Diy Garage Ceiling Storage Lift

So ski season is coming to a close and for those that have a thule cargo box or a yakima ski carrier that usually means it s time to remove it from your car and find a good storage place for the cargo box in your garage.

Diy garage ceiling storage lift.

I mounted two to my ceiling about eight feet apart. Hang ladders from the ceiling so they don t hog prime storage space. Fasten the corner braces to ceiling joists with two inch lag screws. Level and secure to the garage wall in the studs with 2 screws.

They are smaller less cumbersome hold easily the appropriate weight probably 880 4 or 220 lbs each. Setting up a simple platform pulley system is one way to solve this and other garage issues allowing you to conveniently access storage within the rafters. How to make a diy garage ceiling pulley lift system for a thule ski cargo box. Attach the garage pulley system brackets to a ceiling joist with wood screws.

The materials are all inexpensive. It s another great storage option that you may not have thought of. Measure and cut the 2 by 4 lumber to the lengths required for. With a few readily available tools you can set up a garage pulley system from the ceiling in a few short hours.

Secure the ladder with an elastic cord so it can t roll out and fall. Most of the construction happens entirely on the ground before being installed for use and while the way it works is ingenious it s really quite simple. Apply a bead of wood glue and screw the 2x3 to the long edge of the 2 x8 sheet of plywood with 10 drywall screws. Begin by removing 1 1 2 from the end of a 2x3.

Secure the sides to the corner connectors with sd8 screws. I ll show how i mounted this super easy and pretty cheap ceiling winch hoist in my garage shop. Build an overhead pulley storage system for thule cargo boxes yakima cargo carriers canoes or kayaks. I have a platform that uses a manual hoist that raises the platform to the garage ceiling and it uses all stranded cable and holds a huge amount using many long bolts into the ceiling joists.

Lift the shelf frame into place installing the sides into the corner connectors. Position the hooks the same distance apart as the distance from the handlebar to the seat rear. How do i build diy overhead pulley storage systems for a garage. The rollers on this carriage let you easily slide in one end of the ladder then the other.

Install the 2 x 4 x 92 board in the front and secure to the front corner connectors with sd8 screws. Measure and cut the lumber. Cut two 2 by 4 s.