[TheForge] Re: bridge crane

[debmiller at fuse.net]

I think Jay is right on. An engine hoist, lift carts, hyraulic rams, and wheels are all key to moving crap around a shop. 

My dream toy is a fork truck. I have the room and the crap to move...;-)

As Archimedes said, "Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can move the earth".

Another of my favorite Archemedian principles:

"To measure is to know".  The fore runner of measure twice, cut once.

Ray
Cincinnati


---- Jay Hayes <xmas4lites at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> Dann,
> 
> Your cherry picker is usually called an engine hoist. It is also a handy 
> helper around the shop, although it is a totally different animal from a 
> lift cart. The engine hoist is an arm with a hook on the end if it that 
> hydraulically raised. The load is lifted from above. The lift cart on 
> the other hand is a  platform that is hydraulically raised from below 
> the load. They are like a lift table on wheels.  The advantage of the 
> lift cart  is that the load just sets on the platform an can be slid off 
> onto another work surface or repositioned with out rerigging.
> 
> The engine hoist on the other hand has the advantage of lifting and 
> placing loads without being directly under them, although the front legs 
> must straddle under the load. Both toys are a must have in my book, as 
> are pallet jacks, floor jacks, hand trucks and lots of four wheel 
> dollies. Anything that can help lift or move heavy stuff around the shop 
> and doesn't break the bank is just worth having. The more junk you have 
> the more junk you need to move it around. <G>
> 
> Jay
> 
> Dann wrote:
> 
> > Jay,
> >
> > That sounds kind of  like a cherry picker to me... Like my son bought 
> > to pull / exchange car engines.  His has 6 swivel steel wheels.  
> > Shouldn't be hard to modify it to other kind of lifting tasks.
> >
> > Dann
> >
> > At 10:31 AM 10/2/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >> snip.
> >>
> >> Another cheap option for handling moderately heavy loads is a 
> >> hydraulic lift cart. I found a 600# capacity four wheel lift cart at 
> >> a Homier tent sale for $100.  It is great for moving heavy stuff 
> >> around the shop. The cart will lift the load from about eight inches 
> >> off the floor to bench height by pumping the foot operated hydraulic 
> >> jack. I use it all the time for moving 20 ft I beams, large  
> >> weldments, and fence panels. I even use it to load 4 x 8 sheets of 
> >> 3/8 plate onto my burning table. It has been a real back saver.
> >>
> >> Jay
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
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