3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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John,
Very nicely done! I do like the idea of being able to use the electric hoist in the manner you elected, but I am curious as to why you did not use the jack and/or a winch as I did? Was it because the electric winch was there and ...... well, electric? Or, did you feel that by extending the boom you needed a higher fulcrum for support?
On the case of the crane popping off of the support when the boom is lowered.... I guess you know this is a result of the fulcrum (electric winch) being high on the boom. With the fulcrum back at the jack point, this would not happen.
A suggestion to help keep the crane base in place would be a brace that extends from the post next to the crane out over the top. This could be a steel "L" bracket type extension or even something similar to your wooden base extension - possibly screwed to the inside edges of the pole and coming out to cap the crane.
In any event, an extremely well thought out and versatile way to load/unload and swing out of the way hitches, generators, batteries or whatever you need to load for camping.
Good Shew - old man!
Very nicely done! I do like the idea of being able to use the electric hoist in the manner you elected, but I am curious as to why you did not use the jack and/or a winch as I did? Was it because the electric winch was there and ...... well, electric? Or, did you feel that by extending the boom you needed a higher fulcrum for support?
On the case of the crane popping off of the support when the boom is lowered.... I guess you know this is a result of the fulcrum (electric winch) being high on the boom. With the fulcrum back at the jack point, this would not happen.
A suggestion to help keep the crane base in place would be a brace that extends from the post next to the crane out over the top. This could be a steel "L" bracket type extension or even something similar to your wooden base extension - possibly screwed to the inside edges of the pole and coming out to cap the crane.
In any event, an extremely well thought out and versatile way to load/unload and swing out of the way hitches, generators, batteries or whatever you need to load for camping.
Good Shew - old man!
