Disclaimer - This doesn't need to move on our property. It won't drive. I just needed the height to get over the shade of a small tree. This is a question how to raise the panels/structure, not pick apart my build like I would be driving down the road. Thanks for understanding and your help for this particular issue
So I tried you and extend an arm down from my rack on the side that lifts up. Then attach a winch and pull the arm up through a big thick chunk of channel to keep it from sliding left or right as it lifts. The winch was too far to the side and torqued the aluminum and bent it. I could try steel and maybe change the angle of the winch to the front but I'm now thinking maybe use some sort of Jack, like the basement jack that lifts 4 ft, pic below.
Any ideas? Here's a bunch of pictures below of my build so far.
Basement Jack idea:
If I could weld a nut on the back side of that bottom bracket to the threaded rod - if it can be reached through the bracket without doing anything to the bracket. Mount that to a base bracket to then side of the trailer by welding up a support, then spin the rod/nut with my milwaukee torque impact drill and the rod would spin and push the shaft up and down
This one does 8ft of lift and has a nub that spins on the back side of the base I could weld to. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052PLEGM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_UkJeGbQ6939DE
Highlift jack I have, but not tried:
The panels stick out passed the horizontal pipes a bit so I dont think the pipe that ratchets the jack up and down would have enough swing room to ratchet.
Winch I had and tried:
Look at the portable winch and bent square tubing picture. That's after I bent it back to lift it up with the 10ft struts as supports on the ground. It was bent way over. I can lift one side at a time, but not bolt it on also and dont trust leaving it unsupported while I add a nut. I added the winch cable in the pic once I lifted up the 10ft struts so you could see my lift idea, and the angles. It can lift it but it would need tp be steel, but the angles are all wrong.
Details:
The rear lifts up. See pics
The front ubolts are snug, but pivot on the super solid front bottom pipe.
Its the superstrut method with square washers and bolts.
The top rear pipe comes down behind the rear support pipe, again see pics
The rear top pipe now has a angle support strut that pivots at the top then the rear support vertical strut holes will slide onto a ubolt with long bolts that stick out, then add a bolt.
The pipes held me 245lbs as I bolted down all the the panels plus a 2x12 that I used to span the pipes.Then strut and pipes aren't bending. I really like it so far except I need a way to raise and lower it for the seasons.

So I tried you and extend an arm down from my rack on the side that lifts up. Then attach a winch and pull the arm up through a big thick chunk of channel to keep it from sliding left or right as it lifts. The winch was too far to the side and torqued the aluminum and bent it. I could try steel and maybe change the angle of the winch to the front but I'm now thinking maybe use some sort of Jack, like the basement jack that lifts 4 ft, pic below.
Any ideas? Here's a bunch of pictures below of my build so far.
Basement Jack idea:
If I could weld a nut on the back side of that bottom bracket to the threaded rod - if it can be reached through the bracket without doing anything to the bracket. Mount that to a base bracket to then side of the trailer by welding up a support, then spin the rod/nut with my milwaukee torque impact drill and the rod would spin and push the shaft up and down
This one does 8ft of lift and has a nub that spins on the back side of the base I could weld to. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052PLEGM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_UkJeGbQ6939DE
Highlift jack I have, but not tried:
The panels stick out passed the horizontal pipes a bit so I dont think the pipe that ratchets the jack up and down would have enough swing room to ratchet.
Winch I had and tried:
Look at the portable winch and bent square tubing picture. That's after I bent it back to lift it up with the 10ft struts as supports on the ground. It was bent way over. I can lift one side at a time, but not bolt it on also and dont trust leaving it unsupported while I add a nut. I added the winch cable in the pic once I lifted up the 10ft struts so you could see my lift idea, and the angles. It can lift it but it would need tp be steel, but the angles are all wrong.
Details:
The rear lifts up. See pics
The front ubolts are snug, but pivot on the super solid front bottom pipe.
Its the superstrut method with square washers and bolts.
The top rear pipe comes down behind the rear support pipe, again see pics
The rear top pipe now has a angle support strut that pivots at the top then the rear support vertical strut holes will slide onto a ubolt with long bolts that stick out, then add a bolt.
The pipes held me 245lbs as I bolted down all the the panels plus a 2x12 that I used to span the pipes.Then strut and pipes aren't bending. I really like it so far except I need a way to raise and lower it for the seasons.

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