DEFENDER CRANE

[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:p

[Babs]

Lol. Love it.

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[123rover50]

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:p

Ummm. It looks as if its still on the ground:angel:

[Dougal]

A 4BD1T doesn't weigh half a ton.

[rangietragic]

Ummm. It looks as if its still on the ground:angel:
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;)

[rangietragic]

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:)

[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.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Thats not a Defender crane.

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

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/90-110-130-defender-county/70402d1387806440-defender-crane-seb_04.jpg

Its what my Defender started off as.

[rangietragic]

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.:)

[debruiser]

Tell you what, that worked a whole lot better than my back! :D

[Lotz-A-Landies]

This is what you need on your Defender!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/969.jpg

Merve V in the Sydney LROC has one on the tray of his Defender. They mean that you can move things with one person that would take back breaking work of several people to do, risking injury all along the way.

At around $200, why would you be without one?

[123rover50]

May as well show this one I made for the 120.
Its my workshop engine crane that sits doing nothing for most of the time so pulled the bulk of it off the stand and put it on here. The ram gives exra height and the 3000 pound winch gives the lift.
The winches are under $100 on ebay and have cord and cordless remotes.
Good value:)
Picked up this post hole digger from Quigley today, he cant use it on his Fergy because its a left hand one so we will paint it up and stick it on Gumtree.
Old B section belts make great lifting strops. Engines, gearboxes, you name it. I dont know what they are rated at but havnt broken one yet:D
Keith

[Mick_Marsh]

They're very handy.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=59450&d=1366529855

[Davehoos]

I have a chinese 950KG crane with winch.I payed $350 with postage and its been good.


bolted to my car trailer and a yet to work out how to stop tipping up when lift of the ground.


work has bought jarret back savers. Its best if these are not use to pull vehicles out of bog holes.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I have a chinese 950KG crane with winch.I payed $350 with postage and its been good.


bolted to my car trailer and a yet to work out how to stop tipping up when lift of the ground.


work has bought jarret back savers. Its best if these are not use to pull vehicles out of bog holes.Put a jack under the point of the lift. I often use my high lift.

I have two mounting tubes on my trailer. Front left and rear left (wish I had 4 points) and I find that on the front I don't have the same problems with the trailer listing to the lift side when I use it on the front as I have when its on the rear.

BTW: When a steel fabricaton engineer saw my crane, he bought one too, but suggests the base plate is not rated the same as the jib unit. He even contacted the importer who's response is that the crane has the rating and not the base plate. Apparently the problem is the welding on only one side of the webs and the dimensions of the base plate. The problem is the horizontal moment at the base when you have the rated loads at the end of the jib.

The tubes on my trailer are thicker wall tubing and welded into the trailer frame with extra supports.

[Trundle]

BTW: When a steel fabricaton engineer saw my crane, he bought one too, but its the base plate is not rated the same as the jib unit. He even contacted the importer who's response is that the crane has the rating and not the base plate. Apparently the problem is the welding on only one side of the webs and the dimensions of the base plate.

Sounds like your engineer is smarter than a lot, but they don't take a lot to strengthen up.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Sounds like your engineer is smarter than a lot, but they don't take a lot to strengthen up.No just the extra welding, although the wall thickness could be increased. I guess its because he has the responsibility that what he builds meets code.

The point is that many on this forum may not realise that the base has inadequate strength, so need improvement.

[Trundle]

No just the extra welding, although the wall thickness could be increased. I guess its because he has the responsibility that what he builds meets code.

The point is that many on this forum may not realise that the base has inadequate strength, so need improvement.

Agree, so many qualified welders and engineering firms don't understand the requirements for a structurally qualified weld, weld procedure, and testing requirements. That'll own the extent of the certification.