Hey Guys! How are you? Well I am In eternal torment like every genius If you ask,Finessed in the kitchen,blunt trauma in the bedroom,now. As you know I live in the Middle of nowhere somewhere in the Death Valley Desert. I live with my Inlaws while the wife finishes college and til we save some money. My Inlaws Own a chunk of land but is on a side of a hill,and Its far away from neighbors. (This is my view) They let me level an area so I could put a storage container,my bus and My COE,since I dont know how long Im staying here Im trying to make everything temporary. I am saving for a metal carport and some concrete.like this: Most of you know That im a cheap ******* and that I invest my money on whiskey,So so far I have "Reclaimed"Some materials to use as a temp carport,Using some Slabs of Concrete and a cheap carport. As you see below: So far I havent spent more than 200 bucks on this,I mostly gave 200 to a guy to level this area with a tractor and IM finishing it with a shovel and wheelbarrow til We get the bobcat from the uncle. My point is:I dont think Ill be spending the money on concrete as of right now and working in the Dirt ****s!!! I want to level a good area as much as I can so I can install an oVerhead gantry(SP)? like this: The only difference is that I want the pulley to move side to side and I want the whole ***embly to move back an forth. I would install 2 parallel tracks on concrete and I would put wheels on each post.(Do I make sense?) I would be getting a 1 ton chain pulley and the heaviest thing I would pull is engines,transmissions cabs and truck beds. I plan to use 2x2 tubing 3/16 thick and using a hitch/receiver method using bolts to mount everything together. something similar to this,except slightly bigger: Does My Idea sound Doable or Are these just Pipe dreams? wHAT do you think?
Harbor freight sells what you are looking for... http://www.harborfreight.com/1-ton-telescoping-gantry-crane-41188.html Even if you are a cheap *******, sometimes it is better to buy and get on with it. This one is all bolt together so easy to take it with you when you go. I have one that is all welded and would have probably gone this route if it had been available. I work mostly alone and this will save you lots of time. Now quit procrastinating and get out there
iwanaflattie; Cheap is my middle name, so I know how hard it can be to come up with the hi tec tools we all need to build these hi tec jalopy's. But from the pitcher you planted in my head from the first, I see you with the perfect build shop already??? Your view of the desert & the solitude must give you lots of creative thinking time, so think about it? I saw the wooden pallet just laying there. That's part of your new work bench in the making. If you got an overseas container keeping your jalopy hi & dry now, than what's stopping you from getting in there with a wrench? I got the perfect solution for your overhead hoist on a slider. Think barn door?? Sliding barn door?? Some were in Death Valley, there must be an old barn just sitting there going back to nature, rotting away. Find one with the metal tracks for sliding doors. Bongo, your done. Bolt the metal slider track to the center of your container ceiling & hook your chain hoist in the track, Bongo Bango Bong, you got a hoist on a slider, & it didn't cost you but the gas to fetch it... No more excuses, get to work. P,SSSS have a drink for me.
All these brilliant ideas ain't all true wisdom of mine. Just last week I decided it was time, need an over head hoist of some sort. So I jumped on Craigslist to see what I could afford, me being cheap & with no bucks in my pocket. I just found & paid $80 for my dream hoist. Best of all, it will be delivered "by the seller" today & he will help me set in place. Now I just got to put a few extra car parts back on Craigslist to recover the 80 bucks before rent day, LOL. My new 20' overhead sliding track is a sliding barn door track mounted to a 24' laminated beam. perfect for my 24' deep shop. So when "the seller" arrives with it, we can hoist it up & set it along side a rafter, centered in the door way. My latest hi tec tool for only 80 bucks, how cool is that. I think I need a drink just thinking about it...
Hi Seth, Good idea's I'm cheap too and found this A frame setup last year for pretty fair price $200 which included a trolley and a 1 ton electric chain hoist (hoist does not work) but probably fixable and I already had a manual chain hoist so it's being used. as you can see here I set the A body back on the ch***is in this picture by myself. and will be using this to set the cab back on my 52 F-6 hopefully soon. it is adjustable but just takes some doing to jack up (or down) each side with the high lift jack and long 4x4 post etc to raise or lower the top beam. its about 14' high (EDIT Only about 11-12' high) in this pictures and might be able to go one notch higher?? Once my F-6 cab is back on this will go inside the garage (10' ceiling) so the neighbors don't have to see it any more. its about 11' wide, was quite challenging getting the 8" I-beam set on top of the rolling legs by myself though
JF; Nice stout stuff you got there. The builder of that portable hoist was planning on hoisting the hole car up, "or Bus" as it looks capable of doing both, LOL
hahaha, "Bus" Don't give me any ideas, My neighbors will for sure hang me from that thing if I bring a bus home, Although I have considered it since I've seen a few lately for around 1500- with 5.9 ***min's in them. the hoist frame has a manufacturer name on it (cant remember who) but it appears they m*** produced them??
Having two hoist side by side like that would make it real easy to shift the loads angle. I got to think about that for my setup???
I was at Costco yesterday and noticed one of those carport setups. was 21' long by 10' wide. $225 looks like a tarp material covering but maybe something like that could be of some use for you? I am considering one of those if I have to move my jeep out of the garage to make room for something else which I may be losing its storage soon?? I hope not at least until its warmer weather, as I would prefer to build something on the side of the garage that's more substantial kinda like your carport pictures only not as wide? need to go look at some metal building supply places and get something going, at least some ideas. It looks like I may be going to San Diego in the next month or two, will have an empty trailer going so if you find anything this way you need hauled that way let me know. http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/fod/3534724051.html www.costlesstarps.com
Thanks guys. I do have a carport with the tarp over it but I doubt it will stand to this 60+mph winds So I need to upgrade to a metal carport SOON. I talked to my FIL and he might have enough meta to build a nice Hoist like JF'S. I will pm you Josh if I find anything I need. Thnks
And So It starts. I scored a 2000 lb pulley,and getting a 4000lb tomorrow made in USA and got em for free,Also found an I beam and some material for the legs. Actually Its a hoist/shade Ijust need to get the green light to take it down. Here is the little shade I was talking about,It not being used because there is no power and No one lives there. Its my Father in laws personal Junkyard,its unbelievable the amountof equipment they have/used to have.its now rotting or being stolen. sigh,,,, Here is another alredy made structure that could be used,I would have to remove some pipes around but It would less work. I will have some type of hoist soon enough.
Very nice start, That shade would be a great setup. looks like an Ibeam across the front and rear. hang your hoist pulley right off that?
yes JF that would be Ideal,Now I just need to double check with my inlaws. I would have to paint it maybe make a bunch of oil/gas signs and hang em around??
Here's the sky hook I just picked up for s**** price,its a Hough H65 payloader.It came with forks and a bucket,great for lifting and moving stuff around
Hey, Now that is how it should be done! I love it. I would definitley need a bigger yard for something like that though. Nice score and for saving it from s****. I had a close call tonight lowering down my hoist. Well, Had my moment today. Got home a little early today about 5:10 and had some light left in the day so I decided to lower this heavy duty frame and I beam hoist down so I could fit it through the 8' tall garage door. I used the highlift jack with a long 4x4 post to raise it up one notch at at a time alternating from one side to the next. was slow and tedious but seemed to work ok. going down was not so well, Jacked it up enough to pull the pin and got it down maybe 2 clicks on the jack when the entire thing came out from under it and the top portion slammed down to the bottom of the bottom tube. the trollies and the hoist where at the other end with the chain wrapped around the column and when the end I was lowering slammed down the trollies and hoist came sliding right towards me ( I didn't even see it coming) luckily the chain wrapped around the column stopped it just before hitting me in the back of the head. so now the setup is tilted and without the pin to keep the end from rolling the base with wheels was trying to turn (pivot) which made the entire thing start to tip, I somehow stopped it from tipping over but took quite some doing to get the other side down. was quite scary. That 8" I Beam is damn heavy. I need to make something like the other frame pictured above with the hydraulic jacks to raise and lower this thing more safely. I don't want to experience that again, I was lucky all that happened was I broke part of the fence post the it slammed into when it came down. be safe out there,, I know; easy for me to say. lol
Yeah rub it in MADCAD!!!! I hates you!!! hahaha just kidding. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow Josh,your living dangerously!!! Gotta be careful working by yourself. I'm usually real careful but sometimes I can slip on my own spit. Hey did you get my letter?(Email) I was wondering if you had a couple of grill teeth for zales. I need 1 right and 1 left. thanks
I got your email. Sorry for the late reply I sent yesterday, did you get it. times running out and need to coordinate. let me know
"Wow Josh,your living dangerously!!! Gotta be careful working by yourself." So to prevent me from hurting myself or someone else I built a raising/Lowering Mechanism very similar to the one that Harbor freight uses on their A frame setup. There may have been better or easier ways to do this but I’m just a follower I guess? J It works good so that’s all I was concerned with anyway, spent a little more $ on materials than I wanted too and of course you run out of gas with the welder half way through the project, go figure. here's a couple pictures of it.
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