The "funicular" called "the lift" by those of us who are in awe of Jerry's design and building of same this summer has saved us so much of the lifting and carrying of our supplies up the 32 steps to the cottage landing.
Jerry designed this over the past winter, and for weeks he would say "look at this" and show me this scale drawing of the lift.
He had it built in pieces locally, designed the motor etc, don't ask, and then we transported it to the cottage and he built it over the summer, between the rain storms we had during the months of July and August.
It carries about 1500 lbs and the whole project was designed so that we can stay at the cottage longer as we age.
There has been so much interest in it on our lake and maybe he will build a couple more. It made the carrying of my stash which was in a big bin much easier to load in the boat to take back to Whitby.
My new sewing machine weighs about 30 lbs, so carrying it up next summer will be a charm.
1 comment :
Wow... your husband is VERY handy. That's an amazing contraption! What lake is your cottage on?
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