How to put automobile in an elevated storage shed...

[manwithtools]

So...
I had a storage building delivered a few weeks ago to serve as temporary storage for my fun car and zero turn mower.



Being winter time in TN, the area leading to the shed has been perpetually wet and muddy. This has left me very reluctant to try to drive the car up the ramps, as I can see all kinds of bad outcomes with any loss of traction or applying sufficient throttle input to make the climb. Lying in bed the other night, inspiration arrived!

I parked my Jeep behind the shed, ran the winch line through the window in the back of the shed (I installed a 2x6 across the window to take the force of the winch line without damaging the window or the line). I had my SIL sit in the car, put it in reverse (with no application of throttle) and winched it up the ramps and into the shed with ZERO drama or stress over what could go wrong.

Just wanted to share what I thought was a creative solution to the problem at hand

It's a little hard to see, but there are some aluminum ramps from the shed to the ground just behind the car

 

[qdvuu]

Nice solution!

How did you attach the cable to the car?

 

[FTWingRiders]

Nice solution!

How did you attach the cable to the car?

Looks like to the headrests!!



OP... just joking with ya... Looks like a great solution..I'd eventually build a good, solid long ramp as a permanent sulotion.

 

[manwithtools]

Hard to see in the picture, but I looped a 3/4" recovery rope around the roll protection bars behind the seats. A couple of moving blankets protected the paint.

 

[manwithtools]

Looks like to the headrests!!



OP... just joking with ya... Looks like a great solution..I'd eventually build a good, solid long ramp as a permanent sulotion.

Close! Actually it's the bars behind the headrests

This shed is a temporary solution. Once the real shop get's built later this year. I will sell the shed or give it to a family member.

 

[driftpin]

Hey, it worked w/a minimum of drama/risk.