JerryF
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Yesterday, I finally racked my sangiovese chianti for stabilizing and I had to lift my primary fermenter barrel back up on my bench when I was done degassing, etc. Afterwards I had to lift my glass carboy back up onto the bench where I could leave it to settle for a week or so. In so doing, noting the weight and a bit of a grunt (bending at the knees of course), my wife commented that I shouldn't be doing this (had a minor heart attack 8 months ago). That got me thinking about different ways that I might be able to do this. I saw once in our local winemaking supply store (The Wine Barrel, Sault Ste. Marie) what was something like a little lift truck where you cranked a small platform down to the bottom, slid the vessel onto it, then simply cranked it upwards to the level of your bench and slid it off into place. Frankly, the crank didn't look too complicated and sort of reminded me of a vertical boat winch. I wonder if others have had similar thoughts about doing this and if ever anything was found commercially available (pretty sure I wouldn't have the skills to be able to do one homemade).
Jerry
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