[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gantry lift

[swaters]

Haha. Good advice Alec. I just bought the 5 ton one from Harbor freight. I'll get my wife Katy to put it up for me. She works out. Haha.
Thanks,
Scott Waters




Sent from my U.S. Cellular© SmartphoneAlec Smyth <alecsmyth at gmail.com> wrote: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




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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 

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