To add a little more...

I bought mine from www.handsontools.com. Their price was the best I
found. It came UPS (2 cartons) and the hydraulic cylinder was missing.
It didn't fall out because the piece it was attached to was still
there -- somebody pulled a pin out to steal it.

They shipped a replacement immediately via LTL truck, I shipped the
incomplete one back and there was no hassle at all. My emails were
answered promptly.

I just looked at their site and didn't see it there, however. But, they
are good to deal with.

Bill

Bill Rubenstein wrote:
I have a web site but some will consider this an advertisement --
www.stubbylatheusa.com. I don't have a picture of the hitchhoist on it
though.

Just a word about the hitchhoist --

You can buy a lift from Harbor Freight for a lot less money but it
really needs to be mounted to the bed of the truck. If you will look
under the bed of any pickup truck you will find that you are going to
have to do a lot of re-engineering.

Several have welded a receiver mounting plate for the cheap lift and
that is certainly a possible way to go. Remember, though, that when you
pick up the load, the rear of the truck goes down and if the load is on
a swinging arm it will swing -- not how you want it. The hitchhoist has
a way to deal with this. Another solution is to support the lift to the
ground but there are definitely some issues to be dealt with no matter
how you do it.

The hitchhoist is pricey...

Bill

Tom Nie wrote:

Cool idea. Any pictures? Website?

TomNie
"Bill Rubenstein" wrote in message
...

I have a hydraulic hoist which goes in the hitch receiver --
hitchhoist is the brand name. It was bought to lift 600 lb. lathes
from the bed to the ground and back but works equally well for logs.

Bill

Tom Nie wrote:

Bill,
Got it.
F350 Crew Cab, long bed, diesel, dually, 4x4 (actually got it for my
business but it works for other stuff).

And the ATV with the 2500# winch and cart wasn't bad yesterday as I
went to the bottoms to bring out some hickory, oak, and pecan.
Buddy, it takes a man to lift some of that stuff. I see a chainfall
in the future to load some of that stuff to turn. I wanted some
pieces to try some of Todd Hoyer's crotch work ideas. One of the
pecan pieces was a crotch base with four branches - that'll be
interesting deciding how to cut.

Tom Nie


"Bill Rubenstein" wrote in message
. ..


I just got back from AAW and so haven't had a chance to read all
this thread. But, has anybody mentioned the $30,000.00 pickup
truck you need?

Bill

Barry N. Turner wrote:


So, you wanna know what turning is gonna cost you? $10,000?
Yeah, that's a
start, but doesn't take into account the addictive nature of
woodturning and
the never ending yearning for more/bigger/better tools and equipment.

To give you a better idea, consider what a week's supply of heroin
would
cost. Now, after a week on the stuff, you're hopelessly
addicted. Now,
consider the cost of the addiction for the rest of your life. :-)

Barry

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"Tom Nie" wrote in message
...



Thanks for the responses to my other post.

The $10,000 came from sitting with a catalog and starting a list
of what
would be needed, or wanted, and came up with around $5000. Then
adding the
lathe, probably a Oneway. Basically a $5000 tag for a lathe.

Reason? To get some handle on where this all could go. And the
other is


that



over the years I've found that buying the cheapest is not the
cheapest. I
tend toward perfectionism and might complain of the failings of the
equipment if too cheap. My general equipment experience over my
career is
fairly extensive.

I've reservations in August to do a week of Basic Woodturning in
Ripley,


WV



at Cedar Lakes.