Hi James Apologies for delay in responding. Not sure whether you are concerned about it needing to be very high or not. Hoist is currently hanging from a timber beam in my garage. Beam is just over 7 feet high. The body of the hoist (hanging below the beam) is around 9 inches. It could work from a lower fitting (probably less than 6 feet) and as there is plenty of chain length could work from much higher (possibly as high as 10 feet). Quite happy to bring it along to conference for you to view. I could throw in the tip, but it would be a shame to do so as I'm sure it will be useful to someone. I will e-mail you a couple of pictures.