Boom Hoist Made From Cottonwood Trees

Boom Hoist Made From Cottonwood Trees BUILDINGS New Techniques 34-5-29 Farming in rural Alaska, sometimes you have to make do with materials you have at hand. That's what Trent and Christine Sexton did when they needed a lift boom to build a storage shed. The Sexton's made a simple lift hoist with two 20-ft. poles cut from cottonwood trees and mounted them in the back of a pickup. The poles butt up tightly against the wheel wells in the box where they're chained in place. A 3/8-in. cable runs from the top of the poles to the front of the pickup. A block and tackle attached to the top of the poles does the lifting. They used the boom hoist to lift roof timbers made from whole cottonwood trees. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Trent & Christine Sexton, P.O. Box 143433, Anchorage, Alaska 99514 (ph 907 748-4341).

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