Hello all

[C-Bag]

Greetings MPMO. Welcome aboard.

This place can be a little daunting at first because there are so many nooks and crannies/sub forums. And I agree with you it can be kind of hard to do a search and come up with something relevant when you don't know the exact terminology. I've found more stuff by wandering than by searching. You just have to be aware of the stuff that comes up around the edges of the screen as you wander.

Here the more info you can supply about your project the more likely you are to get help. Probably 99% are lurkers but like my buddy Toolmaker51 there are those of us who would love to help if we feel we can. The one relevant piece of info left out of your inquiry is budget, what do you want to spend? Without that we don't know what to suggest. I know we all want to spend the least amount but the next big piece of info we need is what kind of equipment do you have? Are you a wood guy or a metalman? You can get by cheap if you have materials and and tools. But if not you have to go more off the shelf.

With that said TM51's suggestion of a material lift is a dandy. Never really seen one of those around here and don't have a need but IMHO I think that's the way I'd go too. Whether it was a used one or one I fabbed up out of channel iron, skateboard wheels and and a Harbor Freight cheapo electric wench. It would just be finding that sweet spot between skill, equipment and $$$.