Opinions... Jib Crane, Gantry, Or Just An Engine Hoist?

Sure. The 226 used in Jeep Utility Wagons and Trucks is a Continental engine. The engine company goes waaaay back, and they were owned by Teledyne for a while in the 60s-70s. From what I gather they only make aircraft engines now, and are owned by a Chinese company.

 

Nope. It would be suicide where I live. Even our garden is terraced like a Japanese tea field.

 

I bought the HF hoist. I like it, but some assembly required. The chinese guy that drilled the holes must have been drunk. I had to weld shut and re drill a couple holes, also added a couple tack welds an inch long here and there

 

Don't let the hard tires scare you, I drove one just like that only 5k lift capacity home across town down the road (3miles) pot hole hurt a little but it made it, then I buried it in my stone driveway and pushed it to by the garage with my snowplow. Works great even on packed stone, just stay away from deep stuff and dirt, unless you have the snowplow ready for push duty. I got mine for 100... I couldn't pass it up.

 

The continentals were put in everything back in the day, forklifts generators air compressors. Plenty of parts around. Mine has one.

 

I also have a gantry that I built myself,had to have it to pull a motor out of a dozer,very handy for everything,also have engine hoist.I like the chain falls as you have absolute control of the load,anything with hydraulics is prone to drifting(especially with age),and a forklift is great to have around,but it's one more old engine to keep running.

 

The guy who set my Dana 27 gears up has a jib at his roll up garage door. It's super heavy duty and had has an electric hoist on it that rolls on the horizontal I beam. He builds engines mostly. Picks up anything he needs to with. It swings around to the outside of the door to pick or place on the back of customer's trucks and swings around to the inside to pick up or drop the stuff well inside of the door. It's the cat's meow.

 

I'll just leave this here…

 

Now that's funny right there. like.

 

Dan, Great Idea if you have the open space within the swing area all the time...........If not , it might be cumbersome to have to clear the space each time you want to use it. I would also think that floor would have to be fairly level and smooth enough to move heavy things across it........last you would need to find a decent HD ball bearing caster with either a suitable hard plastic or cast Iron wheel large enough that rolled easily.

 

At first, that looked like a great idea, but what would be the main benefit of that design over a gantry? Just the fact that it is easier to get out of the way when not being used? The way I see it, that leg is going to need some sort of triangulated foot with two casters (like a gantry, but with the wheels aimed in an arc) to keep it from just kicking out from under itself, and at that point, you're just working with a gantry that you can only move half of.

I'm not trying to shoot down your idea, just talking it through.

 

I would also think that since your not to comfortable with the strength of the metal building in the sense of anchoring it there , then a concrete footing of sorts for the main upright that added suitable lateral 180 degree support might also have to be considered.

 

I have a a great, although rather unique setup.. ill snap some pics and post up later..

basically a gantry on a single track.... no side to side movement

Works awesome!