I was wondering if there was a place that had a better deal. Also, HF is
backordered on these until Oct. And that normally means that they will
never have it again! 8>)
I think that 1 ton may do me. It's mostly to move parts off of heavy
equipment that I'm working on. (I.e. crane arm for my Unimog's Polecat)
Thanks for the advice. It's great to know that we have an "insider" to HF
here!
BTW, I noticed that HF has better quality items at about normal costs.
This is one those items, I guess.
Inch
http://megageek.com
"Did you exchange, a walk-on part in the war,
for a lead role in a cage?" R Waters.
-----"john matthews" <john__matthews@hotmail.com> wrote: -----
To: Eric@megageek.com, shop-talk@autox.team.net
From: "john matthews" <john__matthews@hotmail.com>
Date: 09/09/2004 11:49AM
Subject: RE: Gantry Cranes
Hi Eric,
The HF unit is rated at 1 ton, but I think that's probably due to the
wheels
attatched rather than a limitation of the steel used. It should be a simple
calculation for any engineering student to tell you exactly what you can
get
away with lifting. Since steel should bend rather than break any
overloading
you do will probably result in damage to the gantry rather than whatever
you're lifting. Do you have many things over 2000lbs to lift or do you just
want more capacity for safety's sake?
John Matthews
BTW,
I used to work at HF and this sucker looks like about the best deal for the
money they have, especially if they throw in the shipping....
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