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Gantry Crane Wanted to Rent in Victoria
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Too bad you don't live nearby in Ontario. I have 2 cranes and neither of them are being used right now.
It can be such a pita to live in this humongous country, (note of sarcasm)
I'd love to be able to help out with a lot of the machinery moves but logistics keep getting in the way.
@plalonde - pm on it's way.
@PaulL - you'll be very happy that I didn't borrow your crane.
Two things I hate about borrowing tools;
1. if I break it I have to buy someone else a new tool and then I still don't have one.
2. things never go according to plan and the job takes much longer than expected.
I've just gotten to needing a crane so Pauls would have been in my yard for a few months instead of a few weeks.
I did the poor mans crane and built one using some 6x6s I had kicking around, so far so good. Using a 1 ton winch for lift. It's only supporting the engine (V6) so the load isn't great and out comes the old frame.
Two things I hate about borrowing tools;
1. if I break it I have to buy someone else a new tool and then I still don't have one.
2. things never go according to plan and the job takes much longer than expected.
I've just gotten to needing a crane so Pauls would have been in my yard for a few months instead of a few weeks.
I did the poor mans crane and built one using some 6x6s I had kicking around, so far so good. Using a 1 ton winch for lift. It's only supporting the engine (V6) so the load isn't great and out comes the old frame.
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I hear you - 1) is also why I never do shared tools - you're always fixing what the other guy broke.
Regarding 2) - given how much work that gantry has done since I got back from vacation, I'm very glad I had it at hand!
Glad the 6x6s are working for you. Though if you'd had to buy those you could have gone straight to the Princess Auto gantry...
As good a place as any to comment on my gantry...I keep having to pull the wheels off and dolly it in and out of the garage. Today I made up some outriggers for it:
So now I can at least wheel it around easily after pulling the big casters off. Next is to make something that lets me flip the big casters up out of the way instead of having to unbolt them.
So now I can at least wheel it around easily after pulling the big casters off. Next is to make something that lets me flip the big casters up out of the way instead of having to unbolt them.
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PA has gantry crane on sale.
This is (one of) the PA gantries from when they were on sale a couple of years ago.
Difficult. I need a good 2" of drop, and the big caster are 5" tall. I've thought of some sort of low-rider adapter, but the loads on the casters get quite high in use, so I think I really do want them under the feet instead of offset. Hinges to flip them out of the look like the best answer just now.
But I'm good for the moment so I can cogitate a while longer.
I have to shorten the sliding posts - they bottom out. And maybe the main post to not hit the cross beam.
Which means lying it down on its side a swearing a lot ;-). That's a 3 man job (well, precarious two man).
The outriggers took 10 minutes with things I had lying around.
But yes the real answer is to cut the legs down.
Which means lying it down on its side a swearing a lot ;-). That's a 3 man job (well, precarious two man).
The outriggers took 10 minutes with things I had lying around.
But yes the real answer is to cut the legs down.
