It's Hard To Pass Up Free Stuff

[Norm's Coupe]

Here's a new toy my son got free for his garage. Guess his company bought a new mill about 5 or 6 years ago and this one was moved into storage. Must have got tired of carrying it on the books and gave it to my son. It's now in his garage shop:D . Never have to worry about finding a place to mill small parts for the cars anymore:) .

My engine hoist came in handy to get it off his trailer and into the garage. Strange how that works. I haven't had my engine hoist in my garage for more than a month since last June. First a guy my son works with borrowed it to put a new engine in his race car. Son brought the hoist back, then about a month later my brother in law borrowed it to change engines in his 36 Ford. My son had to borrow it from my brother in law to move the mill. He'll now take it back to my brother in laws so he can continue working on his 36 Ford. Seems like other people use the hoist more than I do.

[1just4don]

When all your 'loved' ones keep it in service 24/7,,you know you really needed it!! It could be worse,,,they MIGHT need to borrow your coupe that much!!! :D

[Norm's Coupe]

When all your 'loved' ones keep it in service 24/7,,you know you really needed it!! It could be worse,,,they MIGHT need to borrow your coupe that much!!! :D

Don, pretty soon that hoist will have more miles on it than my coupe does since I rebuilt the engine.

[1just4don]

I always say to someone I like,,,lets use this thing I have,,,,if we wear it out I will buy another,,,it is generally something like your hoist that doesnt wear out too fast!!!

Reminds me, I have a (cherry picker)hoist too,,it NEVER rolled very good with those cheapee wittle wheels underneath. To make matters worse some time or another it got squished(the little wheels) by a BIG wheel that got too close. I wanna put better caster wheels under it than it came with,,,anybody have ANY suggestions???

[Norm's Coupe]

I always say to someone I like,,,lets use this thing I have,,,,if we wear it out I will buy another,,,it is generally something like your hoist that doesnt wear out too fast!!!

Reminds me, I have a (cherry picker)hoist too,,it NEVER rolled very good with those cheapee wittle wheels underneath. To make matters worse some time or another it got squished(the little wheels) by a BIG wheel that got too close. I wanna put better caster wheels under it than it came with,,,anybody have ANY suggestions???

I have one of those fold up hoist. The wheels on it are about 3" dia x about 2" wide, steel wheels. The two back wheels are the locking casters. Front wheels on the outer arms are stationary. Maybe you could go with wheels like that. I'm guessing at the wheels size. As mentioned haven't seen it in awhile, but they look about that size.

Forgot. Before my sons friend from work used the hoist, my son had it to change the engine in his 80 Firebird for about 4 or 5 months. I've only used the hoist twice since I owned it.

[knuckleharley]

[quote name=1just4don;

Reminds me' date=' I have a (cherry picker)hoist too,,it NEVER rolled very good with those cheapee wittle wheels underneath. To make matters worse some time or another it got squished(the little wheels) by a BIG wheel that got too close. I wanna put better caster wheels under it than it came with,,,anybody have ANY suggestions???[/quote]

Go to Lowes to buy new casters. If there isn't a Lowe's near where you live,check industrial warehouses that sell tools. If you know somebody with a business license,you can most likely buy them on-line from W.W.Granger.

You might even check the Harbor Freight Salvage and the Northern Hydraulics

web sites.

The bad news is the good ones aren't cheap,which is why you don't see the good ones on the cheapo cherry pickers we all buy. IMHO,the extra money spent on good wheels is well worth it because you no longer have to worry about it jamming and then running over your toes,or it jamming and then going in a different direction than you want.

[Don Coatney]

Don' date=' pretty soon that hoist will have more miles on it than my coupe does since I rebuilt the engine.[/quote']

Sounds like it already has more miles than your coupe as it has been in and out of your garage at least 3 times:D

[62rebelP23]

we must all have bought the same hoist; mine has built-in selective steering. it selects where IT wants to go... usually nowhere near where I want it to. doesn't help that all my work is done in the driveway... under a cedar tree... and boy do i hate that tree. it provides a great incentive to get the job done so the car doesn't sit under it gathering tree crap!

[Normspeed]

I used my engine hoist to help a friend who was removing old rotted fenceposts at his place. They were sunk into large blobs of concrete. Child's play for the mighty Harbor Freight cherry picker.

[Norm's Coupe]

I used my engine hoist to help a friend who was removing old rotted fenceposts at his place. They were sunk into large blobs of concrete. Child's play for the mighty Harbor Freight cherry picker.

I used my floor jack to pull a couple of fence post. Was easier to move around than the hoist. If I ever get my hoist back I want to use it to lift my 10 x 12 shed to put new blocks under it. One block broke and is sinking.

[eric wissing]

I moved a 8 x 10 wood shed once 20 feet using round metal post jacks like you see in basements. I built up some planks on blocks and was going to roll it like the Egyptians to the new raised platform. It almost worked to well. I gave it a test push to see how it would move and it went flying. Luckily I had some sag in the planks so it slowed itself down right about where it was suppose to end up. Eric

[knuckleharley]

I used my engine hoist to help a friend who was removing old rotted fenceposts at his place. They were sunk into large blobs of concrete. Child's play for the mighty Harbor Freight cherry picker.

I use a boom on the three point hitch on my tractor. I also use it to pull up small trees and bushes. That way you get the roots,too.

[1just4don]

Thats what skid steer s were invented for. Or for bigger further away projects a 135 hp tractor with an 7 foot bucket and Koyker loaader on it.

One time before I had such stuff and was removing the poles from a shed I was relocating(20-25 ' poles!!),,,I pulled those poles 4'- 5' out of the ground with a pickup,,,and a couple chains. Dig out one side completely so post can tip,,,put a short big stub post, round as it is ,right above the pole to be pulled,,,the stub laying on its side. Dig just enough around the post to slid the chain as FAR down as possible.(making sure you have MORE chain than length of post so you dont crush pickup,when it comes out!!) and drive away. Once in a while you 'may ' have to lower the chain once more for the completion of objective of distancing hole from post!!