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From: Clare Snyder <clare@snyder.on.ca>
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Subject: Re: Shop Crane Revisited
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:43:59 -0500
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On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:54:36 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
wrote:

>On 12/22/2024 11:45 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vk9gnn$mv2t$2@dont-email.me...
>> 
>> Actually their individual load times four.  Just like any other caster.
>> Trailer jacks is not a bad idea, and I have seen this sort of thing done
>> on other equipment.  They are also available (at a substantial cost) at
>> much higher ratings.  Having seen a few failures generally the
>> limitation of most lighter ones is the plastic wheel.  I've seen them
>> break.
>> 
>> --------------------------------
>> 
>> I found tongue jack replacement wheels in a discount store to add on 
>> with a longer axle.
>> 
>> Steel wheels aren't that hard to make. I welded crossed plates for 
>> spokes into a slice of 6" stainless pipe, bored the center a snug fit 
>> for pipe and welded it, then bored the pipe to accept needle bearings 
>> cut from stainless welding rod. These are the oversized all-terrain 
>> replacement wheels for my platform lift which is stored on sometimes wet 
>> ground.
>> 
>> The HF 1300 Lb electric winch starts with a considerable jolt 
>
>That could be an issue...
>
>and is
>> meant to mount on horizontal pipe with the included straps. The cable 
>> would bunch up at an end instead of winding evenly if the winch was 
>> somehow hooked to a trolley hoist and could tilt.
>
>I am sure the winch could be hooked to a trolley even if mounts had to 
>be fabricated.  As to the cable, I've seen it done with a series of mini 
>rolling hangers.  It would/could bunch up, but it would roll out and 
>roll back just fine.  Te real expense if it were used often would be 
>replacing the cords with high flex cord.
>
>> I scratch-built a trolley with a flat bottom the winch bolts to. That 
>> was the project behind my posting of a few years ago about boring a 
>> recess to press in a bearing. Mostly I use this trolley with a chain or 
>> lever hoist hung from a central eye bolt because the electric winch is 
>> too hard to control precisely. When positioning a log or partly cut cant 
>> on the sawmill I lift it only enough that it can be slid into position 
>> and will stay there.
>> 
>> The electric winch was good for stacking logs because I could stand 
>> clear in case the pile shifted. Stacking cut timbers with it was a 
>> nuisance because it wouldn't partially support them while I aligned the 
>> stack.
>> 
>
>
>-- 
>Bob La Londe
>CNC Molds N St
Use a DC winch with a speed control or "soft start" or get all fancy
schmantzy with a hydraulic winch - - - - -