Posted by Ivan in Michigan on July 10, 2018 at 17:39:08 from (174.124.220.111):
In Reply to: raising trusses posted by merlynr on July 10, 2018 at 13:52:47:
I built one many years ago and have used it on maybe 10 building so far. I used 2 inch pipe appox 8 foot beyond the bend. The bend comes down below the bucket and I welded a flat channel so it sits on top of the bucket. I chained this down and used a couple of binders to lock it in place. The first building I used it on was 40 foot wide 12 foot sidewalls. After the fist one I welded a loop on the end of the pipe so I could tip the bucket forward and it would hook the truss iin the peak. Tip the bucket back and the truss was lifted way up. I set in place and found that by moving the steering wheel just a little I could move the truss 4 inches of more sideways. To unhook from the truss back up slowly and tip bucket down. 3 of us set all the trusses on a 40X 60 foot building in about 3 hours. The last one here I set them by myself and it has 10 foot sidewalls. So yes it will work just be carefull
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