Hoist/crane mounted in rear 2" receiver?

[Tim A]

Ah, so your not going to be driving around with it? What is your living situation like (suburbs, rural, acerage, storage space)?
If it were me, id either use a ceiling hoist or build a drive under gamble frame out of lumber. Put it on heavy casters so you can move it around.

my .02

The drive under thing occurred to me. It would definitely be cheaper. Do you have any idea what size lumber I could get away with in order to lift 200 lb max?

 

[gahi]

200 lbs isnt much. Could you just put an eye hook or two into the finished ceiling and just store the rtt there? tell the landlord its for bicycles. I've pulled engines on a single eye hook.

The gantry would work well, but it would take up a lot of room inside the garage. If its outside then you still have to figure out how to get the rtt back in the garage. If you do want to go that way maybe an old swing set could be had for free?

 

[LR Max]

Check northern tool and sportsmans guide for Deer cranes. Basically, hunters use them to pick up deer and are rated for ~250 lbs or so. I thought I saw a hitch mounted one a while ago.

Might be a decent place to start!

 

[Tim A]

200 lbs isnt much. Could you just put an eye hook or two into the finished ceiling and just store the rtt there? tell the landlord its for bicycles. I've pulled engines on a single eye hook.

The gantry would work well, but it would take up a lot of room inside the garage. If its outside then you still have to figure out how to get the rtt back in the garage. If you do want to go that way maybe an old swing set could be had for free?

Outside would be best as I have a small one-car garage with a low ceiling. Ideally, whatever contraption I end up with will have to used outside. The swingset/gantry idea is good, but it will be cumbersome to use and store like you said unless it folds down/disassembles easily.

Check northern tool and sportsmans guide for Deer cranes. Basically, hunters use them to pick up deer and are rated for ~250 lbs or so. I thought I saw a hitch mounted one a while ago.

Might be a decent place to start!

Yeah that's where I got the idea, just need a longer reach (i/e over the truck bed) than most deer hoists offer.

 

[gahi]

The simple receiver mount sounds like the easiest way to go. This on would be 24" of 2" tubing and a 9.5" x 7.5" piece of 1/2" plate. Plus a hoist from HF. That should put you under $200. In the future you could always set it off to one side. But they lift pretty high, with the extension all the way out, I would say over 6' above where the base is mounted. If you have a topper or something you need to lift over you might have to increase the lift height to be able to reach out far enough.

 

[Tim A]

I'm going to ping a few guys and see if I can make that receiver mount happen. I have a Harbor Freight retail store just down the street so perhaps they have the crane there or I can order to the store to avoid shipping costs. Thanks for all the help Gahi.

 

[Hill Bill E.]

Tim, if you would like a 20% off coupon for HF, drop me a PM with your addy.

Or if you get any off road magazines, or anything from the American Legion, check out the ads. They usually have a HF ad w/a 20% coupon in them.:coffeedrink:

Randy

 

[Tim A]

Tim, if you would like a 20% off coupon for HF, drop me a PM with your addy.

Or if you get any off road magazines, or anything from the American Legion, check out the ads. They usually have a HF ad w/a 20% coupon in them.:coffeedrink:

Randy

Thank Randy that's awful generous of you! PM on it's way.

 

[B.L. Sims]

To answer your question on building a "drive through", 2x4 lumber would easily fit your needs. If you wanted a little more rigidity you could double up on the corners but for a 200lb load that would be overkill. The thing to remember is make sure that its properly braced. You dont want it twisting up and dropping everything.

Dont forget to post up pics regardless of which route you take!

 

[Xacave]

Just my two cents...sorry for bumping...
The easy part was a mounting winch and a fairlead on the hitch receiver winch mount. However, I decided that I also wanted the control box and the fuse also to be installed on the hitch receiver, so it was a complete assembly that could simply be plugged be connected to power. I thought that I was assembling mounting the control box and fuse to my JK, but then I thought I wanted it to be a portable winch installation, where I could just connect the complete assembly into the battery. In addition, it is likely to prolong the life of the control box, constantly being exposed with the elements, if it's permanently mounted on the outside of my JK.

Here's what I came up with, bought it from Amazon: http://huntingfishingplus.com/best-deer-hoist/