The ceiling of my garage has no spans of more than a few feet between steel
columns embedded in my concrete garage floor, and/or laminated floor
trusses.Hence my floor joists are more than adequate, particularly if you
spread the force between two adjacent 2x10 joists only 16" apart (actually, 1
1/2" x 9 1/2" dressed). I lag screwed two 2 x 10 x 24 plates with holes to
support 1"x1" square steel thick-walled tubing between the joists, and used a
2-ton chain hoist. Didn't even move my piano overhead, and held up my tub
with doors, fenders, hood and trunk id, and my engine w/o even a creak of the
floor.
Neither of these loads exceed 800 lbs spread among two adjacent joists.
Hardly a problem, even with older homes with lesser supports. Actually, some
older turn-of-the-century homes had larger floor joists and more support.
See
http://www.triumphowners.com/collection.cgi?task=PHOTO&photocategoryID=1477&s
ectionID=111032
Oh, I did punch holes in the dry-wall ceiling of my garage, but use painted
aluminum plates and replacement fiberglass insulation to cover when not used.
Even my wife appreciated it. :-)
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:20:16 -0800
From: "Robert N. Clark" <rclark@robertsonclark.com>
Subject: RE: [6pack] Recommendation for a folding engine crane ?
I hate to be a nay sayer but I wouldn't do this unless you have some
decent sized lumber as the ceiling joists of your garage. If you have a
modern home built with roof trusses and the bottom cord is not designed
for much in the way of load, which most aren't, you may seriously damage
your trusses putting that kind of weight on them at the center of their
span. I definitely wouldn't stand under it all while cranking on the
lift.
Bob Clark
69' TR6
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:17:57 +0000
From: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
Subject: [6pack] Recommendation for a folding engine crane ?
I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for a folding engine crane for around
$150 or less that is known to be capable of removing a TR6 engine and tranny
with OD. I have no practical limit wrt headroom but I do have space
constraints.
I checked with Taylor rental and they want $50 a day to rent a crane that I
will probably need four times (removal, loading for transportation,
unloading,
installation) so in the end it will be more convenient and no more expensive
to buy one as long as it collapses pretty good for storage.
The main issue seems to be boom length to reach to a point above the rear
engine lifting eye.
Stan
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