Re: Bike tech idea for Jeff

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:34:43 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
(chomp)

Maybe a simpler enhancement to the existing non-system? Do you
physically lift the wood all the way up?

 Yes.  I use one or two slings like this:
<https://goclc.com/product/canvas-log-carrier/>
 The distance between the hand rails was too small for me to always use
two slings, so I went up the stair sideways.  After loosing some arm
strength, I could no longer carry two slings and now use only one at a
time.  I could probably make something better by butchering one of my
back packs.
 

If so, maybe an inclined track
added to the stairs or the handrails could act as a ramp, allowing
rolling it part or all the way uphill. You'd still get the exercise of
lifting your body mass up, but you'd be applying less force to get the
wood up.

 I had thought of attaching two rails on the stairs and climbing
between them while pulling on a rail cart.  The problem is that it
would require some mechanism to keep the wheels of the cart going in a
straight line or following a curve.  That's usually done with an axle
and tapered flanged wheels, something I would like to avoid.  Some
details:
<https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how%20train%20wheels%20go%20around%20turns>
 

Or if you could install a vertical pole, you might be able to have a
hoist trolley system - a vertical electric hoist rolling on a horizontal
track (like a jib crane) or on a cable to your upper porch.

 I could almost do that.  The hillside is about 60 degrees from
horizontal.  In other words, it's almost a cliff.  The flat roof makes
it possible to extend the roofing beams out over the road.  I then
attach a trolley to the beam to form a jib crane.  I can make that
work, but I'm not sure I would want that on my house.  I won't list
the potential problems, but the one that bothers me most is the lack
of access should something get hung up or tangled.  At my age, tight
rope and beam walking is not considered a good idea.
 

I'd be interested in a better overall look at the property.

 I'll try to take some more photos and use a panorama program to stitch
together to form a panorama.  It would be nice to have such a thing. I
already have one for the inside of the house (for insurance purposes).
Yet another project...