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So, having never bought a new engine in a box/ on a pallet, I'm not understanding why you need to pass anything under the engine in order to lift it. Sounds like a good way to bend an intake tube.
What prevents you from hooking a chain to the engine lift ring(s) and cranking away on the lift? :confused: Thanks for taking a moment to explain the dilemma to a bystander with nothing to contribute. |
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My sense of the discussion is that some guys can't fit the legs of their hoist around the engine pallet sufficient to get the chain vertical over the lift ring. So, they need to raise the pallet in order to get close enough to lift the engine. My current hoist has an adjustable boom which I have set to 1 ton. Should I need to go all the way out ? ton, that won't be an issue since the engine only weighs ~400 pounds. |
What Ken said. With my hoist and I suspect others, the boom will not extend past the end of the legs. Therefore, to get the chain over the center of the engine, you need to raise the pallet enough to get the hoist legs underneath. Not at all difficult. ;)
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Maybe come at it from an angle? I.e., the corner of the crate, instead of straight on to one side? The hoist won't care how the engine is oriented.
I just don't recall this being any issue when my Lycoming was hoisted out of the box, but then, it's been a few years... |
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I could not get the legs of the hoist under the engine. It would have been a **** of a swing had I tried the approach suggested above and I personally am not going to do that with a $38K engine.
It was easiest enough to use 2x6s under the engine (between pallet and engine) and lever up the 2x6 with 2x4 until I got the engine high enough to put 8" tall cinder blocks under the engine box. I now have the box removed from the engine and the hoist in place sort of holding the engine even though it is sitting on cinder blocks. Just being safe. I used Nylon climbing slings to attach to the engine, which then attach to an engine leveler on the hoist. I might buy new slings before mounting engine, since they are 25 yrs old. In case anyone wanted to know what a climbing sling is: https://www.amazon.com/GM-CLIMBING-R...gateway&sr=8-3 they can hold 22kN. |
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