******* lift question

[fflintstone]

To thoughts of you who installed your lift YOURSELF, how did you lift the posts up? Half dozen guys? Tractor loader? Engine hoist?



I have the additional headache of having to lift them up ”sideways” within a truss bay, as my lift is 1” higher than the bottom of the bottom chord of the trusses.

 

[dngo]

4 or 2 post? When we installed my 4-post, it was not terribly difficult to lift the posts with a couple of friends. The heaviest parts were the runways, especially the one with the hydraulic ram - that took 4 guys with 2x4s to lift off the shipping brackets.

Dave

 

[brownbagg]

my is a bedpak two post, I pick it up at the freight terminal with an everyday flat trailer. broke the bundle loose at the terminal, because it was a little top heavy. when I got to the house, back the trailer to within a foot of where it needed and just stood the post up off the trailer. They are not really heavy because all the weights on the bottom, I guess each post about three hundred pounds, but 225 is in the foot, so once the foot made contact with the concrete, it was light. Im only 5'5 170 pound 50 years old and it was nothing to move around

 

[JakeKohl]

my is a bedpak two post, I pick it up at the freight terminal with an everyday flat trailer. broke the bundle loose at the terminal, because it was a little top heavy. when I got to the house, back the trailer to within a foot of where it needed and just stood the post up off the trailer. They are not really heavy because all the weights on the bottom, I guess each post about three hundred pounds, but 225 is in the foot, so once the foot made contact with the concrete, it was light. Im only 5'5 170 pound 50 years old and it was nothing to move around

I think he just called you a pansy.

 

[rbonitz]

I used tractor bucket to lift the posts of my Mohawk A7 - I believe they are around a thousand pounds each. Could probably have done it with an engine hoist, but the tractor made it a lot easier.

 

[FunkyfullWidth]

I grunted with mine for 2 seconds... then fired up the skid steer... Don't hurt yourself, even an engine lift seems iffy to me...

 

[fflintstone]

I believe the posts are over 500 each. (2 post 10K BendPak) A lot of weight is in the bottom. But I can’t lift the light end but truth be told I am handicapped and pretty feeble. My guess is 3 or four guys can tip it up from the light end. I might be able to help with the loader.
I want to do this safely, nor stupid, and am wondering how everyone else did it.

 

[fiveohpatrol]

I used an engine hoist to lift my posts off of the trailer. I then rolled it close to where I needed the post and set a cinder block on end with a piece of wood on top under the post, so that it didn't sit ALL the way on the ground. It was propped at about a 10-15deg angle from the baseplate on up.

With me and 1 other guy, we were able to tilt them upright from there. If I did it again, I would have 1 more person there just for a little extra safety. Once they were up, they were fairly easy to tweak into position. I wouldn't want to move them across the shop like that, but within a foot or 2 shouldn't be a problem.

Mine is a 10k Atlas 2-post (PV10P), so probably similar in weight to yours.

 

[oldgymnast]

Used an engine hoist to get it off the truck, one post at a time, and then me and a buddy walked under each post lifting it up and into position. Biggest fear was that the bottom would slip on the concrete floor since nothing was holding it in place but it never moved. We also had to lower them both again since we assembled the top portion incorrectly.

 

[fflintstone]

I used an engine hoist to lift my posts off of the trailer. I then rolled it close to where I needed the post and set a cinder block on end with a piece of wood on top under the post, so that it didn't sit ALL the way on the ground. It was propped at about a 10-15deg angle from the baseplate on up.

With me and 1 other guy, we were able to tilt them upright from there. If I did it again, I would have 1 more person there just for a little extra safety. Once they were up, they were fairly easy to tweak into position. I wouldn't want to move them across the shop like that, but within a foot or 2 shouldn't be a problem.

Mine is a 10k Atlas 2-post (PV10P), so probably similar in weight to yours.

Thanks, this is what I wanted to hear!

 

[fflintstone]

I have to rotate them 90% to tilt them up. They have been setting there since August.

 

[cyamaha2007]

I just lifted mine by hand. Once they were a little way up i just walked my hands down the tops till it was up. Once the post were up it was easy to walk them into place.

 

[egnorant]

Trailered in to near where it would stand, engine hoist got it up part way, block and tackle from a crossbeam with a couple of safety ropes stood them upright and a little rocking and walking got them to their final location.

I did have that big beam that held most of the weight from about 45 degrees and up.
First one took about 40 minutes...second post took about 6!
Once it was up it would have been difficult for me to tip it over by myself!

Bruce

 

[blk00ss]

Me and my cousin lifted my rotary post up by ourselves. Not hard at all.

 

[Jbullfrog]

I used my forklift, doesn't every shop get a forklift first to unload and position the rest of the stuff?

 

[kenners]

Mohawk 10K lift - I used the front end loader bucket from my John Deere 2305.

 

[ket-tek]

I've installed BP four posts alone, no big deal at all, the four posts are light and easy you can handle the legs alone that's nothing, but the ramps are like 500lb ea or so, I used the tractor bucket to lift them and set them in place on the XW, and used an engine hoist on the ST.

Two posts are bottom heavy and so tall they may require some help, but once they are stood up it's smooth sailing to complete alone.

 

[1mollyd]

Here's how I did mine:

Since I had to cut a "hole" in the ceiling anyway, because my ceiling is 11' 10" and the posts are 12' 1", I rigged a chain block in the trusses and lifted it into position.

Dave

 

[ket-tek]

^^^ Man I sure am starting to love the white corrugated ceilings like the one above I've seen in a few builds now the past couple years here.

 

[1mollyd]

^^^ Man I sure am starting to love the white corrugated ceilings like the one above I've seen in a few builds now the past couple years here.

Yeah. It sure brightens things up!

D

 

[sunshine1639]

My wife and I installed our Direct ProPark Plus 4 post lift last year. Uses an engine hoist and some Harbor Freight furniture movers.
Took us about a day and a half.
Like the other person said the heavy part was the ramp with the Hydraulic Cylinder.
But it wasn't that hard, just took a little time.
Well worth the effort. Didn't know how many times it would be used an how handy for doing other things with it.

 

[scofo]

Who did the Rapa Nui ask on the "world wide web" ask when it came time to erect the Moia? :]