Engine Hoist Adds Loader Lift Height

Engine Hoist Adds Loader Lift Height ENGINES Engines When his tractor loader couldn t reach high enough to set the top bar of his new two-post car lift Tom Roland mounted an engine hoist on his tractor bucket He removed the legs and wheels from the hoist keeping the ram and lift arm intact The holes on the hoist and bucket didn t line up so he made some modifications The rectangular tube is in there to keep from having to drill any more holes in the lip of the scoop Roland explains I drilled the holes in one side of the tube to match the holes in the bucket and drilled the holes in the other side to match the hoist To support the back of the hoist he heated 1 1/2-in 10-gauge flat steel and twisted it to line up with bolt holes on the hoist and back of the bucket Those were the only two holes Roland drilled on the bucket The hoist with a 1 000-lb capacity boosts lift height to nearly 18 ft and has come in handy for several jobs Besides lifting the bar for his car lift it loaded a 1 000-lb plow and has pulled out fence posts and broken trees You pump with the handle and can control it if you want to lift something a little or if you need to hold it at a precise point Roland says He adds that he feels it makes a safer lift The bucket is flat not tipped so it s farther away from the driver plus the hoist chain is safer than a chain wrapped around the bucket that can easily slip It only takes a few minutes to bolt on the lift when he needs it Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Tom Roland 25144 N 23rd Ave Nokomis Ill 62075 ph 217 563-2079; rolandfamily@ctitech com

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