Looks good
I like the low profile of the front wheels

Nice job    

for those of us who are hackers, we could modify a chinese cherry picker  to work the same    

 

great idea

You making an electric hot rod?

Thanks guys.

DQP, it Is a little longer than the Princess Auto units In order to give me a longer reach as you speculated. The length makes it a chore to wheel around, but i have to use it in my driveway, so it really doesnt bother me too much. In order To lift my gas welder @ 1200lbs, I'll need to put together some forward bracing that comes apart with some simple pins as this entire thing is a knockdown style like a rental unit. I had to make it this way so that I could store it when not in use in whatever available crevice is left in my tiny workspace.

Another reason that I chose to build my own over modifying a store bought is so I could go with heavy wall tubing and give it a custom reach to handle truck boxes and car bodies etc.

sasquatch wrote:

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Nice looking job Gearhead.

(I see you have your'e starter apart for bearings and brushes?) Lol

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 Precisely. I'm putting a Cat 797F engine in my pickup and this is out of the starter motor!

Actually to answer DaveM, I'm turning my pickup into a all wheel drive hybrid....ok, not really...

Its the main armature out of my old welder

sasquatch wrote:

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Forgot: Pete that is one sweet Camaro!

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 NOT MINE!!!  belongs to a nieghbour & fellow car club member [Country car Club] Was getting tyred & blowing a bit of smoke, so we pulled it in my shop, tore it down to bare block & sent it out to Roger Tennant's machine shop, Port Perry. Came back as a 331 [327 5 th. over] I told Len that when I put it back together, "it was against my relegion to put the 2 bbl. back on, + it had to get a "CAM"  Here's what he got!!!  Can't believe it was 08 when I did this. Time flies!!!!

Maybe i should get an air cylinder too, i have the same problem as i age.

Seeker1056 wrote:

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can u buy just the air cylinder setup somewhere - I have a powerfist hoist from Princess and my biggest complaint is how long it takes to get it up :)

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 VIAGRA??  or are we talking about the PICKER????

dualquadpete wrote:

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Seeker1056 wrote:

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can u buy just the air cylinder setup somewhere - I have a powerfist hoist from Princess and my biggest complaint is how long it takes to get it up :)

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 VIAGRA??  or are we talking about the PICKER????

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 I thought he was talking about his pecker !!

2inchestoolow wrote:

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You can buy an air operated cylinder replacement at princess auto, I recently replaced the one we have at the shop at work with one. It's a nice feature and relatively smooth. I think it was around $150-$180 bucks.

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 I'll have to check those out, though I'll likely upgrade to a quick-lift ram if I use it enough. (so I dont have to take my compressor with me if I use it elsewhere)

Didn't some have a handle, that you pumped, to get it up?

The pneumatic replacements have both options, hand pump or air.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a seal on Viagra.