Re: Shop Crane Revisited

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vk9ghm$mv2t$1@dont-email.me...
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A jib crane is really secondary.  Primary is a gantry crane to meet most
of my needs without buying a forklift.  Yes I have bucket forks, but
they will only lift about 1500 (and it complains about it) pounds, the
tractor doesn't have room in the shop, and it doesn't reach high enough.
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Bob La Londe
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This past summer I had to move a 20' log that was hanging from the gantry sideways to swing the ends past its supports. I set up two tripods with lever hoists in more or less a triangle with the gantry hoist and was able to move the log in any direction after a 3-D learning curve. Three 1-ton chainfalls hung from your roof (if strong enough or braced) could let you position a load anywhere within their triangle.