Ok i got the lift up and running....but when i poured the concrete i FORGOT to put in my pulling chains i had ready to go. It was a long day and i had to put in floor drain ect. anyway i have a great lift but no way of getting a disabled car/truck into my garage by my self!!!. I have 5in slab with fibermesh and 4500 lbs mix, i though about using those chain pots they can take 10,000 lbs of pulling for straighting cars ect, but they recommend at least 6in of crete. And id like to be up in the air with my winch so as not to drag /winch over the top of my lift (4 post) maybe chain down a 2inch receiver type mount to the pots?? The walls are pole barn style i could prob bolt a steel beam to wall but dont wanna constantly re spackel when the sheet rock is in. I used a 4x4 post today at the inside garage door frame to cheapo winch and cabled the winch to the 4x4... it worked but was really bending the 4x4 and only got me to the opening of the door/apron. Its getting inside thats gonna be the trick. My good winch is a 10,000lbs with 100 ft of cable mounted to winch plate and then welded to a 2inch receiver so i can pin it in any 2in receiver hitch. Remember the lift is Not bolted down!! free standing, and its a slight grade upward to garage. any ideas would be great thanks.
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I need winching ideas!!!
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rsanter
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you have a couple of options
I have always liked the idea of sinking a 2" reciever into the floor to use as a point to drop in a winch or even as a place to temporarrly place a toolpost stand.
you can cut out a spot in the floor (OUCH, yes I know) and install a reciever and do a small pour of fill that area.
you can also very carefully drill out a square hole to undert a 2" reciever, but this time you will take the reciever tube and weld it to 8x8 plate that you will bolt down onto the floor. this way you will still have the reciever in the floor for multiple uses.
last option is to bolt a plate to the floor that had a D ring on it so you can hook a winch to it
bob
I have always liked the idea of sinking a 2" reciever into the floor to use as a point to drop in a winch or even as a place to temporarrly place a toolpost stand.
you can cut out a spot in the floor (OUCH, yes I know) and install a reciever and do a small pour of fill that area.
you can also very carefully drill out a square hole to undert a 2" reciever, but this time you will take the reciever tube and weld it to 8x8 plate that you will bolt down onto the floor. this way you will still have the reciever in the floor for multiple uses.
last option is to bolt a plate to the floor that had a D ring on it so you can hook a winch to it
bob
jeepmedic
Well-known member
can you attach a ****** block to the front of the lift and then pull from an angle or run the cable under the car and put the truck behind the car.
inliner1940
New member
I have used come alongs strapped to front cross bar of 4 post lift to get car on the ramps with no problem. I am considering mounting a winch so I don't have to change chain lengths with the come alongs several times.
Just my Thoughts,
Walt
Just my Thoughts,
Walt
you have a couple of options
I have always liked the idea of sinking a 2" reciever into the floor to use as a point to drop in a winch or even as a place to temporarrly place a toolpost stand.
you can cut out a spot in the floor (OUCH, yes I know) and install a reciever and do a small pour of fill that area.
you can also very carefully drill out a square hole to undert a 2" reciever, but this time you will take the reciever tube and weld it to 8x8 plate that you will bolt down onto the floor. this way you will still have the reciever in the floor for multiple uses.
last option is to bolt a plate to the floor that had a D ring on it so you can hook a winch to it
bob
Will the bolts hold a good amount of pulling pressure? when i used the 4x4 it was bending about 3 1/2 inches. i would ideally like to use the receiver in the floor about 6 inches up in the air to pull just above the 4 post deck rail.
I have used come alongs strapped to front cross bar of 4 post lift to get car on the ramps with no problem. I am considering mounting a winch so I don't have to change chain lengths with the come alongs several times.
Just my Thoughts,
Walt
Walt ,did the 4 post move at all?? is yours bolted down? The truck i was pulling up a slight grade was pretty darn heavy. I would think for sure it would pull my lift off center.
e-tek
Well-known member
I pulled a truck 100 ft into my shop last week and partly up an incline, up 4" ramps into the shop and up the ramps onto the lift - all from the lift, not bolted down. It takes a fair amount to move a lift when pulling down low.
Saying that, I still think I'll be sinking a reciever for a hitch post that I can mount my winch on. Just nicer to have it up off the ground as you said.
Saying that, I still think I'll be sinking a reciever for a hitch post that I can mount my winch on. Just nicer to have it up off the ground as you said.
rsanter
Well-known member
Will the bolts hold a good amount of pulling pressure? when i used the 4x4 it was bending about 3 1/2 inches. i would ideally like to use the receiver in the floor about 6 inches up in the air to pull just above the 4 post deck rail.
if you install concrete anchors and install about 8 or 10 of them, you will be able to pull just about anything.
keep in mind that the ring or pull point will need to be near the floor so the load on the fasteners/anchors have a horizontal force applied to them. if you pull from a point extended up from the floor (say 6" or 12" up) then you will have a lever arm that will them apply a tortional force that can pull the rear fasteners out of the floor
bob
metal1313
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id personally bolt a plate and anchor to the floor and attach a ****** block onto that to pull from. if you want something higher you'd prob need to sink a large post into the floor. like a 4x4x.5wall tube into the floor, just short of flush, and then weld a receiver into a 3x3x.5 post to pull from. that would allow you to mount the winch higher, and would not give.
GreyOwl
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What about mounting your winch in one of the before mentioned ways down low then having a removable plate at the lift with a pulley or a roller to raise the cable as far as you need to clear the lift.