Show garage hoist and rack Is handled by one man oil drums in garages are usually placed on racks a few feet from the floor but considerable difficulty Is often experienced in lifting the oil drums up on the racks A simple holat hoist for tills this purpose which can easily be operated by one man Is shown in the illustration it consists of a winch arrangement ran gement gemont attached to one end of the rack A large gear Is keyed on one end of the winch and a small gear meshing with the larger one as shown As 0 C A simple barrel hoist and rack for the garage that can be operated by one man has a handle attached so that the winch can be turned A skid Is hooked to the rack for the drums to be rolled on which Is accomplished complis hed by means of two IS S inca ropes attached at one end to the winch and at the other end to the rack these ropes must be long enough to be passed around the drum when lt it lies on the floor close to the skid winding the winch then rolls the drums up the sud skid and onto the rack the top edges of the are notched for the drums to rest in so that there will be no danger of them rolling off popular mechanics magazine |