Re: jknapper's trailer crane

Posted by jknapper on January 10, 2006 at 09:00:01 from (166.37.126.27):

In Reply to: Re: jknapper's trailer crane posted by paul on January 09, 2006 at 23:25:06:

Thanks for posting that. You can see more pics @ http://community.webshots.com/photo/540144724/540144724wvVHYi

Click next and there are 2 more pics. Tomorrow or the next day, there will pics of it in action.

I see people asking about out-riggers. In one of the close-ups, you'll see there are 2 rows of c-channel for trailer frame, so I'm not too worried about it twisting. I figure if I know I'll be lifting something large, I'll bring my floor jack and put under it, which is what I did last night when I was trying to pick up a HUGE log. The crane would not lift it, so had to abort that operation and cut the log (actually willow tree trunk) up some more. One reason I didn't want to put a outrigger on there is I was afraid after lifting something heavy and putting it on the trailer, not being able to get the out-rigger up. So if in the future I find myself lifting lots of heavy pieces, instead of hauling my floor jack, I'm gonna weld one of those scissor car jacks on the bottom side of the crane mount. That way, if I'm gonna lift something heavy, then I just screw the jack down, do the lifting, then screw the jack back up, and it would stay right with the crane.

the plating is 3/8" thick. it is a square 10 5/8". For the gussets, I just took another 10 5/8 square, and cut it diagnolly and welded it all on.

Tonight I'll take more detailed pics of everything - including the crane in action. There are still some heavy pieces to lift. THe willow tree was over 60' tall. I got it down to only 10', then had to hire someone w/ 36" chain saw to cut it at the base. They also cut it in half, but should of had them slice it in 2' chunks. Then I had the stump ground out. only $200, however, when the guy showed up, he said he should of estimated $400-$500. The base of the tree was 7' across, and if you look at all the pics, from root to root, they ground 17'

Replies:

• Re: jknapper's trailer crane Keith-OR 22:01:12 01/10/06 (0)
• Re: jknapper's trailer crane jknapper 11:10:15 01/10/06 (0)

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