Gantry Cranes
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Homemade one off of craigslist. 6 inch square posts, 6 inch I-beam and a 1 ton hoist and trolley. I think your gantry is going to have to be at least 12 feet high. Take some measurements. Mine is 12' and it clears by 2 inchs. remember the average engine is going to weigh a 1000 lbs. Be Safe!
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Built mine out of wood and galvanized hardware and used a chain hoist from HF. I have the detailed plans at home, let me know and I'll snap a pic for you. In total it's about 14ft tall. I've used it to pull and install a total of 3 times. Total cost was around $215 in wood and hardware plus the cost of the hoist, I had chain left over from another project. I consider it a big win be it that local shops were asking $500 to simply lift the engines out. Here are some pics I have on me for reference.
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His is virtually identical to mine, and while I can't speak for how he did it, I attached a tow strap to the top beam when it was laying on the ground. Pulled the tow strap and as the legs dug into the ground pulled/tilted the gantry up.
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Pretty much the same here but instead of digging into the ground we butted the legs against something solid and heavy and walked it up. While one holding it upright I went around and attached the leg supports. It's quite the task getting it up.
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Mine is 12' ish to the roof and 14' ish over all and it is really close ..
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Might want to search used forklifts also...
much handier than gantry and can be found for 500-1000 readily.
you will be surprised how much you will use o e if you have it.
just a thought....
much handier than gantry and can be found for 500-1000 readily.
you will be surprised how much you will use o e if you have it.
just a thought....
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Might want to search used forklifts also...
much handier than gantry and can be found for 500-1000 readily.
you will be surprised how much you will use o e if you have it.
just a thought....
much handier than gantry and can be found for 500-1000 readily.
you will be surprised how much you will use o e if you have it.
just a thought....
Regardless your right about the forklift as long as long as it doesn't maintenance you cause usually the cheap ones for sale are mostly cause their about worn out. My biggest problem with forklift and or front end loader is the throttle man. Fingers can be reattached but crushed skulls can be detrimental.
I will I'll be facing the same here soon with my 12 meter and really prefer to install complete if at all possible. Lot of good ideas here. I do like the forklift over the two loaders I have. Forklifts can be very handy. I grew up on a farm. I will post a pic later how I got engines in truck on pallets that I sold last year. My bay with the ibeam and chainfall was occupied.
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All good points on the forklift...
you can still utilize a chain fall with a forklift in order to work alone.
also I find electric units are very cheap due to the cost of the batteries which usually fail before the unit. One could place 3 or 4 12v batteries in place of the large industrial steel case units for short term work...
a 5k electric that has many hours left in the drive and lift can be bought for 500$ in alot of cases...
I find a forklift useable for many different things compared to a gantry, nothing wrong with a gantry mind you....
you can still utilize a chain fall with a forklift in order to work alone.
also I find electric units are very cheap due to the cost of the batteries which usually fail before the unit. One could place 3 or 4 12v batteries in place of the large industrial steel case units for short term work...
a 5k electric that has many hours left in the drive and lift can be bought for 500$ in alot of cases...
I find a forklift useable for many different things compared to a gantry, nothing wrong with a gantry mind you....