Thread: DEFENDER CRANE

Lol. Love it.

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Originally Posted by rangietragic

Heres a few pics of how to turn a defender into a basic crane.That lump hanging off it is 1/2 a ton of 5 bearing series engine

Ummm. It looks as if its still on the ground

A 4BD1T doesn't weigh half a ton.

Originally Posted by 123rover50

Ummm. It looks as if its still on the ground

A lot of things you lift with a crane start out on the ground,but it finished up on a car trailer behind an 88" i'd just sold to a member

Originally Posted by Dougal

A 4BD1T doesn't weigh half a ton.

Felt like half a ton trying to winch it up with the timber bending and suspension sagging,though may have been heavier

So how does it work?
Is there another vehicle betwen the engine and the 130 with the winch?

Is there a video you could post?
I'm intrigued.

Thats not a Defender crane.

This is a Defender crane (or at least a cherry picker)



Its what my Defender started off as.

Originally Posted by noogie

So how does it work?
Is there another vehicle betwen the engine and the 130 with the winch?

Is there a video you could post?
I'm intrigued.

Timber lashed to roof,ratchet winch atatched to tow bar,wire runs from whinch to pulley block chained to overhanging timber and down to engine.