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Agreed. All these good threads will swamp me, but:I love these ideas. Subbed!
Ouch. Sorry for the hit.2300lb snow plow is about all the crane wants. Think I may have bent it a little bit.
That is a very cool crane design you came up with Jbulach !Added a receiver hitch for winching junk up on the trailer, among other things.View attachment 764172View attachment 764173 Not lined up with your trailer on the first shot?View attachment 764174Use your crane, pick the tongue up and align it!View attachment 764175 I need to drop the hitch all the way to the bottom of the plate and it will match the rear hitch height perfectly.
I would go with the biggest crane you can get. You can always load less then capacity, but you never can load over capacity. The frame can always be beefed up to handle the extra weight. Remember the deuce frame is "not" hardened like the 5 tons are.Well "free" did require me to replace every electrical component, hydraulic pump and lines, and slam the extensions out with my skid steer at full speed, a rather sketchy tow chain and my pintle hook on the deuce. because of all the rust and many years of rust, pine cones, nuts and twigs, squirrels!!!! (shakes fist)
Now after a few lifts i'm halfway looking at a IMT 3015 knuckle boom for $2000, its rated for 1900lbs at 15 ft straight out. The 3200rel is only good for 600lbs at 15ft straight out.
But the IMT knuckle boom is 1200lbs heavier, and cost money instead of days of free time, But I also saw an even heavier duty(and much heavier) knuckle boom up near cleveland for much less at $700
So many crane choices....
Yea, I got one of those in my bed. Being a former structural steel welder for decades, I can bet that without some cross members welded under the flimsy sheet steel bed, we'd pull that skin right up with a 1000lb load. Cross members can be welded in place and made from channel or even sheet steel broke to form a channel. The deuce crossmembers taper to the outside from about the main rail area, probably to allow for tire clearance when crossing ditches etc. So the farther out, the smaller the member will be. Having some 3/16 plate broke with the taper would keep the framework symmetrical, and maybe save on tire rub if there is a clearance issue when the suspension walks.Hey, I just had had to move little stuff...........
Tire Wheels at 178 pounds way too much for me to throw around.View attachment 826901
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