[TheForge] portable anvil mounted in pickup truck towing receiver

[terry l. ridder]

hello craig;

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 craig.schaefer at verizon.net wrote:

> Since Terry mentioned Northern Tool in the past:
> 
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>

thank you for the link. i had not thought of northern tool for a truck
crane. below is a shorter version of the link.

Northern Industrial Tools Pickup Truck Crane - 750-Lb. Capacity
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_7179_7179

this looks like a good deal. it is not manual which would present a
problem for most of those that would be using it. i had to build a set
of portable stairs so that i am able to get into the pickup truck bed.

>
> 
> 
> CraigS
> Gresham, Or
> 
> 
> Jun 3, 2009 10:20:11 AM, theforge at mailman.qth.net wrote:
>       I haven't done it for our pickup but did a number of
>       receiver mounted things on the drill rigs.
> 
>       The anvil isn't too hard. For it to work well it should
>       have a leg to the ground anyway so make a couple small
>       receivers on the ground leg so you can insert a couple
>       small tires and wheel it around like a hand truck. I
>       have this set up on my welding cart, the one for the
>       Ranger 9 portable so I can lift it into the back of my
>       pickup and pull the wheels so it won't roll around. It
>       also lets me use the tires on other things. The welding
>       cart has foam filled wheel barrow tires.
> 
>       Anyway, wheels will allow you to move the anvil and
>       receiver mount like a hand truck, tip it up and slide
>       it into the receiver. Then pull the ground leg with the
>       wheels so it doesn't drag as you drive. Once on
>       location pull the wheels slip the ground leg back in
>       and adjust the height so it's solid.
> 
>       If you look at furniture moving hand trucks you'll see
>       they have small tracks (like a dozer) on the back of
>       the uprights. These allow you to lean the hand truck
>       against things like pickup tailgates, loading docs,
>       etc. and more easily haul them up or down. A small hand
>       winch mounted to the front of the pickup box would let
>       you load almost anything that fits the hand truck
>       easily.
> 
>       A pickup truck cherry picker isn't a bad idea either.
> 
>       Frosty
>       -------------------------------
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>       it ain't real.
>       Wrought iron is.
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> 
>       Meadow Lakes, AK.
> 
> 
>       From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
> 
>       > hello;
>       >
>       >
>       > another need i have is to be able to haul my oxy-fuel
>       > torch places and
>       > to be able to lift the entire unit would require
>       > either using the
>       > frontend loader to but them into the truck or cut the
>       > bed body and rig a
>       > hand cranked or hydraulic small gage lift. i have
>       > seen a truck that this
>       > was done to. it did not look bad at all.
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > --
>       > terry l. ridder ><>
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