<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Hank,</div><div>I built a trailer for my sub and it is 19" off of the ground. I don't have any good way to put it on and off the trailer unless I put it in the water or go rent a 5000 lb telehandler which is a pain (even though I own several of them in our stores). I figured I could buy/make a gantry lift and could take my sub off the trailer and use my trailer for other things. Last time I loaded my sub I used a tilt trailer and a 10,000 lb come along. When I was done I felt like I had ran a marathon. Haha.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Scott Waters</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div> <br>hank pronk <hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca> wrote:<br><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Scott,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>A gantry is super sweet of coarse, but a launch cart is a very cheap alternative. I load and unload my sub in minutes. It saves sinking your trailer, it also lets you launch in water 14in shallower. All you need is a couple of old trailer axels and some 3in channel. You could cut up that old trailer you had. You will need a winch on the trailer but you don't need much because you should have a block to slow it down anyways. Just a thought.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue,
Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, March 31, 2014 5:41:23 PM, swaters <swaters@waters-ks.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1462405404"><div><div>Sounds good. I will see if I can get it.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Scott Waters</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 75%;">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div> <br clear="none">hank pronk <hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca> wrote:<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1462405404yqt3545792478" id="yiv1462405404yqt98835"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>Scott,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>There are many options, I go be experience because I am not an engineer. You are best to get the info from an engineer or copy one that is rated. The gantry in Texas is a bargain, it will cost you that in material and time.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
background-color: transparent;"><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yiv1462405404yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, March 31, 2014 4:36:26 PM, "swaters@waters-ks.com" <swaters@waters-ks.com> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv1462405404y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1462405404"><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"></span><div>Hank,</div>
<div>Is there different sizes of I beams? When I called the steal place they asked me what is the weight per foot? </div>
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<div>I contacted the that is selling the lifts from Texas. That might just work better. </div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div id="yiv1462405404wmQuoteWrapper">-------- Original Message --------<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gantry lift<br clear="none">From: hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>><br clear="none">Date: Mon, March 31, 2014 1:31 pm<br clear="none">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br clear="none"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"><br clear="none">
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<div><span>Scott,</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>You should not make the same mistake I made, 8 feet is not enough. Go with at least 9 feet inside. </span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>I use a 8,000lb warren winch with a single pully block and that is perfect. I have to build a new gantry because I built mine with stuff I had instead of buying proper material. I am building A frames with 2in square 1/4 wall. Then a 10in I beam across the top with a 10 foot span.</span></div>
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</span><div>Hey guys,</div>
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<div>I am wanting to build a gantry lift in my shop so I can put my sub on the trailer and take it back off the trailer without having to pay to rent a telehandler. It would need to hold the sub (4500 lbs) plus a little extra. I was thinking of building it out of I beams. I know nothing about structural design with I beams but I believe it should be pretty easy. The gantry lift would be 9' tall and 8' wide. What size I beams should I use?</div>
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<div>Also what is the best kind of winch or block and tackle device to use that is inexpensive?</div>
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<div>Thanks for the help,</div>
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