Roll-Around Shop Crane Converted To 3-Pt. Model

Roll-Around Shop Crane Converted To 3-Pt Model FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Ethan Rice Spring Hill Kansas converted a Harbor Freight floor shop crane to a 3-pt mounted crane     “That makes it easy to use outside the shop when needed I left the crane’s wheels in place so when the unit is detached I can still roll it around on a cement floor ” says Rice “The crane came with tiny cast iron caster wheels and if I needed to use it on dirt or gravel it wasn’t very handy I paid only about $100 for the crane It comes in handy to pick up tote boxes logs big rocks and other heavy objects ” He welded a length of 4-in channel iron vertically to the base of the crane that runs all the way to the top then welded on short lengths of channel iron to form a 3-pt hitch “I borrowed the idea from a neighbor and like how it turned out ” says Rice “I originally built it to lift a Jeep Cherokee by the front cross member and set it off to the side so I could replace the front axle The tractor’s 3-pt cylinders have a lot more lifting power than the cylinder on the crane’s original hand-operated jack so any time I use the crane to lift something heavy I first pump the jack a couple of times with the load on to make sure I don’t overload the crane and accidentally bend it ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ethan Rice 21685 Oakcrest Rd Spring Hill Kansas 66083 ph 913 731-5084; ethantylerrice@gmail com

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