Looks good, Eric -- a simple gin pole with a ratchet-strap tensioner, right? I'm digging on the simple, creative just-do-it approach.

The next task is to figure out how to make it work with your winch...

Randii

PS: that setup could come in handy when the Forest implements a one-vehicle-length-away-from-the-road policy! :laughing:

 

Seems to work just fine

Better watch out though you are going to make those east coast wheelers jealous of your stinger :laughing:

 

Better watch out though you are going to make those east coast wheelers jealous of your stinger :laughing:

:laughing: :laughing:


and a second winch =

 

I did the same thing off of my stinger to install the metal beams in my garage. It worked great.

 

From the looks of it the strap holds the boom in place and he's using the winch to lift the load.

Nice setup, limits will be determined from the strength of the boom assembly, strap strength and strap mounting framework strength. seen a few of that style in use before work decent enough.

Cool setup though, and quite simple to install/remove i bet too.

 

Needs a 2nd winch in the back w/ a roller on the cage to adjust boom.

Ghetto-FABulous.

 

It works, just don't drive up hills.:laughing:

 

Got Counterweights?

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5452041&postcount=81

jeepgif's jeep crane thing:

 

That thing is bowing pretty bad above where the brace attaches, need to run it all the way to the top.

I was going to build one of these last winter on the back of a rusted out 84 toyota I have around that only runs on 3 cylinders

Got Counterweights?

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5452041&postcount=81

jeepgif's jeep crane thing:

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No tech for liability reasons. just a couple pics. You'll all have to figure it out from the photos.:flipoff2:

I always wanted to build something like this, just needed a reason.

jeepgif's jeep crane thing:

hmmmmmmm



something like that could be handy.......

(2) winches would be the cat's meow.

 

why not build one almost vertical, then have it come out horizontally as far as you need too, and brace it solidly to the jeep. It would put much less strain on the jeep and be able to lift more.

 

interesting!

i should have called you over to help move my gun safe and lathe and mill and....

 

I got some pics/video of Eric doing 2 wheel trick with that thing...

dinner is ready..stand by...

 

Livin the ******* Dream .....

my brother has an A frame setup kinda like that on his Willys and has successfully lifted a 6bt cummins out of a pickup bed and driven it into the yard

thats single line on a 8274..... super handy when you need it

 

I remember seeing someone that put together a crane like that using an old Subaru. Picked up the Subaru for about $400 and had a nifty little crane for the shop/farm...

 

I whipped this up a cuple years ago, its quite handy on the farm.

 

jeep cranes are great.

best bet is to build some type of lockouts to tie the frame to the axle so you dont crush out your spring packs.. as u can see i dont have any stoppers in place in the first picture.

i have now made the "J hook" adjustable. similar to the last pic i put 2 more so i can adjust the height of the crane to 3 seperate levels on order of 6ft tall to 9.5ft tall. so it can fit in my standard garage , or the barn.

I have used my crane to lift up a k5 blazer to flip it on it's side to torch the axles out.. have loaded many NON rolling vehicles onto my trailer with it.

i was there for the Jeepgif jeep crane.. where we lifted the J truck cab.. that crane was NOT built to lift anything of that weight. it was orginally built to lift the last truss on the barn you can see in the background. We decided to test it's limits by using it to install the J truck cab.. it worked.. with NO balast weights.. we were laughing our asses off on how much the boom bowed.. obviously if it was going to be used for more lifting like that it would need a longer j hook support much closer to the top the cab was bouncing and spinning in the driveway for a while before we decided it was "safe" enough to drive with it LMAO.. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME...

 

Jeep cranes

This is what the big crane was built for:
To load the last truss..

This is the crane that I use for heavy lifting. Built in 2001.

 

I'm sold... I gotta add one of these to my wish list...

 

wonder if this could be modified to fit an fj40 landcruiser:laughing:

 

Im sure it could....he's planning to put it on my buggy when it's done:shaking:

 

Super handy. I'm definetly gonna build one of those for my buggy.

how much do you all think that compressor weighs?

 

nice stinger!

 

What size/thickness of steel are you guys using for the main part of the crane?

definatly looks like it would be handy, expecially since we don't have a tractor or anything like that.

 

What size/thickness of steel are you guys using for the main part of the crane?

(cough):shaking: 1.5" rigid conduit... :nuke: seriously, threads and all.

 

Got any upclose pics of the arms mounting to the front of the frame?

 

use those on the bedtrucks out in the oilfields, they do wonders, and very interesting when you see a bedtruck start lifting up the front wheels ( 4 of them)

 

We'd chain another truck to the front bumper and keep on picking.

 

i can only imagine what you guys who made those cranes could acomplish with some real equipment like i have!

 

here's a cuople pics of what I built it to build, and a shot of the compressor I moved with it.

 

i hope you have a lot more firewood out side of the camera view. it's getting that time of year.