[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gantry lift

[Alec Smyth]

The one that broke was a 2 ton Harbor Freight. I now use a 3 ton and its
been fine. They also have a 5 ton, which I would suggest for a K350. These
things are cheap and there is little price difference between them, but
the're really heavy and I like taking the hoist down when not needed, to
get all the chain out of the way. If you use a 5 ton, you will probably
want to leave it in place because it weights about 80 lbs. I can reach up
with the 3 ton hoist and click it onto the crane, but it weighs 50 lbs so
is getting near my limit. Which all goes to prove that if you have a K350
instead of a K250, you'll have to spend more time at the gym.

Best,

Alec


On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 9:40 AM, swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com> wrote:

> Ok. Cool. Thanks Steve. Alec, what was the hoist you had that broke on you?
> Thanks,
> Scott Waters
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone
>
> Steve McQueen <psub101 at indy.rr.com> wrote:
> Scott, I just bought a generic trolley and hoist (Harbor Freight). The
> trolley needs to fit your beam size (mine was adjustable) and I chose
> ratings over what I expected.
>
>  I didn't considered an electric vs. manual hoist at the time but you
> might add that to your considerations.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:53 PM, <swaters at waters-ks.com> wrote:
>
>> I just purchased a gantry lift on craigslist in Texas. It doesn't have a
>> trolley or chain hoist though. I started looking on the internet and there
>> is a huge range of trolleys and chain hoists. Does anyone have a suggestion
>> what to get and where to get it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott Waters
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Personal_Submersibles mailing list
>> Personal_Submersibles at psubs.org
>> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Personal_Submersibles mailing list
> Personal_Submersibles at psubs.org
> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.whoweb.com/pipermail/personal_submersibles/attachments/20140402/50969616/attachment.html>