On Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:10:48 -0600, "RogerN" wrote:


I have an engine hoist similar to this one:
http://www.ruralking.com/engine-hois...m-midwest.html

It's useful within it's range but I was thinking about making some parts to
adapt it for more height, so I can load and unload taller things out of the
back of my truck.

You might be better off making a wooden gantry crane. Some call them
a "lifting horse" like a giant saw horse. There are several ideas on
lifting things in this post at Practical Machinist:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...5-post1553677/

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The one that Forest Addy describes has 4x4 legs and a 4x8 cross member
around 10' long. Unfortunately no pictures of the ones he made. I
wondered about the bracing from the legs to the cross piece.