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| | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 90 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 90 | Anyone have a plan for an overhead gantry that could be used for lifting engines, cab/car bodies? Any welding books with a gantry as a project?
I'm just thinking of something basic with a horizontal I-beam for the load and either beams or tube uprights for support. It doesn't have to be adjustable in height; if it was about 10 ft. it would work with my shop's 12 foot ceiling.
I have looked on this site and elsewhere on the web without finding anything. I can find pictures of homebuilt ones and arguments as to what I-beams/structural components to use, but no proven plans.
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1959 Chevrolet 3800 Pickup
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Can you still call it a barn find if it's your barn? | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | Can you get any ideas form factory built ones? http://www.wallacecranes.com/Those Tri-Adjustable ones are really great, I dream of one every so often... | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 | Don't know if you could buy the steel for what Northern and Horrible Freight want for there pre-made ones. Much less your time. If you haven't looked at them you ought to before setting out on a project. Your results may vary, and if you have already done so, my apologies for taking up this bandwidth.
R-Bo
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Big Window, Short bed Fleetside (under reconstruction)
1966 GMC 305V6 in the family
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 | How about a jib crane. They take up much less space. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 | Harbor Freight telescoping one ton gantry on sale for $660.
R-Bo
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Big Window, Short bed Fleetside (under reconstruction)
1966 GMC 305V6 in the family
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 Gas Pumper | | Gas Pumper Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 | Just figure out a way to mount an I-Beam in your shop, then get one of the northern tool, or HF I-beam hoist kits. I haven't done it because I am still trying to A) justify why I need it, since I have an engine hoist and an electric hoist and B) how to get that heavy I-Beam up there without spending a fortune on the support hardware. Good luck! Keep us posted! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 434 | You need a I-beam / gantry to pull your cab off the frame. Engine hoist will work, but not as well. Also can set your bed on easily as well. That's how I justified mine after pulling things off my frame using engine hoist and not being happy with it.
R-Bo
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Big Window, Short bed Fleetside (under reconstruction)
1966 GMC 305V6 in the family
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | Lots of beds and cabs would still be on trucks if the gantry was a requirement. Stripped these components weigh 300 lbs or less, I have parted 29 of these trucks without a gantry. This is a want not a must. To the original query here is a link for you. http://www.millerwelds.com/interests/projects/we-build/home/project/5690269179 | | |
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