Shop Engine Hoist Mounts On Pickup, Loader Forks

Shop Engine Hoist Mounts On Pickup Loader Forks ENGINES Glenn Haley Andover N H converted an ordinary bottle jack-operated shop engine hoist into one he can attach to the back of his pickup or mount on his tractor’s front-end loader “I can take it with me down the highway or use it in my barnyard or shop ” says Haley He removed the base from the hoist and made a bolt-on steel mounting plate that fits the receiver hitch socket on back of his pickup A short length of 3/4-in dia pipe that’s welded to the plate is used to hold the jack handle He also made a receiver hitch socket that bolts onto forks on his front-end loader The socket is welded to the middle of a 1-ft long 3 1/2-in wide steel plate with holes drilled through it Holes are also drilled through the forks which are spaced about 5 in apart Chains are used to support the hoist on both the pickup and the tractor “It makes the hoist much more versatile especially when a tractor isn’t available or isn’t practical to use ” says Haley “One time I used it on the pickup to help my friend who lives many miles away remove a wood-fired boiler from his basement through a bulkhead I’ve used it with the pickup to set up a standby power generator for our local fire department and to load a portable cement mixer in back of my pickup I’ve also used the pickup to transport a 500-lb wood planer down the highway and then used the loader tractor to lift it high up into my barn ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Glenn Haley 52 Putney Rd Andover N H 03216 ph 603 455-5373; gahaley@tds net

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