doogievlg
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I need to get my block into the back of my truck but I do not have the help to just carry it at the moment. The engine is stripped to the block and in a stand so I am not too sure where to hook a chain.
I need to get my block into the back of my truck but I do not have the help to just carry it at the moment. The engine is stripped to the block and in a stand so I am not too sure where to hook a chain.
Last time I needed to put an engine into the bed of a pickup I simply wheeled the whole thing over, popped a wheelie to get the engine in and then unbolted it. If it's truly a bare block it's probably about 200lbs. - ya can't lift it but you should be able to move it around very easily. If you have to hoist it, do it like you would if you were taking it out of the car - bolt the chain(s) to the block and lift away. Oh, and put it up on an old tire in the bed.
lift it using the stand head - set it in the bed then unbolt itThe problem I am having is finding a place to bolt in the rear of the engine since it is on a stand.
The problem I am having is finding a place to bolt in the rear of the engine since it is on a stand.
lift it using the stand head - set it in the bed then unbolt it
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.
Do you think a ratchet strap would hold the engine? One with the big 4” webbing?
i just use an engine chain and two grade 8 bolts, screw them into the deck, one on each side, one in front, one in the rear. tighten down and lift.I need to get my block into the back of my truck but I do not have the help to just carry it at the moment. The engine is stripped to the block and in a stand so I am not too sure where to hook a chain.
No offense, but you are wwwaaaayyyy over thinking this..........it's a bare block......you want it in the back of your truck.......you appear to have a cherry picker(you got the engine out of the car).........the pick point is not that critical so long as it's stable........rope, nylon straps, chain, chain covered up with rubber hose....... bolted, wrapped around the block so you can get into the truck
I get that, apparently, you are doing this alone.
Your 4 inch ratchet strap would do the job, wrap it around the block, cinch it up tight, hook it on the picker, pick it up. If you can, just pick it straight up, back your truck in under the block, set it down, that way you don't have to worry about the load swinging.
I just did this last month....LOL
Years ago, I cut a couple of pieces of 2" angle iron (a couple of pieces of unistrut angle will also work and they have the holes already there), drilled a hole on each side of each piece.
I got some short bolts the same thread pitch as the head bolts and bolted the angle iron to the block where the head bolts go diagonally opposite each other and sitting flat against the block surface. Then, used a chain coupler to fasten a piece of chain to em in the other hole and used the hoist to lift it up and slide it on in.
FWIW, those pieces permanently stay stored with my hoist & engine stand hardware.
Actually, if you can find a couple of strong young fellas to help ya, you can lift a completely stripped out SB by hand.
At 67, I'm not about to do that anymore....I'll use the hoist.
Last time I needed to put an engine into the bed of a pickup I simply wheeled the whole thing over, popped a wheelie to get the engine in and then unbolted it. If it's truly a bare block it's probably about 200lbs. - ya can't lift it but you should be able to move it around very easily. If you have to hoist it, do it like you would if you were taking it out of the car - bolt the chain(s) to the block and lift away. Oh, and put it up on an old tire in the bed.