Motor and gearbox maintenance without forklift

npolanosky · Jan 2, 2021

My older VF3 (1993) started making a bunch of noise in high gear and it sounds like a bearing. I need to pull the motor and gearbox off of the machine, but I don't want to break my back trying to hulk it off the machine and also don't have enough room to get a forklift back there.
I have high ceilings and there's no support over the machine to hang a chain off of.

Does anyone have any creative lifting solutions for this?

magno_grail · Jan 2, 2021

China Freight has a truck bed crane for $120. You can bolt it to the bed and lift the motor and gearbox off with that.
Pickup Truck Bed Crane with Hand Winch - 1000 lb. Capacity

countryguy · Jan 2, 2021

Hey ya... I'll give ya what we have setup, although have not done the motor lift but were close upon a time. A 98 VF4. The Harbor Freight Gantry is a suggestion. 1 Ton, raises and lowers and is wide enough to roll over our entire unit. I can snap a pic if you need. we have a roller on the I beam and use various chain and strap lift devices as needed.

Been a godsend actually on the TRT210 for lifting off the a platter.
Peace and happy new year!

npolanosky said:
My older VF3 (1993) started making a bunch of noise in high gear and it sounds like a bearing. I need to pull the motor and gearbox off of the machine, but I don't want to break my back trying to hulk it off the machine and also don't have enough room to get a forklift back there.
I have high ceilings and there's no support over the machine to hang a chain off of.

Does anyone have any creative lifting solutions for this?

eeinpa · Jan 3, 2021

Can you back a pickup in there? Make a receiver hitch mount for that (ugh) Hazard Fraught crane with hand winch. Much handier than having it mounted to the truck bed. As much as I dislike HF junk, that thing comes in handy all the time. I have a forklift adapter, and keep saying I'm making a 3pt hitch adapter.

You can also get a "pig pole" 3pt hitch boom at Tractor Supply or any other farm dealer for ~$150. If you have or can borrow a compact tractor, that should easily fit in your shop and do the trick.

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