"Mike Spencer" wrote in message
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Larry Jaques writes:

Since my cherry picker legs are less than 4' apart, and only a few
inches off the ground, I thought yours might be the same.

Only a few inches off the ground but not wide or long enough to
reach
the vise/post in the center of the 4'x4' plate without rolling up
onto
the plate.

OK, so with the post hole you'd have to lift it by the side, but
isn't it top heavy? Sounds ungainly, but you didn't mention
rigging.

The only mod to the 4'x4' plate that doesn't lift off is a ca. 4"
high
square steel socket for the 4"x4" post and a smaller round one for
the
vise leg welded close to the center of the plate. Picking the plate
up by the edge with the vise/post unit removed and stowed is little
different from picking up an unadorned piece of plate. The lift
hole
near one edge *does* have to be centered in the edge.


--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

I weighed the mast end of my shop crane to determine its moment and
made up a table of the equivalent hook loads for the boom extension
settings. Of course if it does tip forward the horizontal moment at
the hook increases, so iffy loads aren't raised any more than
necessary to block them up and roll the legs underneath. If they have
to be moved while raised, like unloading a truck, I chain them to the
mast to keep them from swinging forward.

Cheap accident insurance:
https://www.amazon.com/Hanging-Klau-.../dp/B00VDKXJ2W

Rebuilding a neighbor's old Curtis snow plow became much easier when I
brought over my lifting gear to align the pivot pin holes. Otherwise
they need about three husky guys with 6' crowbars to reassemble. I can
understand why the previous owner gave it away.
-jsw