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Recommendations for a good/decent mobile hoist?

A decent bit of kit for humping stuff about

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Howard Lewis12/11/2020 20:12:34
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I thought that there was a second Parkinson's Law, namely that any flat surface will soon be covered with stuff!

Howard

mechman4813/11/2020 14:05:52
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When I converted my garage to a 'Hobby shop' I'd bought a 1 ton engine hoist from M/Mart ( usual disclaimer applies ) in preparation for lifting lathe & mill, well worth it, trouble is I've now filled the 'Hobby shop' & having stacked the hoist in a corner I doubt if I could get it out now, & if I could I doubt I would have the room to manouvre it for use should I move... conundrum ?

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George.

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Jeff Dayman13/11/2020 14:20:50
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That's what a cutting torch and welder are for George, just snip the legs off and weld em back on after getting the hoist free! smiley

Howard Lewis13/11/2020 18:07:49
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One of the advantages of a folding crane, is that having lower the load to it's final location, the legs can be folded and the thing becomes much more easily moved through narrow gaps.

Without that facility, my crane would have spent the last 17 years over the lathe!

I shall have to write a set of instruction on how to move stuff out of the workshop, after I have moved to the workshop above.

The lathe was first in, so must be last out.

Howard

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