What did YOU do today?

[Rick W]

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If you get some of the old-fashioned all metal paper clips that don’t have a vinyl coating, and you unwind them into an L shape, you can tuck them into every other prong, and start the fire much more quickly.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Well, yesterday I got more videos uploaded to drop on my YouTube channel, then put the gas tank crossmember I made in dad’s Ranger since I finally found my case of bolts since I’ve been putting my shop together lately. Thinking I’m for sure going to extend my shop another 4’, that would give me space for everything plus a service cart or two. Well, technically not everything, I’m not moving the stuff of mine that’s at Paul’s home. Not until I have my garage up. But another 4’ would let me move all of my mechanic stuff pretty much that stays at home into my shop plus some handy things. Because when I made half a dozen trips hauling stuff up to the turn around for dad’s Ranger and back I realized that a service cart would have reduced my trips.

Anyway, after all of that I went up to Paul’s and we started on his Ranger. Gonna haul some scrap today and probably work on the Ranger some more or something.

 

[RangerNumber3]

Bought this yesterday. Had to break up some old deck post concrete.

 

[pjtoledo]

recently lifted a Ranger bed while it was upright and ran into a clearance issue, so I decided to make a 45 degree extension for the engine hoist.
it can be installed either short or long end out and gives up to 3 hanging points. even elongated the slots to accommodate the chain hang angle.
with the down-angled extension I'll be able to use shorter chains. previously at high lifts the load would hit the boom.
yes, I know I'm still a lousy welder.

bonus points to whoever identifies the engine block.

 

[Blmpkn]

Paid my bills & 'balanced the checkbook'.. shit that's not usually exciting but.. been running on fumes all winter and happily discovered a 'surplus' for the month so incredibly happy we're out of the woods as far as winters concerned.. I was going nuts not having any cash

 

[Jazzer]

“so I decided to make a 45 degree extension”

Could you use a couple of gussets on that inside angle?

Good idea anyways.

 

[pjtoledo]

“so I decided to make a 45 degree extension”

Could you use a couple of gussets on that inside angle?

Good idea anyways.

there are 1" x 3" plates on each side bridging the pie cut/weld.
I didn't cut the tube completely, just pie cut and bent it together.
for the long arm the intent is more for full height where the load hits the boom, there won't be extreme weight on it then.
the short half is easily enough to hold an engine at bay while it's coming out of the bay.

now, if I want to lift a big diesel,,,,,, lets just say this won't pass the "bobby test"

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Bought this yesterday. Had to break up some old deck post concrete.View attachment 125822

Only an 8#? Good luck… I always preferred a 12# minimum for smashing concrete… but I also did concrete work for over 10 years… it was a bad day when a 12# sledge would bounce off concrete as hard as you threw it, that required a 90# jackhammer…

 

[SenorNoob]

Oil change, chain and sprockets, and painted the cargo rack on my bike. Somehow managed to break my exhaust hangar setup so it's loose now...

 

[Rick W]

recently lifted a Ranger bed while it was upright and ran into a clearance issue, so I decided to make a 45 degree extension for the engine hoist.
it can be installed either short or long end out and gives up to 3 hanging points. even elongated the slots to accommodate the chain hang angle.
with the down-angled extension I'll be able to use shorter chains. previously at high lifts the load would hit the boom.
yes, I know I'm still a lousy welder.

bonus points to whoever identifies the engine block.


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What engine block? Or is this a where’s Waldo?

And is this engine hoist one of the ones you buy at Harbor freight that has the two long legs sticking out on the bottom, the vertical shaft where they come together, and then the boom on top of the jack? If so, make sure you don’t transfer your center of gravity out past the wheels on those long legs. Yes/no?

I guess I’m not understanding this…

 

[pjtoledo]

keep looking

 

[Rick W]

keep looking

that’s not an engine block, it’s a radio

 

[pjtoledo]

What engine block? Or is this a where’s Waldo?

And is this engine hoist one of the ones you buy at Harbor freight that has the two long legs sticking out on the bottom, the vertical shaft where they come together, and then the boom on top of the jack? If so, make sure you don’t transfer your center of gravity out past the wheels on those long legs. Yes/no?

I guess I’m not understanding this…

I've had this engine hoist for about 30 years. both the boom and legs slide out, they do not fold up. it goes up to 9 ft at which the load hits the boom.
it is possible to get the boom out farther than the legs, I learned a long time ago not to extend the boom too far.
since the hoist weighs close to 200 lbs, the boom can go slightly too far if I'm careful, depends on what I'm lifting.
if it were to raise the lift it would go over-center and a bad situation gets immediately worse.

I've had a 4' straight extension for many years, definitely light loads only for that.

my impetus for the 45 extension was lifting a Ranger bed. it was flat on the ground. I pulled the hoist up to the back end with the boom extending
past the front end attached to the forward holes. (thru the holes in the front wall)
before the bed became completely vertical the front wall/end was contacting the boom.
I had to slacken things and manually pull the bottom/back of the bed away to get it vertical.

that’s not an engine block, it’s a radio
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correct, a cheap bank giveaway one at that. remember when banks gave away stuff??

 

[pjtoledo]

this is a wrecked '99 reg cab. like I said, it's a big hoist.
can't see it but the end of the boom is about 9 ft.

it's a rolled wreck I bought for the chassis.

 

[Rick W]

this is a wrecked '99 reg cab. like I said, it's a big hoist.
can't see it but the end of the boom is about 9 ft.

it's a rolled wreck I bought for the chassis.

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That is a big boy.

I’m still a little confused on why you guys use the hoists to move the beds around. I’ve moved four or five of them around, and all I ever did was pick them up from one side and slide them over the other side, or slide them back, and step in the frame, and stand them up behind the truck. None of these were pristine, and you know I paint them with Rustoleum, but they never got damaged. The two that I was trying to be careful with, I just put moving blankets on the ground and slid it onto that. Then I just walked it where I needed it by rocking side to side fairly gently. And the one I put back on, that I didn’t want to scratch, I did the same thing in reverse with the moving blankets. Then I laid under the truck, and pushed the bed up with one hand or one leg and slid the blankets out. Am I missing something?

And I just had a dangerous bad idea for your lift. You can pick up fitness weights all the time on craigslist for nothing or a couple dollars. You could cut pieces of pipe and make stands on the backside, and weight that down to help with the tip over problem. Then all you’d have to worry about is the thing folding up like a scissor on your head.