Gantry Crane ... Modified- Wider Taller Skinner Smoother operation Harbor Freight
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- Some modification is always necessary.
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After Thoughts about the Video: I have used my cherry picker/engine hoist for 20 years to do things like this and it was just time to upgrade. I don't think I will ever use the extra pin hole for height but it was easy to do at the moment. I can't actually get to the hole I drilled without unbolting a few things. 102 inches is crucial to be able to straddle trailers, camping trailers, motorhomes, my boat etc.
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Evidently the guy at Harbor Freight that said "it wouldn't fit", hasn't seen your videos. Yes, I want one.
When I had bought my HF gantry several years ago I had purchased two hoists to use with it. It makes it much easier to load and unload larger items.
Awesome. I bought the chain hoists first and figured two would better suit me.
@@sixtyfivefordhow much is that drill set up
I have one with 2 chain hoists in a 14' foot ceiling for 5 years. 2 hoists much nicer to lift than trying to balance loads. Once loads are level you can use one hand for both chains to go up or down synced up. Nice for loading pickup beds. Like your vids.
I used these for years in factories. You either used a gantry or a jib. Gantry goes a lot farther in a small shop. I lifted the whole front of my car to do brakes and suspensiond back in the early 80s. All you had to do was put something like an old boat cushion between the chain and the bumper in a friends tool and die shop.
That's awesome.
How bout a thin metal flashing roof on the thing to keep most of the rain out?
That's a good idea 💡
I love the way you think. After I got it all together I was debating what to do when I thought why don't I just put a roof on it? I have an old piece of tin roofing will be perfect for it
@@sixtyfiveford A roof is a good idea. I'd be interested in seeing how you do it...
@@JDeWittDIY I wasn't thinking anything fancy. Just a sheet of tin 2-3 ft wide across the whole top.
@@sixtyfiveford That'll work great. :+1:
You should add a couple extra pulleys and some more cable so one crank can lift both posts at the same time. So you don’t fatigue the welds on the top plates over time.
Fortunately for me, I inherited a home with a huge garage that I could put 3 class A motor homes in. It also already had a huge Crain lift in the garage too.
They certainly do come in handy more often than one would think! I don’t have two Crain on it, but I do have a smaller wench hooks up to my ceiling in the garage for lifting lighter weight. It’s a 3 bay garage and these are in 2 of the bays. Works out pretty well for my needs so far! Especially considering I didn’t have to pay for anything who can complain? 😂
That's awesome
Generational wealth 🙄
Yes I want one for sure. Good to hear it is good quality.
Glad you finally let Ginger help!
*Those are awesome lifts. I bought several of the top beams w/trollies on them a long time ago and have given/sold most of them, but still have a few as well as an older orange HF one. Super handy to have for sure.
She loves to help when I'm generally under the car or in another tight place.
Pretty cool making it work for the house and space
Another good one Moe. I always love watching you come up with solutions and the cool tools.
All I can say is WOW!! You are so creative!!
Thank you so much for watching
Was at the inlaws and they had kindig-it show on and i commented to everybody how silly a professional automotive building house was still using an engine hoist when a gantry crane would have massively improved they work. Nice to see I'm not fully nuts in the logic of a gantry crane being a worthy upgrade
I do want one! Getting two hoists was pretty smart
I like that ladder hoist setup. It comes in handy.
I use a rig like that to lift my riding mower. I place a 4x4 across the rungs and the 4x4 has a eye bolt in it to carry the hoist.
Great Job! Excellent modifications! I know it will serve you for many years!
Thank you!
@@sixtyfivefordgreat vid.i have a 2 ton jack like yours .where can I get a rebuild kit for it
@@iancameron198 There's one or two companies that sell rebuild kits for them. Just do a quick Google. I think they sell them on eBay, Amazon and directly
That Mag Drill & cutters are impressive. Yep can always count on HF for precision. Nice modification. I can definitely use this.
Great buy on that hoist.
Stay well, Joe Z
The mag drill is nice but stupidly priced.
@@sixtyfiveford It is out of my price range for the amount of times I would use it, but nice to have when needed.
Nice work , great video. Thanks for sharing showing us how you did it. I’ve always wanted one.
Thanks for watching!
Yep! Want one!
Pretty nice. It will come in handy lifting heavy things into and out of your truck or trailer.
Definitely!
I built one from scratch using 2" 11ga. square tube and 3/4 emt as struts. HF electric winch up top... Lighe and strong enough to lift most anything.
Great idea with the modifications. The cam action on that hand crank is an interesting piece of engineering. Smart to smooth it out a bit. Sounds like you need to shorten the crank handle after moving the mechanism out of the way. Gonna suck to bang into the brace with every revolution.
I usually just use the trusses in my shop from which to hang a hoist for engine pulls and such, but am limited by 9' ceilings. A gantry would be nice to have around for sure. We had a huge one in a boat shop where I worked back in the 90's. Pulled a few big boat engines with that thing. Not sure whatever happened to it.
Yeah shortening or rebending the hand crank is definitely the plan. I just want to make sure it's in the position I wanted to be in.
I keep lifting from the 2x4 trusses in my garage and I'm afraid one day I'm going to bring down the ceiling. Try to limit myself to maybe 200 lb....
@@sixtyfiveford I run a 2 1/2" pipe over 4 truss bottom chords and hang a chain from the center of that. Plenty strong for what I do, (4 cyl car engines and such) but I wouldn't lift a V8 or a 1500lb trailer with that setup.
You're a beast! Always love when I see a new sixyfiveford video! Thanks!!
Thanks Chad
You ever thought about buying a peice of land with a couppe acres or 2? Maybe put a House or a Manufactured home with a big garage? You need it man! I have an Acre and a1/4 and I love it!
Yes, I need this badly.
Nice HF mod job. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Awesome
That should work great for you. The uncle-in -law made something like that for my shop, it swivels on trailer bearings and rolls on the floor in a half circle with about a fifteen foot radius. Reminds me that I STILL need to finish the overkill 19th Century trolley that I got sidetracked in the middle of probably a year ago. I've been sliding a chain across the I-beam with a chain-hoist up on a ladder since the electric wench got abused, then I saw the 500lb max. sticker, poor thing.
Great video thanks !
Hey thanks
While Mary Ann often ranks over Ginger.... Ginger is rocking it. Great video thanks.
Pretty sweet! You can now fix up that '65 Ford that I see in your garage lol, I would love to see you do a series on putting it together like you did with the VW
That's the plan!
Ginger with the water hose is awesome.
Good video, always appreciate the canine high jinks at the end.
Thanks 👍
I've been wanting to build a Gantry crane for a while now.
The price of steel is crazy. I've been meaning to build one for years and finally figured I should just buy one and modify it for my needs.
Nice! Probably the next best thing to an overhead crane
Definitely!
Sometimes even better! You can pick up something in the shop just like a over head crane but you can roll that heavy item out of the shop where there's no overhead crane. Plus it's way cheaper😂
Always creative
Moe we used Duff- Norton hoists and come alongs on the rail road. Quality equipment and will serve you well.
Awesome. I took one look at the hoists at Harbor Freight and decided I'd rather buy a name brand. I have a least a dozen on my local classifieds.
Yeah definitely want one. I do have a big forklift and a vermeer m475 but space is low when you live in town lolol
Nice! Thanks, Moe!
Moe, you're lucky to have Ginger as a Supervisor. Have a great weekend!
You got that right!
Man, this is crazy I've been looking at these great timing great video!
I think it'll come in handy.
Not going to lie, I’m a little jealous. Might pick one up down the road.
Great video thank you for sharing
Thanks
I bought one of those years ago, for an unplanned project that needed to be done within 2 days. I ran into exactly the same problem with one of the cable winches... it just wasn't make correctly or greased at all. It failed before the first use and it was the only one they had and the cable winches were already scavenged off the floor model (should be a warning sign). Not finding a replacement readily at hand I ended up taking the cable off and the guts out and drilled a hole and just attached the cable directly to the center pin which actually made that side easier to use. I had planned on getting 2 cheap boat cable winches to use since I was assuming the other one would soon fail, even though I cleaned it up and added some decent grease. Its been many projects and neither have failed and I honestly like the way my jury rigged side works better as even though it doesn't hold the tension for you it goes up and down much faster and easier and I am only using it under load until I can stick the pin back in. I have always wanted to widen mine so that's going in the mental filing cabinet, although I am going to steal your two troll and winch idea asap...
It's a really unique design and since everything at HF is a clone of a real product, I'm sure it was made nicer originally. The original was probably all machined from hardened steel. It did drastically reduce the effort(about 1/2) after I smoothed out the cast iron though. I saw reviews on youtube where guys replaced them with boat winches but I like the simple wrap around the center shaft.
Lol "guy doubted me ain't no way that's going to fit" challenge accepted 😆 dude a gantry would be stop helpful....great mods you did too
Thanks 👍
I believe that those gantry cranes are one of the best deals going at HF.
I had it all planned out and have been looking forever for a beam to build my own.
What a great addition. Good for you buddy.
Thanks 👍
Very nice.
Nice job with the modifications. 👍
Skinnier, handy little unit
I've got a strap hoist in my shed but it was just for hanging mowers with. Swung a 12 horse Gravely with a 40 inch kidney mower off it. And this looks Ginger approved. Blessings 2 yall
It's handy to lift these things. I used it to work on a generator today; definitely made it easier.
@@sixtyfiveford Mine is an old defunct hot line hauser from the power company that I fixed back up. Might be 3k pounds rated. Nylon strap doing the pulling. I hung all my stuff to work on it. Stood it on one end or the other. Saves the back bones and knees. Blessings 2 yall!
Great video...I think maybe you would like to move outside the city with 5 to 10 acres... poll barn or two...some solar panels...chicken or two...what do yeah think...your a perfect fit...🖖
Yeah, I would love that.
Nice setup.
Thanks!
Cool dude!
Nice Pickup and Mod Moe . Two Hoists Are Better I'd Say. More Stable and No Spinning.
Agreed
Nice. I used a similar ladder method to erect the framework for a garage I built.
Nice work!
I bought the Harbour Freight backhoe, I’d argue that it’s the “biggest”
Yup. My HF gantry is over 20 years old and the steel is twice has heavy as the new ones. Did the same 2 trolley/hoist setup. Mine lifted a 9x42 enco mill no problem. I sold the original I beam and fabricated my own out of 2, 6” channel irons and weld back to back. My inside is 10.5’. Careful when raising/lowering…the trolleys want to take off quick. Tie them off before adjusting. Not to impressed with the crank handle hitting the brace. Gonna be a lot of swearing when your hand get pinched!
I love that grease gun
It's been working well.
That's nice, man. I bet you will get a lot of use out of that.
Hey thanks
Dudes got all the cool shit !
Love that hound dog. The crane and bad either.
Very nice my Friend! Gantry's are so handy and versatile. Cheers! Zip~
That dog is so smart, so cute, so funny :)
Looks like your second driveway, turned out good.
Thanks. It was a ton of work.
Sweet!
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
i got mine 25 years ago. best $600.00 i ever spent and still looks like new.
Nice 👍 I want one!
Great video
Thanks!
yea...I want one!
Jay the Florida pool pump motor repair guy. When Service Calls Longwood approved ! that was good info 2 see👨🔧good job !! sixtyfiveford ..I have 2 forkifts. so I'm all set up.
Priceless brother
Assume puppy
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Just saying
VHT Wheel paint Graphite is a perfect match to harbor freight jackstand gray paint.... if you need to do touch up and want it too look factory! good mods on that thing. keep up the good work.
Good to know. I had some charcoal metal flake that was close and figured if it's anything like all the other HF stuff it'll turn a different color in the sun after a few months anyway.
@@sixtyfiveford you are not wrong!
You got me wanting one.
I think it'll come in handy.
i have gotten a lot of things cheaper at HF than the steel cost and most are well built. i don't know why scrap metal is so cheap with the price of new steel being so high. good video and job. take care, be safe and well.
Supply and demand I guess and since all the big companies get the steel, we're left with very little to fight over. I kept finding used steel to make this but it was way overkill in size and I needed a crane to make it.
Nice..
I think the dog was my favorite part of the video.
Cant beat the price.
Any info to share about your drill powered spray paint mixing adapter and grease gun?
Good Idea with the two hoists….. I like your mods to the crane…
Thanks 👍
@@sixtyfiveford You video came out better than mine . . . I got the Northern Tool crane because of the gears you described. My crane uses a pin and lever. Enjoy the crane!
Super crane 💪💪👍
I come-alonged my utility trailer to vertical, off a tree limb, tongue up, a few weeks ago. It took 3 set-ups of the c-along, tieing off the tongue each time.
It would have been quicker using a gantry crane, but my way required only 68 trips up the ladder.
sweet mods
👍👍👍.Thanks
Badass
Hey Thanks.
Awesome :)
Thanks.
👍👍
Definitely want one, but don't have enough concrete-or even flat ground to use one on. I'm surprised you didn't get electric hoists.
Letttttttssssss gooooooo!
I was thinking of picking one up got a big roof in my shop area this is just giving me an exuese to buy one
your dog is cray cray. lol.
Pretty nice, apart that really sketcy looking sintered(?) cam sprocket. Knowing some people misuse things, that will fail for sure for some 😀
It should only be used when adjusting the height of the crane but, like you said, some people will misuse things.
Reading all the reviews. It's the number one failure point of these.
12:49 ... wow that little eye on the gantry looks pretty flimsy compared to the 3 ton chain hoist hook
Love your work. I can’t buy anything without modifying it. Because it my only disagreement is with the puny assed safety flagging. By code it’s supposed to be 12”x12”(144 sq in). Some overzealous DOT/commercial cop or a barber fife will stop you and red tag your load until corrected. But personally I’ve done it both ways. Found out the correct way is cheaper and a lot less painful financially
Ginger wants to go for a ride on that lift
Heck Yeah.
Use a semi truck mud flap to cover the hoist. It’s stiff enough to not get tangled up in the chain.
Good idea
Should make life easier lifting things, the mods make a lot of sense.
Thanks.
No issues with the mag drill being 50hz running on 60hz?
That's a typo since they're a UK-based company. Their stuff is generally 240 volts at 50 Hz. This mag drill is setup for the US 120 volts at 60 Hz.
Your lawn looks great.
Can you please give us some tips
Hey thanks, I take a lot of pride in it. Gotta love Kentucky Blue Grass. I have a lot of neighbors stopping me and asking what I do. First: never bag your grass, only mulch. Second: tons of water. Third: Cut it as long as possible. Forth: obsess about every weed and hand pull it....
Thank you very much. I appreciate all you do. Keep up the good work
I need one, but I need one to be able to go in and out of my regular height garage.
This could be easily cut down and rewelded to fit under the garage door. I contemplated doing the same thing but the overall height wouldn't have been enough for the task that I needed it for. I may still do this this in the future after I'm done with my job.
Harbor Freight, some tweaks required. That's what's great about HF stuff. Your already going to be modding it so why not tweak it to fit you.
So true
How thick is the top i-beam?
4-3/4 tall 3"wide. It's 3/16" thick in the main web and tips.