Uh,
Be a little purdent and check the load rating of the "u" shackles and
the swivel connectors.... ~450 pounds of engine & transmission coming
down unanounced can be a bit startling, especially if you're under it.
H.
-----Original Message-----
From: cgmoog@ibm.net <cgmoog@ibm.net>
To: Art Pfenninger <ch155@Freenet.Buffalo.EDU>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: tilting engine hoist device
>Art Pfenninger wrote:
>>
>> I am about ready to make a tilter, what is the trailer hitch
>> thing? I might as well go all the way!
>> ...Art
>>
>
>Where the store has their chains they will usually have "U" shackles
>with a bolt that closes the "U" (not sure of their real name but they
>are commonly used to connect trailer safety chains to pick-up truck step
>bumpers when towing, the bolt passes through the bumper after the "U"
>has been hooked through the chain). Nearby they usually have swivel
>connectors (two "D" shaped links connected with a bolt so that they can
>swivel). What you need is one swivel connector and two of the "U"
>shackles (make sure the bolt fits through the swivel connector and that
>the "U" is large enough to fit the eye of the engine tilter). Use one
>"U" to attach the swivel to the tilter and one to attach the swivel to
>the crane.
>
>I also have several extra "U" shackles they are handy when connecting
>the chain to the engine.
>
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