I read the title of the video and thought that Brian finally decided to put gussets on his original design!! All joking aside, those casters are really nice!
I have had the Hobart 3 or 4 years. I know I have used it in several of my videos. Not sure how many times the welder itself has shown up though, usually just see the leads probably.
I was hoping to see the final assembly and raising it up. Assembled on the ground with another crane to lift it? Looks like they need to mark the side excursion limits , moving too far to the side in its new home appears to exceed clearance under the roof. Brian sure knows how to make fixing and building outwrite Huge machines look easy and does it with precision too. Great job!
Sadly I don't have a camera crew to follow me and shoot video while I move around. :-( It is rather difficult to do tricky operations by yourself and film them too.
Very nice work Brian. Looks like a very similar design to the 2 ton unit I made a couple of years ago. Mine's quite a bit smaller though - just 2.4m/8' wide, and 3m/10' tall. I want to lengthen the uprights though, it really should have been 3.6m/12' tall. Getting a vertical mill off a small trailer still needs a bit more headroom.
Hi Brian, viewer here hope your j.g avi g a great day thank you for a video. Give Baily shop boss a pet for me! Good thinking a secound gantry crain is a good idea. Can see when need a secound lifting holding point to hold and maneuver a larger or heavy object.
@@helgethaysen7830 Subtract the hook and hoist and you can only get something lifted to about 15feet up. It would be extremely hard to get a heavy load swung 4 feet from center to even have a chance of tipping it over.
Does any of the work you do at home require you to carry insurance? You have been extremely generous sharing all the practical details of shop work, I'm curious how much 'overhead' resources are needed.
I like these kind of videos, I remember when you did the other 2 there was much controversy in the comments about how you mounted the top beam. I am guessing the other 2 have held up well? no failures, no injuries? lol
This is some big crane.... Ever tried to write letters and numbers with the MIG welder, not easy but quite permanent...!!! Hope that with only 8 feet on the base, they don't "swing" loads on that, if they do tell them to keep the camera rolling... Soon to call your shop : BCBloc Heavy Industries. Actual shop is already too small...!!! 😉😎👍
Would like to know more about your dimensions. Looks amply strong for 4T lifts, really nice build. You stated 22-foot overall height. What is the span between the uprights, width & thickness of the top I-beam, the length of the horizontal lower beams between wheel centers (or overall)? Looks like you got it all "right". Congrats.
For liability reasons I will not give exact specs but if you watch the video closely enough you can tell what everything is as most all of it is marked. The top beam was 20 foot so it spans like 18.
For liability reasons I will not do a list but if you watch the videos closely you should easily be able to figure it out especially since many of the materials are marked.
It weighs about 9000lbs. It is a Cornelious MFG trailer which is now known as Corn Pro. It was custom built with an extra tall neck so it can be pulled by a truck with a Utility Bed so that adds a bit to the weight. Also it has 12k axles so it is a heavy trailer anyway.
Brian, what is the allowable deflection of the top beam at rated load vs span? 1/1000? I'm guessing that thing could take 20 ton and still survive it. Of course there would be no safety margin left.
I would love to build a stationary gantry to unload my trailer. Would you possibly sell plans to fabricate my own? I prefer some engineering insight rather just weld some beams together.
For liability I can not but if you go to the original gantry crane build video between watching and the comments you can determin all the materials on your own.
Curious about your suggestion....I'm a sucker for less spatter and more flow....have you tried silicon bronze? My current build I'm sticking it with surplus 316.
It is a foot wider than the widest commercial available units this size anyway. It is only for use inside a shop on a level floor anyway so it is plenty stable.
Nice, but damn, that’s tall! I’m guessing you calculated the load the I beam would take over the width of the beam. But how do you calculate how much weight the uprights can take? The engineer in my head wants to know.
There are tables available for column loading of most structural shapes like these. In this case the possible bending loads are a more constraining factor. The tube can hold like over 100,000lbs if it is purely vertical loaded. The fact it is mostly unconstrained at both ends drastically reduces those values.
When did, "Weld it up", turn into, "Weld it out"? If you have a stain in your shirt, you wash it out. If your hands are dirty, you wash them up. Why is it people get confused when welding ? ? ?
What most people don't know is that Brian is an actual degreed Mechanical Engineer, not just a hillbilly with an inkling.
I think it was mentioned before, Master's degree wasn't it?
@@MF175mp yes
What's nice to see is a man who acts like he knows what he is doing, and then he actually does.
Thanks for sharing.
No fakery on my channel. 😄
EPIC VIDEO MY FRIEND
sent it to my engineering instructors
The one man army knows how to get the job done, quick, functioning and quality. 👍🏻👌🏻
Really like those Amercian made casters. That crane will easily and safely lift the rated weight, nice build!
That is one awesome crane. Your engineering knowledge sure is helpful to your work. Kids stay in school Haha
Good to see that Bailey is still supervising everything. :-)
very nice build and the wag of approval Thanks Brain and Bailey. That's one big crane.
Great job Brian, no piddley ass jobs for you!
That welder sounds angry! 😎 Love it
I make it work for it!
Nice build.! this is an awesome project!!
Nice job Brian.
I read the title of the video and thought that Brian finally decided to put gussets on his original design!! All joking aside, those casters are really nice!
Very nice build. An adjustable height gantry is on my wish list.
Those wheel sure are nice, gotta get myself a mag drill, on the list. Gantry came out well, we would have to paint that here being close to the ocean.
That is dang near a whopper. Its good to know a source of good casters, my HF tool cabinet has 4 blown tires.
Super Sized Double Whopper with extra cheese and pickles. Dang now I'm hungry.
I dont recall seeing a whit,e welder before is that new guess it dont matter it will be good to go nice job Brian
I have had the Hobart 3 or 4 years. I know I have used it in several of my videos. Not sure how many times the welder itself has shown up though, usually just see the leads probably.
I was hoping to see the final assembly and raising it up. Assembled on the ground with another crane to lift it? Looks like they need to mark the side excursion limits , moving too far to the side in its new home appears to exceed clearance under the roof. Brian sure knows how to make fixing and building outwrite Huge machines look easy and does it with precision too. Great job!
Sadly I don't have a camera crew to follow me and shoot video while I move around. :-( It is rather difficult to do tricky operations by yourself and film them too.
That is a great saw !
80 years and still cutting! I love my Johnson!
@@bcbloc02 were you talking your saw or the other Johnson.. :-0 nice build as usual.
@@bcbloc02 The Johnson we had could be made to cut angles if I remember correctly.
@@CRice-ln8lm Yes you can miter with it.
Nice job Brian!
That is a tall son of a gun. Nice build
Very nice work Brian. Looks like a very similar design to the 2 ton unit I made a couple of years ago. Mine's quite a bit smaller though - just 2.4m/8' wide, and 3m/10' tall. I want to lengthen the uprights though, it really should have been 3.6m/12' tall. Getting a vertical mill off a small trailer still needs a bit more headroom.
Hello, you have achieved a good and solid construction, well done and good continuation A +
Just what I was waiting for, something I can lift a ROPS off ye ol' 955E with. Very nice and might use your design if'n you don't mind.
You could use that on an 8-H!
Wow, Nice Job Brian and Baily. It looks like you have a 3 times overload factor.
Thanks for sharing. Great project.
Nice crane, that’s a beast!
Hi Brian, viewer here hope your j.g avi g a great day thank you for a video. Give Baily shop boss a pet for me! Good thinking a secound gantry crain is a good idea. Can see when need a secound lifting holding point to hold and maneuver a larger or heavy object.
Very nice Gantry Crain. 👍
NICE BULD. WELL DONE. REGARDS............
I always love a good crane.
Well done Brian
Didn't understand anything he was saying, but I can't complain with the results... !
Awesome job...
Well done!
Thanks for the video.
How do you keep someone from stealing your gantry crane? Build it taller than the doors :-D
very good video..thanks for your time
Nice build I like that crane.
I could build you one. Then you could use it to move machines in your garage. Just have to take the roof off. Lol
am interested in how much all that steel costs in the us (am a brit) also no brakes on the castors? .. would prob be illegal in the uk
The whole thing would be illegal in the EU, just waiting to fall over when somebody tries to move it with a burden too heigh up!
@@helgethaysen7830 Here in the USA we still rely on common sense . It gives a lot of freedom and helps eliminate the stupid from the gene pool.
The list of things that are legal in the UK is a lot shorter than the list of what's illegal. Must be frustrating to try and get any work done.
@@helgethaysen7830 Subtract the hook and hoist and you can only get something lifted to about 15feet up. It would be extremely hard to get a heavy load swung 4 feet from center to even have a chance of tipping it over.
Does any of the work you do at home require you to carry insurance? You have been extremely generous sharing all the practical details of shop work, I'm curious how much 'overhead' resources are needed.
As with all business there is liability insurance as well as personal and property involved.
Stop with the cranes, already... let me catch up with my crane #1...😁😁
QUIT SLACKING! lol
Lol .. not going to use the Carlton because it would take longer to clear it off than to use the mag drill, come on Brian, we all know. ;)
I like these kind of videos, I remember when you did the other 2 there was much controversy in the comments about how you mounted the top beam. I am guessing the other 2 have held up well? no failures, no injuries? lol
most things work great, until they don't
Yes the others get used multiple times a day 5 days a week. No issues.
Those castors look like a high quality item Brian...🇬🇧☺️
Yes they are nice!
This is some big crane....
Ever tried to write letters and numbers with the MIG welder, not easy but quite permanent...!!!
Hope that with only 8 feet on the base, they don't "swing" loads on that, if they do tell them to keep the camera rolling...
Soon to call your shop : BCBloc Heavy Industries. Actual shop is already too small...!!! 😉😎👍
No locks on the casters that way it self centers over the load. 😎
@@bcbloc02
Keep the floors cleaned and the casters oiled...!!!
Great job!
I like my good friends saying for this.... "it is not done until it is overdone"
Gantry on Steroids Brian! Wow talk about Awesome... 👍🏼👍🏼
Would like to know more about your dimensions. Looks amply strong for 4T lifts, really nice build. You stated 22-foot overall height. What is the span between the uprights, width & thickness of the top I-beam, the length of the horizontal lower beams between wheel centers (or overall)? Looks like you got it all "right". Congrats.
For liability reasons I will not give exact specs but if you watch the video closely enough you can tell what everything is as most all of it is marked. The top beam was 20 foot so it spans like 18.
@@bcbloc02 thanks
What gas blend are you using ? Has an unusual sound (may be my headphones ) . Really enjoy the videos , thanks Brian !
Probably sounds different because I spray arc. Voltage on max!
@@bcbloc02 I knew you were getting the goods from that Hobart, I could hear it!
How in the world did you get it put together? Nothing there big enough to help. Great job.
Bolted it together on the ground then stood it up with a forklift.
5k gantry in 500k building.
Thank you Brian .
You running .35 or .45 wire ?
.035 spray arced
Hope your using duel shield flux core, sounds like it.....
What did those shiney casters set you back?
And I really like your metal saw....your crane is massive compared to my current build...
Just under $200 ea
super structure from superman....did you get a new welder?
Nope same one I have had for a few years. I bought it when the Carlton broke.
4TON? Is the chinese version a WONTON?
Better than an egg drop.
Can I ask for the materials list and drawings? I wil also make a gantry crane like that. Thank you.
For liability reasons I will not do a list but if you watch the videos closely you should easily be able to figure it out especially since many of the materials are marked.
@@bcbloc02 Thank you very much Sir.
Like your build! Off question from the crane. How much does your trailer weigh? Shop built or a brand? Thanks!
It weighs about 9000lbs. It is a Cornelious MFG trailer which is now known as Corn Pro. It was custom built with an extra tall neck so it can be pulled by a truck with a Utility Bed so that adds a bit to the weight. Also it has 12k axles so it is a heavy trailer anyway.
@@bcbloc02 Appreciate your reply! Better heavy than looking like an underslung set of leaf springs haha.
Brian, what is the allowable deflection of the top beam at rated load vs span? 1/1000? I'm guessing that thing could take 20 ton and still survive it. Of course there would be no safety margin left.
Don’t forget the “shake the shit out of it” test that you performed on the last one.
LOL
I would love to build a stationary gantry to unload my trailer. Would you possibly sell plans to fabricate my own? I prefer some engineering insight rather just weld some beams together.
For liability I can not but if you go to the original gantry crane build video between watching and the comments you can determin all the materials on your own.
about how much does it weigh? watching this I am going to build small one.im72 years old so I will need a lift soon. nice build. thanks
Just over a ton
Try some co2 gas and 045 dual sheld 777 wire you love the results
Curious about your suggestion....I'm a sucker for less spatter and more flow....have you tried silicon bronze? My current build I'm sticking it with surplus 316.
I'm guessing the cost of the 4 casters was more than the rest of all the other material?
Not hardly. The casters were less than $200ea.
Nice gantry crane is on my project to do list, what gauge square tubing did you use?
1/4”
bcbloc02 thought it looked like 1/4 thanks
Probably should stamp it for 3 ton that way they will only put 4 on there
mag drill have variable speed?
My big one does but this little one does not.
How did you get that thing assembled and stood upright?
Bolted it together on the ground then stood it up with a forklift.
Nice project thank you for sharing
Brian, I want to build one the same size as the smaller one you built awhile back. Do you recall the size of the I beam you used? Thanks.
Pretty sure it was a w10x19
bcbloc02 wow, that’s hefty! Thank you for the info
@@woodscreekworkshop9939 It was sized for deflection not the load. You don't want your trolley to roll on its own because the beam bows. :-)
@@bcbloc02 Thank you!
That's on my list of things to do once I am in the new shop.
hello from lawrenceburg ky lol
Hi! neighbor
Hiya Brian
nice
🆗®⨅ 4 TON
You could have made it a bit wider by tipping it on its side slightly for transport
It is a foot wider than the widest commercial available units this size anyway. It is only for use inside a shop on a level floor anyway so it is plenty stable.
Nice, but damn, that’s tall! I’m guessing you calculated the load the I beam would take over the width of the beam. But how do you calculate how much weight the uprights can take? The engineer in my head wants to know.
There are tables available for column loading of most structural shapes like these. In this case the possible bending loads are a more constraining factor. The tube can hold like over 100,000lbs if it is purely vertical loaded. The fact it is mostly unconstrained at both ends drastically reduces those values.
My concerns were about the bending or side loads!
Was it duel shielded for the welds? What size wire and what type of gas?
.035 er70s6 wire 98Ar 2O Full voltage
Well sir , I thought this one was for you.
Is that the first thing that won't fit in your shop????🤣
Depends. I can't drive my forklift around in my shop with the mast all the way up. Does that count?
I found big foot!
When did, "Weld it up", turn into, "Weld it out"? If you have a stain in your shirt, you wash it out. If your hands are dirty, you wash them up. Why is it people get confused when welding ? ? ?
atleast they arent corona casters
Much better at X1.5 speed LMAO!!!