3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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Regarding the pickup bed hoists, I bought one at harbor freight and had a subframe welded up to through bolt it to. Subframe was basically two 1/4" plates welded at a 90 degree angle with some long gussets. Bolted these to the frame of my truck, and bolted the hoist to the subframe. This allowed a strong anchor point as far as possible to the side of the bed instead of bolting directly to the frame rails more toward the middle.
The hoist worked great for moving engines around and such. I even used it as a cherry picker with the bed removed for installing an engine in a jeep. It was close enough to the bed rails that I would extend the boom, clip the hook to a chain anchored forward of the wheel hump, and lift the boom just enough to take out the slack. Stashed the jack handle in the toolbox, and no-one ever messed with it. One of the better upgrades on my truck.
The hoist worked great for moving engines around and such. I even used it as a cherry picker with the bed removed for installing an engine in a jeep. It was close enough to the bed rails that I would extend the boom, clip the hook to a chain anchored forward of the wheel hump, and lift the boom just enough to take out the slack. Stashed the jack handle in the toolbox, and no-one ever messed with it. One of the better upgrades on my truck.
