Pick up mounted hand operated crane

[Peat]

Anyone use one of these?

 

 

I'm vaguely thinking about one of these for my L200. £164 on ebay, lifts 900kg. Wondering if it'd be handy for loading cord in the woods, or is it going to more hassle than its worth? Can't see the truck bed taking that sort of weight without some reinforcement. Presumably its gonna need some sort of leg under it to lift anything substantial.

 

Any thoughts?

[clearviewtrees123]

Looks ok, be good for those slightly heavier lumps I'd say that 2 people struggle with. I'd be keen for one on the back of my hilux

 

 

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[Big T]

That's a seriously cheap price! Would be keen to know of anyone that has one as seems too good to be true for the money!

[Skodadog]

It looks ok if it will turn on the mounting post if its fixed it may be more haslle than its worth, the winch might be made of cheese but easy to replace with better when it does break.

Let us know how you get on if you do go ahead with it.

[william127]

I have a sealey one on my tipper, it's ideal to put bulk bags of logs on the truck. Mine doesn't have a winch but will be adding one as soon as possible as you tend to use half the lift tightening the strap you are lifting with.

[Peat]

Yeah, they do turn.

[woody woodpecker]

hi will they lift a cubic metre bag of beech 15% moisture content ?

[ballibeg]

hi will they lift a cubic metre bag of beech 15% moisture content ?

 

If the 900kg trusted then it could lift two!

[skc101fc]

Hi Peat.

I've been looking at units like this for a while now, for my Ifor Wms trailer. Seen various types some short kingpost models, many hydraulic lift only with an extra strengthening brace on top ,but never seen one with winch and hydraulics. Do you have a link for this one or maybe I'll just put my own winch on a strengthened simple hydraulic one. I'm thinking of putting 2 post mounting sockets in/under the floor to load from front or middle without a fitting obstructing the bed.

Looks like a good simple solution to me for low weight but awkward shapes.

[codlasher]

I have a very similar little trailer crane which will lift a full 1.0m3 bag of firewood and other similar items.

I found it needs some substantial structural strength underneath the pedestal mount. Simply bolting it to a trailer/truck floor will result in disaster!

Beware the chrome ram & pump ram, these aren't chromed so go rusty, and as long as you are aware of this won't be a problem....

There is one that is rated at a little more than this with 1000kg & 500kg which is the one I'd go for.

codlasher