Nope its not the rating of the ram, its the hoists capcity, but IIRC
with the extendable boom in to the last hole. This hoist is heads and
shoulders much more substantial than the HF models are.....

I also have seen a few HF hoists back at the store (Returns) just
setting there that either bent or tore apart at the welds.........I
can't really say what happened to them as I do not know, and they may
have been trying to lift an Abrams tank with them.........

Too late on ther other thread for now anyhow, as I have already
deleted them as I was not following them to begin with.

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:01:29 -0500, "Proctologically Violated©®"
wrote:

===I wonder if that 8,000 lbs was not the rating of ram itself; mine is rated
===at 8,000, but the hoist is still 2-ton max (down to 1/2 ton). If you really
===had that kind of lifting power, I'm sure it would be reflected in much
===larger cross-sections of the tubing, and would be very, very heavy. The HF
===is about 240#.
===
===Unfortunately, the nearest Advance is 20 mi from me, in NJ.
===
===See the new thread on Shop Cranes: I'll show you mine if you show me
===yours...
===
===----------------------------
===Mr. P.V.'d
===formerly Droll Troll
==="~Roy" wrote in message
et...
=== HF well, is HF. I came within a hair of buying one of them myself, but
=== decided to kick it around a bit more..ON the way home I stopped by
=== Advance Auto to pick up some oil filters, and they had a nice hoist in
=== there for $20 bucks more that had a max capacity of 8,000 pounds and a
=== lot longer reach. It was also a fold up space saver type, so that to
=== me was a plus as well...quality between the Advance Auto hoist and the
=== HF hoist is like night and day, even though both are made in China.
=== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
===


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