Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
[Re: BradH]
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I bought a fold up Goodyear engine hoist years ago and like it so much when I saw a used one local for 80.00 I grabbed it for my house garage. Now I don't have to drag it 100 feet thru the gravel.
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
[Re: BradH]
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I have one and it's fine. Just get the bigger model.
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
[Re: BradH]
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I have one. It has always worked fine. No issues here
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
[Re: BradH]
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Hard to coordinate with the local tool rental places, so I'm considering purchasing one. There is a Harbor Freight nearby, but IIRC there have been a lot of complaints about their hoists leaking, possibly other issues, too.
Any feedback available here to help with my decision? Thanks - Brad Back around 1985 I bought this one from the local tool rental without a hydraulic cylinder. I rented one just like it so many times one day asked how much to buy it and he sold me this hoist/crane without a lift cylinder for 200 bucks. That was a lot of money then and it took me months more to save up for a hydraulic cylinder. Used it for larger V8 truck engines which are much heavier than a 440. I have wore out 2 cylinders over the years using it. It is holding up the front of the car in this picture. Then I bought this a few years ago from the local auto parts store, I think I gave around 190 bucks for it. I got it because it folds up and is easier to use at home and I keep my one above at work in my race shop. Used to take it home to use. I use the import one to do light duty work like lift the front of the lawn mover to clean the deck and change blades and small block engine swaps. I feel this hoist was at it's limit in this case, would not feel comfortable doing this with a big block engine. My driveway was a little out of level which made the hoist very unstable. Nothing like my wide base breakdown model I showed above which is way better. FYI. And when I got it in, the crane was touching the front bumper. It does not have the reach that my other crane has. A car with longer front end it would not work. I did the install by myself in a afternoon.
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
[Re: BradH]
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The complaints I see repeated about the current models they offer include things like parts not fitting correctly, incomplete parts and/or hardware packed, machine work issues, etc. I don't have the time or patience right now to deal with any of that crap and will look elsewhere for a solution to my immediate need. I would keep an eye out for used one like the breakdown model I showed above.
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
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The smaller silver one that HF always puts on sale isn't worth it. Won't work for us. Not enough capacity or reach. The full size one isn't bad. The best thing I ever did was buy a second hand heavy duty hoist that had a leaking cylinder. Got a $60 ram from HF. They have several models, so getting a compatible one was easy. Check your local craigslist listings. You can probably score on a nice fold up one for the right price. I now have 2 hoists so I can pull the body off my Cuda without any help. And everything packs up out of the way when done.
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
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My HF (Maybe it was Northern Tool?) collapsible hoist was purchased in the mid 90s. It has served well and still uses the original cylinder.
Lately, it has developed a habit of tilting to the left under load. Dangerous tilting. When we have to lift an engine rather high I stand on the left rear leg to counter the lean. The hoist is lowered as quickly as possible.
After a thorough examination I found that the hinge holes for the boom were wallowed out and allowing the arm to lean to one side. I bored the holes and made a larger pin. The lean has improved but not gone away. As best I can tell the left leg pin hole is a bit worn. This lets the leg lift, causing the rig to lean.
I plan on getting it straightened out before it gets used again.
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
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My HF breakdown is OK tho I did weld some gussets where the main vertical leg bolts to the base to further strengthen it.
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
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Hard to coordinate with the local tool rental places, so I'm considering purchasing one. There is a Harbor Freight nearby, but IIRC there have been a lot of complaints about their hoists leaking, possibly other issues, too.
Any feedback available here to help with my decision? Thanks - Brad Brad, tell the wife you need a bridge crane......
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Re: Does Harbor Freight sell a DECENT engine hoist?
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I bought one for like 99 on sale... only reason I bought it. They apparently have 2 different ones. Well I got mismatched parts and holes didn't line up. So use the base for moving engine/transmissions around. Use the other parts for various things around the shop. Used the hydraulic cylinder on another hoist. So wasn't too upset in the end... but I wouldn't buy one from them again to actually use for lifting engines.
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