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You guys think the casting is strong enough to take the weight of the head as it's lowered down the planks to the basement? I've got the lifting strap fed through the casting and the two ends will hook into the winch hook. The area circled in red in the second picture shows where in the casting it's looped through. That's where the motor and pulley normally reside.
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Personally - I would go ahead with the setup you describe. It isn't all that much weight (based on my Kondia experience) and you are only talking about a minute or so in duration.
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