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1) it's heavy, 2) it's bulky, & 3) I'm in Alaska.
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10-22-2014, 05:36 PM | #22 |
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Thanks, I needed that ! You must be an 'easterner', as I haven't seen that much green stuff since hector was a pup. Only see green like that, out here, at a cemetery ! The fools with all our money, tell us "you WILL like it (without water), because brown is beautiful"...no bs
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10-22-2014, 05:39 PM | #23 |
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Seth, looks like you have purchase the 1 ton. Like a couple of guys above, I think I would have purchased the 2 ton one. If and when I buy one, I think I will go with the 2 ton because it has a longer "reach" from the main post. This would give me the ability to move it around more and get the engine and/or tranny where I wanted it.
For those of you that don't know, these things fold up and you could store them is very little space. Also make sure you have the 20% discount coupon when you buy because they honor those even though the item is on sale.
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10-22-2014, 06:04 PM | #24 |
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Good product, just bought one. Harbor Freight, some good, some junk.
Borrowing tools (only from a good friend and I return immediately), loaning tools (you may PROBABLY never see it again). I recently loaned an engine stand. It was returned an hour later (unused), but the handle was missing. "It wasn't there!," they said. It isn't here, "I said." Oh well, a piece of pipe will work. I only loan foreign made handtools, like wrenches, because I have a supply of them from my son who when he cleans out YOUR garage for you keeps alls of the Craftsman and other good tools and gives me the "junk". I have recently purchased some decent tools, and they don't leave my shop. I even use the "junk" out on the farm equipment IF I can find a junk one. Ted |
10-22-2014, 06:28 PM | #25 |
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I have the harbor freight hoist that folds up. I have used it a number of times with a engines or v8 with trans installed, it has never failed.the hoist also folds up to about the size of a water heater which is nice as I live in a garden home with a small 2 car garage.
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10-22-2014, 06:41 PM | #26 |
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engine,then raised the car and slid the engine out! But could not get it back in! It took 1 mad dad and 2 brothers with straps under engine to lift engine back in :-) Dad said I would not be doing that again! |
10-22-2014, 07:23 PM | #27 |
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Big hammer -- that is hysterical!
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10-22-2014, 07:51 PM | #28 |
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They are also handy to lift the front of a riding lawn mower when it's time to sharpen the blades.
No battery guaranty though. I had a 3 or 4 month old Interstate lawn tractor battery in my riding mower. The deck got plugged with heavy grass, so I lifted the front of the mower up and pulled out the grass. I lifted it about 45* and gently set it back down, but that was enough to wreck the battery. Hard to believe tipping a 4 month old battery could short the plates. |
10-22-2014, 10:34 PM | #29 |
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Seth,
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10-22-2014, 11:31 PM | #30 |
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Are those chain housts easier to operate than the old rope block and tackle?
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10-22-2014, 11:43 PM | #31 |
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I used to use a pipe across joist when I had a large garage but I still had to push the car out from under engine. With small garden home garage with 9 foot celling and overhead door drop through chain hoist would hit door when it was up. The fold up hoist is more versatile because it can be used in many places in garage and driveway.
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10-22-2014, 11:56 PM | #32 |
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I have also use this same hoist for years with no problems. I went in partners with two other Model A guys at $50.00 each and we share this hoist
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10-24-2014, 03:59 PM | #34 |
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This MIGHT be OK if you have rafters. But most modern garages have joists. Joists are an elegant way of using undersized lumber to hold up your shingles and not much else. Even a heavy snow load can cripple joists. Do not hang your engine from joists!!
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10-24-2014, 05:14 PM | #35 |
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I would be very concerned about hanging the engine from the joist. If I remember correctly it weighs about 450 pounds and that would be a lot of weight to hang on a joist as far as I would think. Maybe others have done it and it works but I would be concerned.
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Used to use a kid's A-frame swing set and a 1/2 ton chain hoist, 4 bangers, olds engines, chevs. It was usually at "someone's" house every weekend.
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10-24-2014, 08:22 PM | #37 |
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I have a 2 ton harbor freight hoist and don't know how i lived without it. It folds up but I find many thinge to us it for.
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10-24-2014, 10:27 PM | #38 |
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I envy you. My garage has puny 2 by 4 joists like most modern buildings of the ilk. I would love o be able to put some decent beams across, to allow the use of chain hoists. I grew to love the versatility and utility of the beasts when I worked as a millwright dealing with moving heavy electric motors and transmissions in very awkward spaces.
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10-24-2014, 10:49 PM | #39 |
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Hmm, I know three people near me with engine cranes. All of them are more than glad to loan them to me, that way they don't have to store it for a while. It's a win win as far as I'm concerned.
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your best bet is to make one like this cheap and effective
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