simonH
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 posted on 10/10/05 at 08:14 AM |
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Need help finding a tool
Hi all, i'm just starting my build and am stripping my donor. i want to buy rather than rent an engine crane . But i would like one of the
tripod or A frame type lifting frames rather than one of the small hydrolic cranes , any one know a supplier that is not in the US i could try. have
drawn a blank with all the usual suspects
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Fozzie
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 08:36 AM |
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Its Monday morning, so I have probably read your post wrong...but, is this what you mean?
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/ranges.asp?g=107&r=2050
HTH Fozzie
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 08:42 AM |
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if it's just for lifting an engine/gearbox then a childs swing frame would do (one of the stronger designs obviously) (check out your local free
adds!)
alternatively you could strengthen a beam in your garage and hang off that (got a 10" steel girder spanning my garage and hang all sorts off
that)
Also noticed Macro are selling an electric hoist for about £60 which would easily bolt to a swing frame
HTH
[Edited on 10/10/05 by DaveFJ]
Dave
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simonH
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 08:43 AM |
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No
am looking for the ones that look like a few scafolding poles , joined at the top with a block and tackle hanging from it. would just use the winch
attached to the roof of the garage but the joists are not strong enough
[Edited on 10/10/2005 by simonH]
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Fozzie
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 08:49 AM |
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Oooeer....I'll get me coat......
Fozzie
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 09:00 AM |
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how about: 'obtain' some scaffolding poles and weld up a frame ???
Dave
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iank
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 09:13 AM |
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Machine mart sell the block and tackle.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/search.asp?q=Chain+Block
or you could go electric
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/ranges.asp?g=110&r=2070
Shouldn't take long to weld up a frame, and that way you can make sure it fits your garage.
Alternatively you might be able to install a rsj or similar beam across the roof of your garage and hang it from that.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 09:32 AM |
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Can i ask whats wrong with the normal engine crane? Too much money, or is it not suitable in some way ?
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simonH
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 09:53 AM |
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price
and the fact that i would prefer the frame type. bit more multipurpose.
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MikeR
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 01:05 PM |
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problem with frame types is they don't move - moving the engine on the crane is such an advantange. Honestly, if you've removed engines
this way before ignore me, if you haven't get a crane.
I'd be completely lost without mine - how do you move the engine down the garage? take it off / put it on the engine stand? get it out of the
engine and move it away from the car ?
(ok, so you could fit wheels to your stand - how do you move the engine closer to a wall when the wheels / legs have to be wider than your car?)
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 01:26 PM |
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How about putting casters on the feet of the 'swing' frame ?
That's basically what I used for several years working on helicopters (just a bigger frame) and never had a problem......
Dave
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 04:16 PM |
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Just had a look in the Makro rag thing they send out every other week...
Electric hoist max capacity 250kg
£39.99 (plus vat)
sounds like a bargain to me!
Dave
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 06:55 PM |
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Get a couple of pieces of wood and a hoist
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G.Man
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 09:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
Get a couple of pieces of wood and a hoist
And find a local wall to prop them on
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 10:17 PM |
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thats a really really good solution, Gman
I have and always will champion the shipping container shed. It was the single best thing i have bought, cheap, strong, secure.(and I have proper
leckky in there)
I have a universal beam on top which sticks out over the doorway by about 8 feet. I have a geared beam trolley and either a chain block or a yale
will post picks when i can
[Edited on 10/10/05 by liam.mccaffrey]
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gazza285
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 02:12 AM |
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I think you want a set of shear legs, like so
You could borrow mine, but I'm a long way away.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 08:36 AM |
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If you have some sort of beam in the garage, but it's not strong enough, can you not work next to the wall, and wedge a stout vertical prop
between the floor and the joist just on the other side of the car to support the roof joist?
Cheers
Fred WB
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