Lifting engine block with a hoist?

Hardware store, Lowes, Home Depot, McMaster-Carr, pick up a nylon lifting strap, loop it thru the block, hook it up to your cherry picker, put it in the truck. The nylon strap won't mark up the block so you don't have to worry about machined surfaces, you can pick any point that works for lifting.

A bare La block weighs 160 lbs.