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Ha Rmtaunton, THAT is a crane.
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Life is much easier with a drop side bed. I agree on mounting it away from traffic if you have to use it on the side of the road. Is your truck a drop side?It looks like most have their crane mounted on the passenger side, I'm starting on mine and wondering the pros and cons of one side of the bed vs the other?
I have a home made one in the bed of the deuce and I plan on putting one of the Liftmoore cranes on the front of my M353 trailer so I can load the trailer and the deuce, but not have to keep all that weight with me 24/7. The 353 will have custom outriggers.
Well don't I feel inadequate, mines only going to have about 6' of stick...
Built a couple out of an old weight machineJust a thought, if you have a square hitch in the back:
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Cabela's sells this one, game hoist, holds ~400 lbs. Unless you need something substantially bigger, seems like easy set up/tear down for small jobs.
Yep, actually working on my M925 dropside. This was just the best, most relatable, thread that my search came up with.Life is much easier with a drop side bed. I agree on mounting it away from traffic if you have to use it on the side of the road. Is your truck a drop side?
Yup! Drove the 931 out from underneath it, and backed a trailer in underneath it to deliver it.Wow! It lifted an lmtv bed?! I lifted an mep002 and that was about as much weight as I'd care to lift.
Several years ago I fabbed up a crane for the back of my Deuce; I welded in a bunch of 4-inch C-channel underneath the bed for reinforcement where crane mounted. I copied angles and designs from a 2-ton engine hoist I have. I had the hubs from a shattered Deuce rear axle on hand, and used one for the rotating base with lots of triangle reinforcements. Majority of steel used were scraps I had on hand. Tacked with 6011 & finished with 7018, using my AC buzzbox (as recommended by 98G). Originally used a 12-volt ATV winch for lifting, but soon replaced it with a Harbor Freight 9K-lb winch a friend gave me (I just had to replace the solenoids & it was like new).
I used the Harbor Freight 8-ton air-powered lift cylinder; it works GREAT but it likes LOTS of volume. I can use it off of Deuce's emergency gladhand but have to be patient for air to build up after short bursts of use. It helps to block rear wheels with short sections of wood 4x4s to help prevent too much body tilt when lifting heavy loads. I have a separate 12-volt electrical system (2 alternators, 3 batteries) to power the winch for lifting, but I try to use the air lift cylinder as much as possible. Got a drum clamping lift from Harbor Freight to lift 55-gallon drums, this whole setup paid for itself just in lifting/lowering 55-gallon drums!
I've used it about a hundred times already, very handy!
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Rusty, I believe that you can start at this post and work your way through to get the idea:Do you have any close-up pictures of the crane ? I plan on building one very similar soon. Thanks.
That's one fine accessory.Works great and lends to many lifting options!