This light-duty pivoting boom should be strong enough for skinning deer & lifting lawn mowers, AFTER I add a brace to keep the red I-beam from twisting. If that's not enough, I'll probably take it down.

It's made from a scrap of Aluminum I-beam (painted blue) with some welded reinforcements bolted to a rear wheel bearing & hub assembly that had started growling softly - it wasn't rumbling or sloppy yet. The unistrut hangs from a wheel lug stud so that it's easy to remove. It's just long enough that I can barely reach to hang it up there, so it's not likely that anyone else will be able to take it down. But when I'm not using it, it will be inside. The chain has a bolt to make a loop or shorten it, and there's also a hook on the end of the boom.

UPDATE: a beam trolley & 110VAC winch made this unnecessary, so it came down. But I might put it up inside...

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