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friend of mine sent me that, I asked him where his gantry crane was, one of the reasons I dislike engine cranes
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One ton gantry crane on sale at princess auto
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friend of mine sent me that, I asked him where his gantry crane was, one of the reasons I dislike engine cranes
@Chicken lights - this is one of the reasons I'm going for a gantry crane rather than an engine hoist! Won't have space for both so this is the way it's going.
@Dabbler - life's been super busy with the move and everything so I haven't done a video yet for the channel. Hopefully in the next few days I can get an update together, showing the disaster I've got going in the new shop. I'm planning to do shop build-out and machinery cleaning and maintenance videos as it progresses, incorporating others' ideas for air lines, etc. That and the machines are filthy . . . almost embarrassingly so . . .
@Dabbler - life's been super busy with the move and everything so I haven't done a video yet for the channel. Hopefully in the next few days I can get an update together, showing the disaster I've got going in the new shop. I'm planning to do shop build-out and machinery cleaning and maintenance videos as it progresses, incorporating others' ideas for air lines, etc. That and the machines are filthy . . . almost embarrassingly so . . .
Well, yesterday I got an email from a rep at Princess Auto and it's been a few emails back and forth resulting in my canceling my crane order with them. Turns out the freight quoted by the website was not a figure they wanted to honor, and freight would have cost me $275 instead of $23. It's not a huge deal, I just would not have ordered one if getting it delivered on sale would have cost as much as buying one at regular price.
Hopefully they replenish stock before the sale is over so I can go pick one up. If not then I guess I may need to buy some steel and build one at some point!
Hopefully they replenish stock before the sale is over so I can go pick one up. If not then I guess I may need to buy some steel and build one at some point!
I wonder if they will give you a raincheck so you can get it for the sale price if they don't restock before the sale is over.
Ya, I've done that in the past at PA.
All you need to do is ask PA by email, if they say yes which I believe they will then you have it in writing and usually a first name of the customer agent. Good luck John!
We were able to get a raincheck on one from the south edmonoon store.
Fantastic John you won't regret owning a gantry, keep us posted when you set it up.
I designed and built this gantry for the Vintage Aircraft Restorers group at the WDM museum so we could install wing sections, engines, and hang props. Yes the correct term is you hang a prop! Uprights are 2 inches square 1/4 inch thick tubing and according to my professional welder the cross beam would carry 3000 plus pounds. Chain hoist is a 1 ton and the beam slide has a brake installed.
Too tall for my garage so I donated it to the museum.
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It looks great Bill I bet it is very handy in the museum, I spent many hours in that museum when I was younger, my uncle was a pilot, and my father had an interest in flying as well and he ended up with a plane I believe from the US from some kind of surplus and i guess he had intentions of flying it but when they brought it back there was a bridge they couldn't pass so they had to cut the wings off and after it sat in the trees of our yard eventually becoming un fixable so he donated it to the museum and they used it for parts. He must of kept a few things because for years after whenever we would go to Moose Jaw he would drop off a few parts he found and usually they would let us in for free.
This is an old post, but I figured I ask. I am looking at the PA gantries (1-ton and 2-ton) and I have two question that some of you guys may be able to answer:
1. What are the main differences between the 1-ton and the 2-ton products? Is it mainly the I-beam? The uprights look the same judging from the pictures.
2. On the website descriptions, it says "not to be moved under load". Is this limitation because of the caster wheels? I am needing to move two milling machines few feet around to re-arrange my workshop and was wondering why I cannot just push the gantry around (gently) after the machine is lifted.
The 2-ton one is out of stock at the moment. The 1-ton is in stock. I am wondering if I should wait for the 2-ton. Will I be compromising a lot by going with the 1-ton version? My machines are around 1700 lbs each. I called the call center and they said they have few coming but they don't know when.
I would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks,
Salah
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Dabbler
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@salahz I think that our members have found the PA crane to be very good for the money. It is a little picky to set up, so it is more difficult to take down and erect for remote applications - this also implies that it will be stored fully built.
@John Conroy and I have talked a bit about his and I'm intrigued to hear his take on this.
I took a different approach. I built a *heavy* gantry crane about 10 years ago. I designed it to be erecrted on site when needed, and stored in pieces. It cost around the same as buying the PA crane, at the time. Given steel prices I doubt I could get the steel for double that price now. The main reason I built one is to move it under load, which required a stronger structure.
I made it far too heavy for the purpose, so I need help in erecting it. The PA crane doesn't have this problem.
This is just my take on it -- I think the '1 ton' is good to 750 lbs lift, and the '2 ton' can probably handle 2000 lbs. In lifting things always take the safest approach possible.
@John Conroy and I have talked a bit about his and I'm intrigued to hear his take on this.
I took a different approach. I built a *heavy* gantry crane about 10 years ago. I designed it to be erecrted on site when needed, and stored in pieces. It cost around the same as buying the PA crane, at the time. Given steel prices I doubt I could get the steel for double that price now. The main reason I built one is to move it under load, which required a stronger structure.
I made it far too heavy for the purpose, so I need help in erecting it. The PA crane doesn't have this problem.
This is just my take on it -- I think the '1 ton' is good to 750 lbs lift, and the '2 ton' can probably handle 2000 lbs. In lifting things always take the safest approach possible.
My friend has the one ton version and I bought the 2 ton. All the parts on the 2 ton are made from larger dimension and thicker wall steel but the actual footprint of both is the same. The 2 ton crane lifted my 3500 lb mill with no drama and was very stable doing it. I think the warning about moving the crane while it's loaded is to make them idiot resistant. If you have a heavy machine suspended from any crane you want to be very careful if you try to move the base so you don't get the load swinging, the momentum of a heavy swinging weight could easily topple the crane or buckle the structure. If you try to move a loaded crane on an uneven surface you could exceed the design limits of the vertical structure by adding side and twisting loads. If you are working on a very smooth concrete floor that has been swept clean and you keep the load very close to the floor I think the crane could be moved if the pushing force is applied gradually and near the bottom of the crane. I moved my mill about a foot while it was suspended with no problem but it did create a pucker factor. I read a post on another forum where a guy lifted his brand new mill on his glass smooth floor with his brand new 2 ton gantry crane. The floor in his shop has a slope near one wall and he forgot to lock the wheels, the crane and machine rolled down the slope and crashed into the wall. No harm done other than some holes in the drywall but his post reminded me how things you don't think about can cause disaster. Luckily nobody was standing in the path of that out of control machine. I shortened the uprights on my 2 ton crane by 6 inches so it will roll through my 8 foot garage door when fully lowered.
Thank you for the clear response and explanation. I fully understand the issues involved. I am going to wait for the 2-ton PA crane and will pick one up when it is available. When I first got my machines, I built a crane out of wood. It handled all of them well, but the pucker factor was too much for me to repeat. Since then, I had used up the wood for other projects.
I appreciate your feedback.
Thank you for the response and the recommendation. The 1-ton should handle 2000 lbs and the 2-ton, 4000 lbs. Are your numbers of 750 and 2000 lbs just being cautious and conservative?