. Should the 3rd pulley be lower than the 2nd one? I did the elaborate Paint drawing since my picture doesn't show the entire setup. If you need me to work on a kick-ass diagram or something for a work presentation just let me know! :)[ATTACH type="full"]539116[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]539117[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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