Engine Wood Support Cradle Stand Picture

[Tom Wesenberg]

I knew Dave had posted a picture of the wood stand he made for storing engines, but I had a hard time finding the picture. Hopefully I have enough of the right catch words in the title to make it easier to find in the future. This is a picture Dave posted, but the one I made is identical.

The other day the wind blew my spare engine over and broke the front crank pulley. I should have made this stand a week ago. I used four 2 x 6's 8 1/2" long for the uprights, and four 2 x 6's 17 inches long for the other boards. I used four #8 x 3" sheet rock screws at each joint. The distance inside the uprights (pan width) is 8". This makes a very solid engine support to work on or store the engine.

I'm cleaning the exterior of my engine and will paint it before installing it as a temporary engine. The seller at the garage sale told me his dad overhauled the engine and it sounded great for the 30 minutes I ran it while it was still mounted in the old homemade deer hauler.