Piece of cake on equipment like this:

http://www.bendtec.com/cold.html

but the BIG stuff goes through the hot bender:
http://www.bendtec.com/induct.html

The big unit handles 66 INCH diameter, 6 INCH wall. Lets see, 4650
pounds per foot.

Rex B wrote:

I'd like to watch while you bend those I-Beam hoops
Sounds interesting though. Chainfall on a trolley, with some sort of
stop at the back?

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Rex Burkheimer
WM Automotive
Fort Worth TX

Gary Owens wrote:

I just saw what you want today, the guy had 3 hoops made of "I" beam
with a hoist beam down the center, and extending out back about 3
feet. He had a chain fall on it, and was delivering a "Vacuum
cleaner/air pump" to a gas station. It was mounted an a small trailer
with a counter weight on the front. No reason you couldn't scale it up
to move 2500lbs.
gary



"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...

I sold my boom truck awhile ago when I realized it just didn't make
economic
sense because the insurance costs were eating me alive. Since then,
I've been
trying to think of a reasonable way to come up with something that
can move
any of my machines (top weight about 2500#). I have a concept that I
want to He had a chain fall on it, and was delevering a run by the
"design review" board here :-)

My idea is to buy a junker 2-horse trailer, rip the body off it and
build
a bed for it. My reasoning is there are tons of these around, and I
do see
them occasionally for under $300. They have 2 axles, and many have
electric
brakes. The frames are usually quite substantial, but the trailers are
pretty short. I don't want a long car-hauler type trailer, don't have
room
for it, plus up here you pay by length when you go on a Washington
State ferry
boat, so shorter is better.

What do you guys think?

GWE