Buying and testing the cheapest truck bed crane we can find!

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Жыл бұрын

*** Amazon link for the crane - amzn.to/3S64g0N **
Let's install a truck bed crane on the car trailer! This will require some minor fabrication and welding, but it will be worth it! Follow along as we put this crane to the test. We'll max out the capacity and see if it holds up!

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@manuallabor7193 Жыл бұрын

Your boom is on backwards. Pivot is on the tail hole.

@rustyassets Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! You are 100% correct! I just looked at the pictures in the product listing and the instructions. Some of the pictures show it backwards, some show it installed correctly. That's the last time I trust instructions :)

@garygerard4290 8 ай бұрын

I looked at the Amazon page - the pics there show the boom mounted both ways - wow, they need to get it Together

@couerl Жыл бұрын

I have the big brother to this, the 2200 lb Rugcel. My welder/fabricator put a 1/2" 2x2 ft. steel plate under the trailer deck with grade 8 bolts (threw the Chinese ones away) and double box iron across the width of the trailer and welded to the frame to boot. I also had him place it just in front of the wheels so the weight gets taken up on a 3500lb axle instead of the corner or the tongue there. An outrigger or jack will help that and I'm sure you've got her tuned up right by now. I lift 1000 lb marble sculptures on mine and deliver and set them up in public sculpture parks and it works great mostly. A couple things I'm not thrilled about is lifting real heavy items will run the battery down fast even with my truck running and having it plugged in. I need more power than a 12 volt heavy duty battery and my 4Runner. The reverse won't work if the power gets low from lifting and so you're stuck with a 1000 lb rock just hanging there until you charge the battery up again and that can take time and be a real pain. I'd love to get a 3/4 ton with big dual alternators, but I'm not rich and interest rates are too high to switch trucks right now anyway. Oh, and don't forget to grease the main bearing regularly or the crane will rust and seize up. Last but not least, my winch and yours didn't come with a "fair lead" block so when you reel in the cable it can bind and Criss cross over and cause the wires to fray. I emailed Rugcel about this and never got any response. Maybe you have to buy that separate? You know what I'm talking about, the rollers in front of the winch that make the wire spool up properly. You've inspired me to do a video on my next marble drop and I appreciate seeing how others addressed the same sort of challenges I had in getting this all to work. Good job.

@BC5391 Жыл бұрын

I bought one made by Velvor last year, I had to reinforce the bottom also, where the boom sits, the brackets were not square. A bit of advice, if you take this on the street, drill a hole all the way through the boom and base, as it will walk, no matter how tight you turn the lever.

@crxess Жыл бұрын

So no local Harbor Freight? $189.99 Note: you are beating yourself up by not Center lifting your loads, and keeping the Boom to low. 2 extended C-channels will stop the flex. Good luck as you learn with this crane and always stay clear of your load.

@johnwaynewilliamson Жыл бұрын

@rustyassets weight limit is due to extended distance from center, so once you get the boom right way around, should be able to lift more at closer proximity to the trailer. Why not weld some supports just below the pivot, angled down to the trailer? that arm that fell off, put a longer one (perhaps removable), it will help you rotate large loads that you dont want to be under (again, once boom is right way around). If you put a pulley at the hook, and run the cable back up to an attachment on bottom near end of the boom, you'll put less strain on the winch and the cable. might want to upgrade to a winch that has a load holding brake.

@carlwillis5505 6 ай бұрын

Instead of the added cost of a trailer jack, mounting time, and inconvenience of placement, just get a piece of rectangular steel that will fit through the tiedown, with multiple holes of course for different terrain, and make a bolt on foot. Cheaper, just as effective. Just need to brace that corner. Just my thoughts.

@dskitch Жыл бұрын

Get a 1/2” steel plate that’s trailer width and 2 ft wide. That will hold and not flex. Bolt plate to trailer or weld then your hoist. Hoist was backwards

@gilsongallego2328 11 ай бұрын

Get a small snatch block. Should help pulling

@LindenRanch Жыл бұрын

The lean you got was exactly the reason I have not bought one of these yet. It will need a lot of reinforcement below deck. Possible but even a bigger chore since I don't weld.

@danielmoore7039 22 күн бұрын

Heck yeah pretty tough u got it ❤💪🙏

@thomasvarner4910 Жыл бұрын

Maybe using a movers dolly on the trailer would assist in placing the load without much effort on your part.

@TomSears-y5g 9 ай бұрын

I think you got your boom on

@RandyZimmerman-pp5wj Жыл бұрын

Always hold your saw at 45degree angle

@kevinredden 2 ай бұрын

You need a couple of dollies to put your stuff on so they can roll

@MakeitZUPER Жыл бұрын

When the trailed deck bent downwards, you said "it wasn't the brace weld failing, it was the deck weld". I don't see how that could be possible if the brace was under the deck and supporting it.

@dodgeme1986truck Жыл бұрын

He needed to use either washers or a spacer to take up the gap between the trailer deck and his reinforcement braces, or he should have clearance the brace ends for the flanges of his trailer crossbeams to weld the braces flush to the underside of the trailer deck. He left a gap

@MakeitZUPER Жыл бұрын

@@dodgeme1986truckI would've put the braces right up against the deck to better distribute the load. Leaving any sort of a gap is asking for trouble. looking at the amount of movement, I think the weld gave way.

@dodgeme1986truck Жыл бұрын

@@MakeitZUPER that's what I was stating the braces weren't flush underneath the deck and there were no spacers to fill the gap which caused the problem

@jcgoogle1808 4 ай бұрын

Yep,.. I don't know why he didn't mount it through the channel main frame just a couple inches away. And cope the 1 additional cross member to be flush to the bottom of the deck.

@mitchhaugsness8965 4 ай бұрын

I believe that you have it put together wrong. If you reverse where the arm is attached to the pivot bracket you will have more lift height.

@manuallabor7193 Жыл бұрын

Should adjust from flat to up not flat to down.

@robertvancina5357 Ай бұрын

By ny opinion you have all wrong - position of the crane should be somewhere on the back around trailer wheels so they can take weight. Crane arm is installed opposite than it is designed so your lifting angles are not sufficient enough to lift anything serious or long, etc....

@hollandduck79 Жыл бұрын

hello from the Netherlands . thanks for the video . Sincerely Hollandduck

@rustyassets Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@robperkins2674 7 ай бұрын

its bending the decking a little reinforcement is needed

@kennyg3733 11 ай бұрын

You put the top of the crane on backwards lol

@jcgoogle1808 4 ай бұрын

Yep,.. what good is a crane if the boom is at ground level?

@JustMe-te8cz 8 ай бұрын

The jib is backwards ... One bolt not tightened ...

@BearCat459 3 ай бұрын

Hey how are ya I found your video because I was looking for a crane similar to this but do you think the vertical pipe can be shortened and still work probably? I need it to be as short as possible.

@rustyassets 3 ай бұрын

It should work just fine. It should be an easy modification