Hey pyramid,
I ran across something VERY INTERESTING this AM. I know you are very busy now and already have a plan for your bed lift, However, This is a game changer for the home built bed lift. EVEN I can engineer this to do the work. It looks pretty damn good, and safe and should have plenty of capacity (300 lbs) and is simple and cheap. Says it holds in any position.
Here is the ad.
https://www.menards.com/main/tools-hard ... yer_hostedAnd the PDF
https://hw.menardc.com/main/items/media ... ctions.pdf It looks like 10- 15 mins. of reconnoitring and 1hr of install time and
Viola!!! LIFT BED NIRVANA ACHEIVED!
Check it out, make it happen, Thank me later.
McDave