Reciever hitch in floor or other kinds of anchors

[rizzorace]

Has anyone here put the female end of a receiver hitch in their floor or some other kind of anchor/mount that can be removed easily and leave the floor smooth? I have a pro tools tubing bender and a few other pieces of equipmant that dont get used regularly enough to bolt them in place every time I need them. I was also thinking that one of these mounts would work good to winch cars in the shop ( I am a 1 man band most of the time ) my floor is getting poured this week and I wanted to make some plans to do something like this if I can.

also if you have done it, please post a photo !

Thanks
Frank

 

[Uncle Buck]

Easy answer, take a 3-5 ft length of substantial chain, make sure that most of it will end up embedded in concrete. Position a 3-4" pipe coupler where the threded end will end up flush with the poured concrete floor surface once you have screwed in a pipe plug. Now make sure the last foot or so of chain is contained inside the pipe coupling and not in the poued concrete so that you can pull it out of the coupling once the concrete has dried and you are set. Once the concrete is dry and the pipe plug is screwed into the coupling you should see a plug that is even with the surface of your finished floor. Remove the plug, reach in and pull the remainder of the chain out and you have an instant anchor point. I would suggest pouring a substantial footing of concrete for the chain below grade so that you are not relying only on a 4" floor thickness to hold the chain while in use. Body shops have been doing this for straightening frames and the like for decades.

Good Luck Herb

 

[rizzorace]

Easy answer, take a 3-5 ft length of substantial chain, make sure that most of it will end up embedded in concrete. Position a 3-4" pipe coupler where the threded end will end up flush with the poured concrete floor surface once you have screwed in a pipe plug. Now make sure the last foot or so of chain is contained inside the pipe coupling and not in the poued concrete so that you can pull it out of the coupling once the concrete has dried and you are set. Once the concrete is dry and the pipe plug is screwed into the coupling you should see a plug that is even with the surface of your finished floor. Remove the plug, reach in and pull the remainder of the chain out and you have an instant anchor point. I would suggest pouring a substantial footing of concrete for the chain below grade so that you are not relying only on a 4" floor thickness to hold the chain while in use. Body shops have been doing this for straightening frames and the like for decades.

Good Luck Herb

thanks, that would work for pulling vehicles in but not for mounting a tubing bender or polisher. I might have to do both?

 

[Spencer Was Here]

Has anyone here put the female end of a receiver hitch in their floor or some other kind of anchor/mount that can be removed easily and leave the floor smooth? I have a pro tools tubing bender and a few other pieces of equipmant that dont get used regularly enough to bolt them in place every time I need them. I was also thinking that one of these mounts would work good to winch cars in the shop ( I am a 1 man band most of the time ) my floor is getting poured this week and I wanted to make some plans to do something like this if I can.

also if you have done it, please post a photo !

Thanks
Frank

A guy down in Florida who goes by Red Caddy did this (if I remember right). He has quite an extensive thread about his project over on Shop Floor Talk. I think he has a thread about it here too, but I couldn't quickly find it. There should be lots of photos in either thread.

Here is the link to his thread on Shop Floor Talk.
http://www.shopfloortalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4731

 

[bmwpower]

Another guy who has VW buses put an eye hook in the concrete. I don't remember who that was on here....

 

[Uncle Buck]

Perhaps someone else has some ideas for you. I cannot envision what kind of polisher you are speaking of, additionally I have seen some tube benders but cannot nail down in my mind exactly what your tube bender would look like. Sorry, if you could post some pictures I could probably give you some more ideas. Herb

 

[FEF]

This could apply to most anything.

- Grinder stand
- Vice
- Anvil
- English Wheel
- 2x2 welding platform

MAN!!!

What a great idea.

It's easy to get receiver tube. Then you could use any 2" box iron as the stand.

The trick would be core drilling the proper hole. If a guy was really thinking, he could probably set it in the slab as it's poured.

Short answer: Nope, but I'm going too.... Soon.

THanks for the idea.

 

[Spencer Was Here]

Here are some pictures I took from Red's post over at Shop Floor Talk.

 

[Gregdoo]

Here is the full thread on this forum about this topic: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1534&page=2&highlight=red+caddy

 

[rizzorace]

Thanks for the answers, I think thats what I'll do. Here is the link to my project!



http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3944

 

[red caddy]

Thanks for the answers, I think thats what I'll do. Here is the link to my project!



http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3944here's some finished pics RED

 

[rowbow41]

I put six anchers in my shop floor. I used approx 2" inside dimension square tubin by about 4 feet long. Added chains with hooks by sticking a rod thru the end of chain link and welding it to the bottom end of tube, this method will keep your chain in the bottom and let you to put your tool post in. Make a long hook so you can reach down and grab the chains when needed. I welded approx 6" to 8"strips of livestock panels on all 4 of the outer walls. Dug cross trenches with a trencher and the cleaned out center points with posthole digger. Made square caps for tops with fingers inside to hold in place. Taped covers down so concrete wouldn't get in. Setup to be flush with top of poured floor. Poured concrete around them to approx. bottom of floor line.
Hope this helps and is clear enough, because I didn't take any pictures.