This week's irrelevant post.

fastandfurryous · Unread post by **fastandfurryous** » 15 May 2005, 04:52

Having been thouroughly impressed at the quality of the last "irrelevant post", I thought it might be time for another.. so, May I present:
My gantry:

The results of having to use a clubhammer to remove a brake disc from a 309:

and three dead car batteries:

Unread post by **alan s** » 15 May 2005, 07:10

Does the Gantry have a name???
"Madame Guillotine" perhaps?? Definitely designed by a reincarnation from the French Revolution....I love it!!
Alan S

ACTIVE8 · Unread post by **ACTIVE8** » 15 May 2005, 14:54

That gantry is a serious bit of kit, I take it that, it has been very useful. [:)]

Kowalski · Unread post by **Kowalski** » 15 May 2005, 17:51

Fred Dibnah had a gantry like that, it wasn't for taking engines out of of cars though, it was for taking the heavy bits off steam engines.

Dave Bamber · Unread post by **Dave Bamber** » 15 May 2005, 18:22

Who mentioned Fred Dibnah?

DoubleChevron · Unread post by **DoubleChevron** » 15 May 2005, 18:50

The gantry is very impressive ........ Do you lift truck engines with it

I would have thought an engine crane would have been a fraction of the price and easier to use ??
seeya,
Shane L.
PS: I gotta get me a gantry like that one ... The look on the face of SWMBO would be priceless when she see's that get unloaded in the back yard [}:)] [:D] [:0]

Stuart McB · Unread post by **Stuart McB** » 15 May 2005, 20:25

That pictures scaring me now!!! eeek

howiedean · Unread post by **howiedean** » 16 May 2005, 02:26

Did ya like that. Hi Fred

fastandfurryous · Unread post by **fastandfurryous** » 16 May 2005, 03:21

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DoubleChevron

The gantry is very impressive ........ Do you lift truck engines with it

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No, but with a 1 tonne SWL, it certainly would, without too much trouble! I've had a complete engine/gearbox/transferbox assembly out of a Range Rover in one go with it. Something that aparently can't be done! Like so:

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I would have thought an engine crane would have been a fraction of the price and easier to use ??<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Well, had I bought it new, then yes, an engine crane would have undoubtedly been a better choice. The gantry, however, was cheap. Very cheap: £50. It was redundant equipment in the Mechanical Engineering department at University, and having gotten to know the lecturers quite well, I made a "nominal" offer for it, and got it.
It also has the major benefit of being able to lift far higher than an engine crane can:

And this is the easy way to do a corrosion assessment on an old escort:

I honestly don't know what I'd do without it now.

jeremy · Unread post by **jeremy** » 16 May 2005, 13:39

I used to use the foreloader on a Ferguson tractor which was fine apart from the annoyance of having to work with the engine running and the relative insensitivity of the hydraulics - you would sudenly find the car being lifted as well!. The refinement was to borrow a chain block, prop the loader up with a wooden post and turn the ngine off - bliss!
jeremy