High lift transmission jack
I made an adapter for a cheap HF engine hoist. It comes apart, did not change operation of the cherry picker. It is ugly as hell, and works like a bomb. I've pulled a couple of 727 / A518 with it:
THis consists very simply of an additional arm attached to the picker underneath the main hoist arm to form a parallelogram. A vertical piece at the ends joins the two to attach the platform A piece of allthread which extends/ retracts the lower pivot for the vertical member tilts the thing.
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My "claim to fame" is I have a two post hoist, so I made one engine picker convertible to a transmission jack. It cost little, I only paid 80 bucks for the cherry picker, and it works fantastic. I've pulled several transmissions already
The tilt is a piece of allthread with a couple of "coupler nuts" welded as a T, just turn the nut on the end. I don't mind bragging, for as ugly as this is, and no more than it cost it just is "IT"
The hoist is outdoors on dirt, so to roll the picker, I have a couple of lightweight perforated channels I use for "tracks" for the picker
I made an adapter for a cheap HF engine hoist. It comes apart, did not change operation of the cherry picker. It is ugly as hell, and works like a bomb. I've pulled a couple of 727 / A518 with it:
THis consists very simply of an additional arm attached to the picker underneath the main hoist arm to form a parallelogram. A vertical piece at the ends joins the two to attach the platform A piece of allthread which extends/ retracts the lower pivot for the vertical member tilts the thing.
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My "claim to fame" is I have a two post hoist, so I made one engine picker convertible to a transmission jack. It cost little, I only paid 80 bucks for the cherry picker, and it works fantastic. I've pulled several transmissions already
The tilt is a piece of allthread with a couple of "coupler nuts" welded as a T, just turn the nut on the end. I don't mind bragging, for as ugly as this is, and no more than it cost it just is "IT"
The hoist is outdoors on dirt, so to roll the picker, I have a couple of lightweight perforated channels I use for "tracks" for the picker
