H.F. Truck Bed Crane: Subframe Reinforcement
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- I got one of those slightly hokey mini truck bed cranes from the Harbor Freight. Bit of an impulse buy, but I wanted to save my back while loading heavy scrap or equipment. I liked this one because it was compact and would fit nicely out of the way in the bed. Had no delusions however, that the mounting would need to be improved over what the instructions recommended...
My visions of grandeur soon faded as I realized tying into the truck's frame was not going to be as easy as I initially thought. There's not much room between the bed and the frame, and I wasn't real keen on welding directly to the frame. In the end I think it will work decent enough, but may need some additional work for heavy abuse.
Love it at about 30 seconds when the piece of paper shown states 'vehicle not included.'
Because you know somebody had to have complained about that, haha.
Why feet 🦶?
Yeah i returned mine when I found out the truck wasnt in the box
If you over build it you will never no if you under build it you will never forget it
I installed mine a couple days ago. I made a 1” thick aluminum plate that’s a lot bigger than the original mounting plate on top, I used the supplied angle iron on the bottom with plans of stabilizing it to the Reese hitch. It should be fine after I add those supports. The hitch is huge so I can’t get to the frame of the truck
Dude you are a real man. I can’t yet weld and so can’t do this mod. But love it!
Says at the beginning I'm going to do it right the first time... few minutes later the dreaded "FAIL" pops up.😂 nice job tho.
I liked your video very much, especially the editing-in the name of the parts & your diligence to test & make improvements. I also thought your speech cadence was perfect. Best of all, you didn’t utter any ahhs or umhs!
Thanks! I try to make a point to avoid too many "uhms", but they still sometimes sneak in there, haha.
The most important thing to note; "vehicle not included". Here's your sign.
Thank you for this video I was about to buy one of these I'm not ready to go through all that bullshit thank you once again for the heads up
Glad to hear, you would certainly be disappointed if the bed folded when using it. With the bracing this crane has done a lot of service, and it's still going today.
Add a removable extension to the verticals upright and your lift arm will be higher and you can then use a cable winch.
That's what I'm planning. Going to try to use a small winch, braided rope, pully on the end of the arm. Wire the winch and add an inverter for a charger. Tonneau cover over the bed.
Lifting my 200lb plate compactor in and out of the truck bed is either going to be easier this year or with the addition of a pressure washer which weighs a bit less…. Be cause for me to purchase this thing here 😅
Nope… I’m a keep lifting these things for now… probably get an enclosed trailer with a ramp. Yea, that makes sense to me, have all my tools in the cab mostly smh.
Well, the most common ones anyway.
Good video. I have a question. Where do you get the cap or plug for the jack bottle? Thack you.
that jack is a waste for lifting, just mount a hand or electric wench under main arm just in front of upper jack connection and a pulley on end of boom to lift stuff and use jack to position boom high enough to get stuff into bed of truck, good job stabilizing
Nice one
do it like I would put a boat cable winch on top of the base that can resolve the problem of the lifting height
Yeah, could certainly do that. I've had pretty good luck thus far just using a big ratchet strap.
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ll agree with you about Harbor Freight sometimes it’s hard to argue with what they sell things for money wise 80 bucks for that crane does seem like a decent deal i do like your modifications on “Beefin” Up the mounting system although if i was to need or buy one of them i would probably utilize my 2 “ receiver that’s rated to 10,000 lbs plus my truck is a 1 ton Dually that should be pretty stable without any jack stands when i hitch my travel camper to the hitch even with loaded water tanks my suspension doesn’t compress and it actually improves the trucks ride ironically one time my best freind noticed that i purposely stored most of my heavy items inthe front of the trailer to add tounge weight and he asked me why i’ve pulled a 19,00,500 lb fifth wheel with the truck as well as my 10,0000 lb Sport fishing boat that also had a lot of tounge weight with the trailer i use
Weld a scissor jack under the bracing.
Isn’t that end statement always how it works?
Murphy brudda
MRS. JACKIE...MYQUEEEEENNNNN
Damn she's So strong even outside the truck be N inside of Heavenly Father
I'dove to see you load your sled with that
I've done a couple of older sleds, worked good for that. Trying to pick up a big triple from the 90's would be pushing it.
Good job
Thanks! It has come in handy quite a few times.
Can I ask, what is the square tubing diameter? On the 1000 lb. side. 2” or 2 1/2”?
2 3/8" outside on the bigger tube.
toocheaptosmoke thanks..... someone bought my first build.... I didn’t expect it. So I wasn’t able to take measurements.. Since I am in Hawaii... I wanna build another.... instead of buying and shipping it to Hawaii.... I am going to use 1/4” instead of 3/8” for the boom, so I can lengthen it to 5 1/4’ long... I also subscribed to your channel..... thx for the info...
toocheaptosmoke Phineas J. Whoopee Thanks, I built my new crane, if you care to see it. ua-cam.com/video/h0J_Tmt6Z3I/v-deo.html I messed up, I should have put a photo of the new crane @ the beginning of the video. The completed crane is @ the end of the video.
The easiest way is with a thicker bigger plate on the bottom just like the top one and that's it
Unfortunately a lot of truck beds like mine just don't have thick enough metal for this, it would twist the floor up if a full 500 lbs. was lifted.
How a bout w plate welded underneath to bed crossmembers and two square tubes across frame and a plate between jack and bed ?
@@edredfish If you had a heavy enough plate and also tied it into some cross members it would probably work.
What if you attach a leg that can come down under it? Is there enough space?
I think that would work well, and kind of what I originally intended to do. However, it really depends on how your truck's frame, bed, and suspension is setup, there may not be enough clearance or space. That's why I ended up doing it the way I did. Anything you can do to spread out the load will help.
I bought it today and just bolted it on the bed lol.
Just keep an eye on things if loaded heavily, haha. I still use this crane pretty often, it has been working surprisingly well.
@@toocheaptosmoke I could not use it. I have to reinforce it too. Thanks for your video!
Nice
Why dont you just remove the tailgate. Common sense!
is it illegal?
NO...2short 2low
Why Not built something under it 2lift it up? And Don't 2get to keep it Protable...So Short....
lets add some airbags for a kneeling function.
Kapaza 6
Put it on a heavy base...Put it put it 4what it made 4
You're totally doing that all wrong.