[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gantry lift

[JimToddPsub at aol.com]

Scott,
It just occurred to me that the load bearing capacity of your  floor slab 
needs to be considered as well.  Each of the four wheels of the  gantry has a 
contact area of not much more than 1 sq. in.  You  might need to put 
something down over the area where the gantry will be when  it's under load in 
order to spread the load out.  Otherwise you might end  up with a cracked 
floor.  It might be a needless concern, but  I've seen several instances where 
slabs have been cracked and  distorted.
Jim
 
 
In a message dated 4/2/2014 11:37:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
swaters at waters-ks.com writes:

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









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Alec 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_ 
(mailto: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_ (mailto: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_ 
(mailto: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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