Jib Crane - Dumb Ideas - Other Stuff

[Bob La Londe]

I admit I waste some of my free time perusing social media. An MSC ad
appeared in one of my feeds showing a jib crane set in what looked like
a big block of concrete. Not bolted to the floor or with a giant
concrete foundations. A block of concrete setting on a floor.

It was quite expensive and only had a lifting capacity of half a ton. I
thought that's really stupid. I have a cherry picker that's much more
mobile, weighs less, and is rated for 3/4 ton at full extension. Then I
realized. I can't use my cherry picker. Its had an outboard motor
hanging from it for two years, I haven't gotten around to making a stand
to put it on, and its not going back on the boat it came off of. Now
that's stupid. LOL.

Oh, yeah. The gooseneck hitch is done. Some pictures here:
https://www.yumabassman.com/2024/10/15/gooseneck-hitch-installation-2024-f250/


Well, its not quite finished. I still have not assembled the companion
5th wheel that will fit onto it.

...and I finished a project to install motorized floor boards on the
truck so my wife can get in and out of the truck safely. Two very short
video clips. https://www.yumabassman.com/2024/10/20/1201/ I had been
keeping a step stool in the back of the truck for when she rode along
with me.

I would have just installed nerf bars like I had on my old truck, but
they would still be to high. This stock Ford is the tallest truck (from
ground to door sill) I have ever owned. I have to grab the hand rail
and pull up without the running boards. Being a 4x4 I really didn't
want steps that would sacrifice ground clearance

Not sure what I'm going to do when I wear out these stock tires and
replace them with some taller/wider AT tires.

[Jim Wilkins]

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:vf6764$hh4d$***@dont-email.me...
...
Not sure what I'm going to do when I wear out these stock tires and
replace them with some taller/wider AT tires.
Bob La Londe

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If she can take a joke:
https://www.bostonironworks.com/blog/choosing-a-reliable-fire-escape-ladder/

I bought a First Alert because I've grown too old to jump from the second
floor any more, and still suffering from doing it as a kid. It didn't say
use only once like some, though repacking it was tricky. It would mess up
the window enough that I replaced the lower molding with a taller plywood
panel it can safely scratch, then practiced climbing out.

I just ordered this to make tree work on a ladder less "exciting":
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGR9PN8Y/ref=twister_B0CGRCS8W6?

[Jim Wilkins]

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:vf6764$hh4d$***@dont-email.me...

I admit I waste some of my free time perusing social media. An MSC ad
appeared in one of my feeds showing a jib crane set in what looked like
a big block of concrete. Not bolted to the floor or with a giant
concrete foundations. A block of concrete setting on a floor.

It was quite expensive and only had a lifting capacity of half a ton. I
thought that's really stupid. I have a cherry picker that's much more
mobile, weighs less, and is rated for 3/4 ton at full extension. Then I
realized. I can't use my cherry picker. Its had an outboard motor
hanging from it for two years, I haven't gotten around to making a stand
to put it on, and its not going back on the boat it came off of. Now
that's stupid. LOL.
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Someone might not know that empty barrels work as outboard stands that let
you run them.

I had a problem stacking heavy oak beams under a temporary roof overhang
only a little higher than my head until I had the AHA! moment to guy shear
legs to a tree. A 1000 Lb lever chain hoist raises the load, a second 500 Lb
one (HF) in the guy line swings it on or off the stack. The guy line is a
low stretch tow strap.