chadillac
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- Joined
- Apr 1, 2005
- Location
- Benson, AZ
I was just wondering if anyone else has made a tripod for lifting their BP sized mill on and off the back of a trailer before, for those of us who are forklift-challenged.
I'm thinking of something similar to this picture at one of our esteemed member's website (sauer38h).
http://bridgeport.askmisterscience.com/t-off.jpg
I can't quite make out in the photo how he has gone about attaching the pipes and the hoist.
My biggest curiosity is a good method of tying all 3 pipes together, while still having room to connect a come-a-long (hoist). If it were just tying all 3 pipes together, I could see a large bolt going through each pipe. Do you just install a hoisting ring in one of the pipes as an attachment point for the come-a-long?
Or perhaps using a bunch of pipe fittings -- two angles attaching to a Tee (tee being used for the 3rd leg). I would be a little more concerned about this setup as much less of the load would seemingly get transmitted into the pipe legs.
Chad
I'm thinking of something similar to this picture at one of our esteemed member's website (sauer38h).
http://bridgeport.askmisterscience.com/t-off.jpg
I can't quite make out in the photo how he has gone about attaching the pipes and the hoist.
My biggest curiosity is a good method of tying all 3 pipes together, while still having room to connect a come-a-long (hoist). If it were just tying all 3 pipes together, I could see a large bolt going through each pipe. Do you just install a hoisting ring in one of the pipes as an attachment point for the come-a-long?
Or perhaps using a bunch of pipe fittings -- two angles attaching to a Tee (tee being used for the 3rd leg). I would be a little more concerned about this setup as much less of the load would seemingly get transmitted into the pipe legs.
Chad