I want to side load a 1/2” shouldered forged eye bolt with approximately 150 pounds (50 gal water heater) and hoist it up into the attic.
I’ll have a 1/2” double braided nylon rope tied to the eye. The rope will drop to the top of the water heater where it’ll go around a pulley then travel back to the top and go through another pulley and then I’ll be pulling down on the rope from the floor of the attic.
The pulley and Eye bolt will penetrate a 2x8 hip rafter with 3/4” plywood gussets on each side of the penetration to beef the rafter up.
That’s a 3” pulley.
The open space between the washers in this pic is where my wood will be. The nut beside the pulley is there as a spacer to keep the pulley off the wood.
Am I crazy or will this work ?
I’ll have a 1/2” double braided nylon rope tied to the eye. The rope will drop to the top of the water heater where it’ll go around a pulley then travel back to the top and go through another pulley and then I’ll be pulling down on the rope from the floor of the attic.
The pulley and Eye bolt will penetrate a 2x8 hip rafter with 3/4” plywood gussets on each side of the penetration to beef the rafter up.
That’s a 3” pulley.
The open space between the washers in this pic is where my wood will be. The nut beside the pulley is there as a spacer to keep the pulley off the wood.
Am I crazy or will this work ?