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A few years ago, I tried to buy an American made chain hoist. Failed. Closest I could find was a Japanese company that bought an American brand. Forget the name.

And 8” or so can be done with card board boxes designed for the purpose.

I’m reading it does take some prep. Though I’ve had Henry’s cool roof on my galvalume roof for well over a decade, and it shows no sign of peeling. And the only prep I did there was Dawn and a floor broom. It’s possible that stuff has some type of clear coating on it though. It’s possible...

I’ve got some aluminum and stainless stuff right now. May also tap some copper bars for stainless. But it was more of a general resource question about whether there was a table or chart that I could keep handy.

Thanks. That’s helpful. This is the kind of thing I was wondering/worrying about. Seems like the chemistry for different metal combinations would be entirely different.

Is there a chart that specifies different anti seize for different metal combinations? Similar to the chart that lists the chemical resistance of various types of glove material. Anti-seize for stainless-aluminum; copper-stainless; aluminum-copper, zinc coated-copper, etc. I see permatex...

1200 gallons. I’m sure the oaks will appreciate it. Less trouble than sourcing and replacing those valves.

Roger that. Thanks.

What do you guys think? I can drain these totes and leave the valve open. Or I can fill them up with about 300 gallons of water and leave the valve closed. Projected temperatures are about 15 F at night for 3 days. Warms up above freezing during the day. These things have a sort of a pallet...

A brief update on this. I mocked up a couple of spans. One at 4’ o.c. and one at 5’. Standing in the middle at about 180 lbs. Almost zero deflection on a single plank at 5’. I’m tempted to go 4’ o.c. instead of 2’.