So the roofers are gone they did 4 roofs one of them a flat roof over my shop (they tore off  a recreational deck there to get  at the roof) and now I gotta rebuild the deck. 

 

The issue:  I gotta lift over a hundred 6 x10 boards up to the roof.

Plus I ain't 16 any more and I'm still recovering from back injury

 

I thought about a ladder elevator like roofer's use, but  don't really like it. Too fiddly with lumber.

I thought about building a huge tripod and using sheaves ( it's a contender)

I thought about renting a scissor type lift

Any ideas?

 

I don't think the rental place has one of these

Edited November 20, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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fork lift...

Maybe along the lines of a forklift, a skidloader with pallet forks. Daily rental may still exceed $300, but it would cheaper than one of those things you show.

What's the distance from the eaves to the ground? 

Not knowing your site, I would go with a rough terrain forklift, similar to what you have in the picture. It would be the safest and quickest way to get them up there. Scissor lifts can be really tippy if you do not get an Rough Terrain model.

Edited September 13, 20169 yr by Chips N Dust

Cliff, when you say 6 x 10, what does this mean?

Like 100 each 2" x 6" x 10' ?

Or over 100 each 6" x 10" beams?

you know anyone with a backhoe with a bucket on the front?   my neighbors have them and the one guy has a pair of forks that mount on the bucket, but even without that, i would think you could chain you wood to the bucket, lift it up, move it, go back and get more...and it's going to be a lot of work any way you do it.

16 hours ago, John Morris said:

What's the distance from the eaves to the ground? 

 15'

 

 I bet you could hire someone to carry them up for less than a rental for equipment.   Be very careful if you are not used to the equipment as the load coming down from 15' could be interesting.   Unless you have self leveling forks or bucket it can dump the load backwards on you.   Remember to spread them out somewhat so you don't overload the roof at one point.   Roly

Edited September 14, 20169 yr by Roly

34 minutes ago, Roly said:

 I bet you could hire someone to carry them up for less than a rental for equipment. 

This is what I was getting at when I asked for the actual size of the lumber, 100 pieces really isn't that much. A lift seems overkill. 

At MY age - have someone else do it

The place I like to buy my dressed lumber from charges a nominal fee to make a home delivery.  $25 I think.  They use a hitchhiker forklift.  It might be that for the delivery charge they would deliver it to where it is needed.

Other than that, hire a couple guys for a couple hours.

Cal

and don't stack it all in one place on that roof deck....

I found an $80.00 a day rental of a manual  vertical lift.  IT can handle 600 pounds.

I think that's what I'm going to do

8 minutes ago, Cliff said:

I found an $80.00 a day rental of a manual  vertical lift.  IT can handle 600 pounds.

I think that's what I'm going to do

That'll work!

1 minute ago, John Morris said:

That'll work!

YAh it looks like a giant vertical  compound drawer slide with fold out legs,  forks for the load , and operated by a huge cable

crank

My missus arms are going to be  sore from all that turning  Maybe I'll have the grand kids over. Put 'em to work.

20 minutes ago, Cliff said:

YAh it looks like a giant vertical  compound drawer slide with fold out legs,  forks for the load , and operated by a huge cable

crank

My missus arms are going to be  sore from all that turning  Maybe I'll have the grand kids over. Put 'em to work.

they have them in electric and air drives...

Remember the forks or platform has to clear the roof and any projections so you will need to reach out from the roof edge to retrieve them.   If you could use a little longer length on them you could just hand them up.    Another option is to slide them up on angled ladders or other boards but this would require at least two people on roof with ropes attached to lumber to pull up and one on ground to load and tie ropes on.  Roly

and a guard to protect the roof's edge...

Agree with protection for roof edge.  With the 10' pieces I would think one person could stand in a pick up and be able to lift them high enough for another person on roof to take on up.  Do all 100 have to go up the same day ?   If you get one of the lifts make sure it is on a very stable base.   This will be a 10' wide load balanced on a 2' wide platform or a little wider with forks and you are almost directly under the load while cranking.   I'll bet a couple of teenagers will carry them all up for a $100 and be very happy to do it for that or less.   Roly