Re: Bike tech idea for Jeff

On 1/23/2025 2:31 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:52:20 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 1/22/2025 1:01 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

  The problem with one cable strand or a single loop is that it takes
two people to operate.  One to load firewood at the bottom of the
hill.  Another to unload the firewood at the top of the hill and throw
it into a pile.  That's possible, but I'm trying to avoid solutions
that require an extra person.

>
That is a big problem. I've mentioned before doing work in the attic of
a friend's house, whose workshop and tools were in the basement-level
garage. I realized pretty soon that if I'd forgotten to bring up a 3
pound hammer, I had to lift almost 180 pounds up three stories. Most of
that load was me.

 It's called exercise.  I drag all of this:
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/MLGS2MyEcMCCwzMK9>
up about 50 stairs, every winter (about 5 months).  My cardiologist
claims that the exercise is all that keeps my alive.  (He says that
it's the only thing I'm doing right and everything else I'm doing is
all wrong).
 

Seems like we should invent a mechanism that would allow you to load the
wood into some sort of cable-suspended box, let the motor pull it up,
and have the box dump wood onto an upper porch or whatever in response
to a remote command. It sounds like an interesting challenge.

 It is interesting and I think about it often.  The hillside is uneven
and a cable delivery system avoids the problem.  Additional
complexications make it even more challenging.  However, as long as
I'm (barely) able to haul the firewood up the hill, I won't be
building anything to make it easier.  I really do need the exercise.
 

Does your stair have a railing? (if not, why not?)
A fairly simple monorail box with a section on either side of the railing would do if you bring a light load per trip and do that with each trip up to the house.
Simple stick type stop which would engage the balusters.
Couple of rubber wheels from a hardware store and they ride on axles which cross from one box to the other.
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