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3rd Sep 2019, 04:31 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Suggestions for lifting heavy items in the yard
I've got a 2T gantry in my shed that I use for lifting things on/off the ute or trailers, but could do with something that I can use outside on the grass for slightly lighter duties.
I'd probably get away with 500kg most times but 1T capacity would be nice. Height wise - I reckon about 3m (4 would be better as you always lose height with slings/chains etc.
Needs to be suitably mobile so it can be moved to the lifting location, but would be static when actually lifting (I'd move the trailer/ute out from underneath once the load was raised, then lower it to the ground.
A tractor with 3 point linkage and a lifting jib would do the job, but can't justify that to the financial controller as we only have 1.5 acres
Likewise a forklift/franna/backhoe/excavator isn't going to happen!!
Other things I can think of:
A-frame gantry - would do the lifting, but mobility in the paddock would be a challenge.
Engine crane style hoist - possibly a simplified version of something like this: Towable Hydraulic Crane by Ruger Industries
Lifting would have to be done from behind the ute/trailer or you couldn't drive it out over the legs.
Swing jib on the transport - would need one on both trailer and ute.
In my mind something like a gun buggy with a jib and winch on it using the vehicle for counterbalance might work but I've never seen anything along those lines - possibly for good reason??
Current challenge is to get the extra steel tray off the ute.
Any suggestions from the brains trust?
Steve
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3rd Sep 2019, 05:18 PM #2Tool addict
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I remember seeing on here some time ago someone hired a folding gantry crane to shift his mill to the shed.
Ally construction, and with a decent lifting capacity.
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3rd Sep 2019, 05:28 PM #3Most Valued Member
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Hey Steve there is a guy on the boating group on facebook who attached one of those trailer cranes to his tow hitch and put a jockey wheel on either side for stability in lifting 200kg outboard engines might be something u can use?
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3rd Sep 2019, 06:09 PM #4Most Valued Member
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3rd Sep 2019, 06:20 PM #5Most Valued Member
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Suggestions for lifting heavy items in the yard
Something like this might have potential: https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...691304477.html
I'm not so sure on the counterweight systems they show about half way down that page. What could possibly go wrong there......
Perhaps a jib like that mounted on a couple of car wheels with an A-frame to attach to the front of the old landrover for counterbalance. Hook up the winch and away we go!!!
Steve
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3rd Sep 2019, 07:59 PM #6
I'm guessing that you cannot get the LR with spare tray into the shed to use the existing gantry, or for that matter get the existing gantry system. Next best suggestion I could make is folding or collapsible gantry, or if you have the space, something along the lines of the old style railway station freight cranes or a column and beam style unit permanently set in the ground.
H&F have a 1 ton portable gantry with a reasonable height for about $1K, (2x height adjustable A frames on castors, cross beam, carriage and endless chain).
The older railway railway station units are effectively a pole set in the ground, with an inclined boom mounted to that and stayed at the top, with a hand winch at a convenient height near the base do do the hard work, feeding a cable through a block at the top of the boom, though 12V winch could be substituted for a deluxe version. There is one at a local historical centre about 5 minutes away and I could snap some pics for you if interested.
I'm sure that I saw a column and beam unit listed on ebay sometime in the last fortnight, but cannot find it now, either in active or completed listings. Someone does have the beam portion of one listed currently however, but you would still need the column and stays for it.I used to be an engineer, I'm not an engineer any more, but on the really good days I can remember when I was.
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3rd Sep 2019, 08:17 PM #7Most Valued Member
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Is this the sort of railway crane you mean Malb?
Steve
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3rd Sep 2019, 09:29 PM #9
Nice 130.
I envy your ability to carry things.
-a 90 owner.
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3rd Sep 2019, 09:46 PM #10Most Valued Member
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Thanks.
It was bought a few years back with a dead engine and destined to be turned into a decent tourer. Unfortunately Vicroads and I don't share the same dream and they won't let me fit my favourite Isuzu engine to it. I fixed up the original engine with the intention of selling it but it has turned out to be so useful that I haven't.
2.7m tray, 1.5T payload and goes like a snail with a pulled hamstring
The tray that its carrying is for the next project - but this time I'm starting with a 120 model so it already has the right engine
I'd love a 90 to complete the family, but my wife wouldn't give me the keys back so I'd never get to drive it. Couldn't live with one for touring though....
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3rd Sep 2019, 09:57 PM #11Most Valued Member
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Thanks Kryn.
Found a piccy online with exactly what you describe.
Using the engine crane type jack also solves the issue of getting the jib back on the ground afterwards to disconnect from the vehicle.
With a fixed jib like in my earlier sketch you'd have to lean it up on something. Not a show stopper, but the jack style would make that easier.
Using the vehicle winch in conjunction with the jack would be an option to get a purely vertical lift ie raise the jib into position with the jack, then use the winch (running over the top through sheaves) to lift the load.
I like it
Tractor Crane.JPG
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3rd Sep 2019, 10:09 PM #12Most Valued Member
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That's the type of thing I was refering to, instead of those pidly little wheels, I'd use a couple of car wheels, saves getting bogged in the back yard.
Using both lifting ideas is something I didn't think of.
If you find a hoon doing burnouts, speeding etc, pinch his wheels, as if/when the Police catch him he won't be needing themTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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3rd Sep 2019, 10:44 PM #13Most Valued Member
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If I catch one of the hoons outside our place I won't be ripping off his wheels, more likely to end up with something to hang from the towbar
Since I suffer from Landrover Accumulitis (among other ailments) - finding suitable wheels/tyres won't be an issue......
Steve
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Landrover Accumulitis- when a Landrover owner must acquire additional Landrovers to keep their original landrover functional.
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