Back before receivers, I had my jib crane mounted inside the bed about 3 feet from the front. I put a piece of truck frame, which is 10" C channel 110,000 psi heat treated. I welded nuts to the C channel to accommodate bolts from the top. I welded a rod crosswise across the bolts to make sort of wing nuts out of the bolts. It never went any wheres. But I have had a cover on the last 3 or 4 pickups I drove and that is no longer an option.
I am thinking about putting a jib crane somewhere on the front of my tilt trailer. Right at the moment I have my winch on a 2" receiver on the front of my trailer so I can move it. My winch will pull a 2 ton truck onto the trailer with a snatch block with all the tires flat. But there are are always times when it would be nice to swing something onto the trailer.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1081...2045519218&oid=108197707187186692269I was really looking at the Vestil model until I figured out it would be over $500 with freight and tax. I wonder what Northern retail stores sell them for?
