Off road engine hoist

[Slednut]

I installed these tires on my engine hoist last weekend. First thing was to take a 351 Cleveland out to this graveled compound to pressure wash before it's disassembled. It worked pretty well.

Now I need to take it apart round off all the edges and paint the new parts.

Darn, wanted this under the tool thread.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Will it still fit under a car? Maybe put the big wheels on the engine stand?

 

[Kaizen]

Nice. Bet it would help rolling that around loaded even in a garage


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[Old Man Roger]

Nice. Bet it would help rolling that around loaded even in a garage


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As long as you're going straight. Edit Is that a steering mechanism on the rear wheels?

 

[ddawg16]

When you said 'off road'....I was thinking a big tree and come-along

 

[sz0k30]

Those front tires won't fit under any car I've ever pulled/installed an engine in.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Those front tires won't fit under any car I've ever pulled/installed an engine in.

I thought the same thing, but it's not uncommon to have the car jacked up while removing an engine.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Nice, I like how it steers!

 

[Slednut]

It won’t take me long to put the dollies back under the hoist and the steering works a lot better than I expected. The steering radius is huge so you wouldn’t want to pull an engine with the tires on it

I will probably leave the tires on it because I want to store it in a small 20x20 building that has a gravel driveway between it and my shop. I also have some more heavy stuff that needs pressure washed.

When I get the steering cleaned up and painted I post a photo. I'm also going to put a hoop on the end of the steering handle so I can hook it up to my garden tractor.

One thing I was worried about was I used 5/8s threaded rod for the axles, luckily they didn't bend when the engine was on it. I'll probably buy some 5/8s rod to replace them.

 

[abovetreeline]

@Slednut Please post more about your awesome hoist mod and tips for building if you had to do it again and updates, thoughts on your current designs.

 

[Slednut]

@Slednut Please post more about your awesome hoist mod and tips for building if you had to do it again and updates, thoughts on your current designs.

Wow this is an old thread, the last time I used the pneumatic tires on the hoist was in 2020 to bring parts of a snowmobile trailer into the shop. I don't have any new pictures and today the hoist has the casters on it. The parts I used are really crude and I would make it more refined if I was to do it over again.

I simply drilled 5/8" holes in the front cross member and welded 5/8" threaded rod to some 1x2" C channel. I cut the C channel so it has a flat spot for the tie rod. The threaded rod goes through the cross member with a nyloc nut on the bottom which acts as the kingpin. I also used the 5/8" threaded rod for the axles.

For the rear I also drilled 5/8" holes through the hoist legs parallel with the front cross member. I also used the 5/8" threaded rod for the rear axles.

One thing I did to make the transition back to the casters easier is weld all the caster nuts to the frame of the hoist so I don't have to fiddle with them.

BTW here's a picture of the engine (351c) that was on the hoist in the original post.