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| | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 123 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 123 | I found a 235 in great shape. Now I need to get it home. What is the best way to tie this down in my pickup? Looking for some ideas here as I dont want to be making a turn and hearing it slam around the bed of my truck. Thanks! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | A old tire and some motorcycle straps.
Give me ambiguity
or give me something else
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 | Or make one of these. The tire method works great; I've done that several times with various engines & odd-shaped heavy steel items. I've also made several of the wood carts, and that's what I use now for stovebolts. Use some good straps. Brad
Wrench Fetcher, PhD | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | Tire method is just plain easy and it works well. You might do the seller a favor by taking a tire off his hands. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 378 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 378 | hey uncle brad, those are great plans. I have two engines (stove bolts) in my shop these plans will let me roll them out of the way. Thanks so much | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 | Or make one of these. The tire method works great; I've done that several times with various engines & odd-shaped heavy steel items. I've also made several of the wood carts, and that's what I use now for stovebolts. Use some good straps. Brad Is the lumber "off the shelf" measurements or true measurements? My experience is the 1X4 at the lumber store is 3/4" thick. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 815 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 815 | Great plan Brad. Looks like it would do the job. Now all I need to do is find a 235. Steve | | | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 152 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 152 | I built one of the wood carts to store my spare 261 in the shop. It works great and is handy when moving the engine around.
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1959 Apache 3800 dually flat bed/dump with 261
1956 3800 dually flat bed/dump with 235
1957 3600 flat bed, 350 engine, 700R4, PS, disc brakes, 14 bolt rear with 4.11 gears
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The Beauty, Simplicity, History, and the Stories they Tell[/font] - - In the Stovebolt Gallery-- In the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 | Tire method is just plain easy and it works well. You might do the seller a favor by taking a tire off his hands.
I plan to make a real dolly like the ones in the plans but this will work for a few weeks until I get around to making a run stand. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 123 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 123 | I did wind up building one of the wood stands. Brought it along to pick up my engine and it worked great. It is now in my garage and I am able to roll the motor off to the side when not working on it. Thanks for the advice! would recommend it to all. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 | I just finished making an engine dolly using the plans in the earlier post. However, I simply rested the cradle on top of a HF mover's dolly. I made the cradle longer so I didn't have to change the size of the dolly or the location of the wheels. Here are the photos of the finished engine dolly.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 | yes, these stands work great, I built a couple for one of my gmc v6s with some tweaking to the original plans to make it fit, but it also works well for v8s.
1949 Dodge Coronet 1955 2nd Chevy 4400 1.5 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1957 Chevy 5400 LCF 2 ton 1966 Dodge D100 Sweptline 1968 Chevy P20 stepvan 1969 GMC LWB pickup 1972 GMC Sprint 1974 CP30 shorty bus There are three things that I've learned never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.----Linus Van Pelt Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9  | | |
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