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Home made jib crane with photos

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Davo J:
Hi Artie,
I will only be lifting about a 100kg but thought I would rate it at 500kg like the hoist. It is capable of more but I won’t be lifting it. Also I doubt the Chinese hoist would lift 500kg anyway :zap:. I would need to put my manual chain block on for that sort of weight.
Any heavy lifting is done off the shed trusses. My father in-law, who has passed now, was a chief draftsman at the mines and designed them to be capable of lifting 3 tons.
Davo  :beer:

Darren:
Excellent  :bow:

You sure have some good welding skills and it looks superb  :bow:

I just bought a 2t engine crane and it's nowhere near as strong looking as your boom. Yes i decided I'm also getting past lifting heavy stuff too  :coffee:

Thanks for the post, really enjoyed reading it, and will be reading it again if/when I want to build something similar as there are some great ideas in there. Like the axle idea  :clap:

Davo J:
Hi Darren,
 While building this crane I kept looking at my 2 ton engine lift wondering how they get the rating passed.
 I lifted my mill (1000kg) up about 200mm in the air with it at 3/4 reach and it was flexing something horrid, very scary :doh:. Just be careful using it as you have some heavy gear there.
Davo

Darren:
Hi Davo,

It was delivered yesterday and I put it all together, strong as it is, but 2000Kg !!

I'm sure glad I didn't get the 1000Kg one. But lifting 1000Kg on the 2000Kg setting should be fine as long as you don't wheelie it around. I have a 2500Kg pallet truck for that and only need the lift to get things off the ground or in and out the trailer.
Lift/move trailer/lower onto pallet truck  :)

Well that's the idea anyways  :dremel:

Davo J:
Yes the pallet jack will be fine I try to keep the load forward on it. If you get it too far to the back it acts like a trike and tips.
Davo

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