Jib Hoist /Crane

[buiboy]

Has anyone installed a Jib Hoist or Crane in their garage?
I have the makings of a partial crane and was hoping to see what others may have done or issues encountered.
Thanks in advance,
Mike

 

[turbodave]

I mounted a 1-ton truck bed crane just inside the door of my storage building. Works great for loading/unloading engines and other heavy parts from my truck and van.

 

[markf4e]

Check out shopnut's place, he has a crane installed there:

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3148

Search the index for the word crane, he lists all the pages where he discusses it.

 

[kbs2244]

The unseen need is for a pretty deep and heavy foundation
to keep it from tipping.

 

[sberry]

I made this little deal for a bud, rotates 180

 

[buiboy]

turbodave, I can see how that would be very handy.

markf4e, Yes I think shopnut will be a great source for info.

sberry, That's very cool...never even thought of that.

I have the components for a crane like this. Have a couple different lenght uprights but no base. I would have to make or have a wall mount like shopnut's.

I want to put it in a pole barn so either mount to poles or bolt to concrete floor.

 

[fstbusa]

My dad put one in his new shop

 

[akdiesel]

I made two jib cranes of the same size. They have a 500# capacity and are approx 7' long. Mainly use is to lift a fuel tank or snowmachines into the back of the truck. The location by the heater is now installed. The pic just shows the frame work.

 

[buiboy]

fstbusa; Wow that's nice. Is his bolted to the floor or is there an element of the pedestal in the foundation?

 

[dirttracker18]

I made this little deal for a bud, rotates 180

That is awesome!

I never thought of something like that. I think that would work great for my setup. Is it very stable though? It would seem that might be an issue?

 

[2012 LML]

First thing to figure when we are talking is, how much weight are you planning on lifting?

 

[rrobb]

They make trolleys for unistrut. If you don't need much capacity, and you do a bit of bracing, you could do a full gantry crane fairly cheap. Probably limited to about 500 pounds, but that should be enough for most of us.

One important safety note that I'm sure most of you know: use an actual hoist. Not a winch for lifting. Hoists have brakes. Even with that, never trust them.

 

[Coolerman]

I have a metal truss building where the main beam is a 5" I-Beam. I just got off the phone asking the building manufacturer how much weight I could safely suspend from a single point and he said, "Well... none "legally". The building was not engineered that way, but I know people have done it, though you didn't hear me say that wink wink."

I figured he would say that, but surely they engineered in a large safety factor like snow load? I would like to be able to lift no more than say 500 lbs without having to install a jib crane or other device. What say the guys with this type of main beam, have you done it and if so how much weight?

 

[HAP]

I have a metal truss building where the main beam is a 5" I-Beam. I just got off the phone asking the building manufacturer how much weight I could safely suspend from a single point and he said, "Well... none "legally". The building was not engineered that way, but I know people have done it, though you didn't hear me say that wink wink."

I figured he would say that, but surely they engineered in a large safety factor like snow load? I would like to be able to lift no more than say 500 lbs without having to install a jib crane or other device. What say the guys with this type of main beam, have you done it and if so how much weight?

There are many variables to this topic. Live load, dead load, wind load, etc. They design per your local codes and environment. They ask what additional requirements you would like and then they add that to the original design. Thats when the price tag goes through roof. Most people decline and go with the minimum requirements. Who knows what happens affter its built.

 

[LutzTD]

I have a metal truss building where the main beam is a 5" I-Beam. I just got off the phone asking the building manufacturer how much weight I could safely suspend from a single point and he said, "Well... none "legally". The building was not engineered that way, but I know people have done it, though you didn't hear me say that wink wink."

I figured he would say that, but surely they engineered in a large safety factor like snow load? I would like to be able to lift no more than say 500 lbs without having to install a jib crane or other device. What say the guys with this type of main beam, have you done it and if so how much weight?

Ive seen people do this but with a little difference. When they are lifting they have a couple 4" pipes that fit tight under the beam on either side of what youre lifting, then when youre done put them out of the way, add a jack screw base to set the last inch of height

 

[Coolerman]

With the center being about 13' 8" in height, a 4" pole would be too heavy for me to safely put in place by myself. I would probably have the darn thing fall onto whatever project I was working on and destroy it!

I like the idea of the swivel crane sberry posted. Out of the way when not used, and plenty strong. I also found a place:
http://hoists.apluswhs.com/jib-cran...u=3239333638&gclid=COeA46_ttbYCFYFxQgodknMATQ that sells jib crane "kits" you supply the i-beams and they supply everything else. Not a bad price for a 1000 lb crane but you still have to supply the I-beams which will not be cheap.

 

[buiboy]

Coolerman; I agree completely, I would have no problem building a set-up like sberry's post.

The components I have are exactly like the ones on the site you posted.

My building is a pole barn with wood trusses so I'm trying to decide if I want to build a free standing crane or a wall mount. Of course the fall back plan is to build one like sberry's.

I'll take some pictures of the pieces I have and post them.

 

[JakeKohl]

I put an I-beam section on my roof, a trolley, and an electric 500lb hoist. It does just about everything I need it to. Designed it for 1000lbs but have a 500lb hoist on it.


DSC_3711 by Team Seacats, on Flickr

 

[buiboy]

These are the pieces that I have to start with:
Have 2 uprights. 1 is 16' 8" and the other is 11' 4" long. Both are 8" I-beam with 10" base plates.

The horizontal arm is 12' 0" long and is a 6" I-beam with dual tension rods.

Horizontal beam & tension rods have 180* swivel joints. Also have extra set of temsion rods ans swivel joints.

The building I want to put it in has 12' ceilings. I don't have a trolly but those are easy to find. I have a small 1/2 ton Yale electric hoist from the 50s or 60s.

Trying to decide whether to build it as a free standing pedestal. wall mount, or dead man style. ??????

 

[kbs2244]

You need to fight the tipping leverage.
You do that with a deep foundation, a big base plate and knee braces, guy wires, something.
sberry avoided this need with the outer end support.
But you need the floor space for that.

 

[bigbubba]

I made this little deal for a bud, rotates 180

I may have to steal this!!