DIY I Beam lift

HI guys, just a time lapse video of my Dad I moving and lifting a 8m, 425kg steel I Beam into place without the use of a crane.
All up, the job took a few hours to lift into place.
Feel free to ask any questions.
Cheers

[@steveyknoxville]

Absolutely genius. Well done guys.

[@Shadower75]

Cheer Steve. Have a good one mate.

[@JustTex]

made it look pretty easy. I like how the closer it got to it's resting place the more it looked like an arch! Cheers.

[@Shadower75]

Cheers mate. Yes right preparation, equipment and my old man made the job not too bad. The fisheye lens does that hey. Looked pretty cool.

[@schrodingerscat7218]

After hours of research on solo heavy lifting, I'm loving this one. This is the way. Owning two chainfalls is not a deal breaker at all. You did put some faith in that bottom clamp, though. You and daughter's grin at the end was priceless.

[@Shadower75]

Cheers mate and thanks for watching.

[@larrydykes7643]

Wow this is a great video for anyone wondering how they can get stuff lifted up when building on their own or with just one or two friends! Thanks for filming and posting, it was epic!

[@Shadower75]

Thanks heaps Larry, appreciate it mate.

[@qblinden21]

Awesome! What an experience to do this with your Dad.

[@Shadower75]

Thanks for watching mate and you are right, so much better doing with the old man. Cheers

[@dalebridle6826]

Great home engineering, love how you got the bend in the beam from the wide angle lens!

[@Shadower75]

Thanks Dale, appreciate your comments mate. The bend in the bema looks good hey. Cheers

[@mooypeewee403]

good job i like how you moved it horizontally when it was fully lifted I am about to lift the same beam

[@Shadower75]

Cheers PeeWee. Good luck with your job mate. I was pleasantly surprised how easy my job went.

[@oliveirainvestments2884]

Brilliant!!!

[@Shadower75]

Cheers Oliveria Invest

[@MegaTondi]

Hi, Thanks for the inspiration. We did the same to raise 4 steel beams HEB 320, 11,0m long and 320mm high, beam weight ~1350 kg each.

[@Shadower75]

Hey mate, cheers. Sounds like your lifts worked well. Decent weight too.

[@johnbarron4265]

Goes to show that with nothing other than muscle power and simple machines, and good mechanical knowledge, any job can be done.

[@Shadower75]

Very true John. Sometimes large cranes etc just aren't needed. Have a good one mate.

[@antonios4926]

Well done. From Cyprus

[@Shadower75]

Thanks Antonios from Cyprus.

[@stanislausprataptoppo3097]

fabulous and well done...

[@Shadower75]

Thanks mate.

[@FireCrowsWorkshop]

I've been toying with an idea of self building a garage that would be metal frame with concrete walls in-between. I was wondering how I'd get the beams up without hiring heavy equipment. Sir, you gave me some brilliant ideas right there!

[@Shadower75]

I'm glad the vid could help mate. Good luck with your lift.

[@Joshua79C]

such a tiny rigid wheel dolly you used there, I would have gone with a teeter totter pneumatic six wheel or swiveling four wheel semi-pneumatic, then again they all have a weight limit, and an adjustable height portable overhead hoist would also help but then you also got clearance issues there and not all portable gantry can be easily taken apart and put back together, good to see those makeshift jib cranes did not bend, fail or angle on you leading to the the beam to slip off, good work with what you had at hand!

[@Shadower75]

All those things you mention are great but cost money to buy / hire. When there's a budget to keep too things lying around do the job. The job cranes were never going to bend as they are 50 x 50 SHS and 6mm wall. Could have lifted two beams up with those. lol Thanks for the comment Josh. Have a good one mate.

[@tjinnes]

Great job.

[@Shadower75]

Cheers Tom.

[@APWoodworking]

Great video

[@Shadower75]

Cheers Alex.

[@whatyousaidbud]

Cool!

[@Shadower75]

Cheers mate

[@vipahman]

That beam bent upwards on it's own weight. Amazing!

[@Shadower75]

hahaha crazy stuff. Cheers

[@jamesbowler2489]

are you fucking stupid?

[@johnseidel8971]

That is clearly an anti-gravity beam. That's why they had to bolt it to the pillars. 🧐

[@jembo1959]

Excuse the language but that was bleeding great, I am on my own building a lean to 12 foot high in the front and 10 foot to the back and 20 footlong, the steel legs are in, but I cant lift the 20 foot span steel onto the legs on my own, you have given me at least a chance of sorting this problem out thanks very much.

[@Shadower75]

cheers jimmy

[@williamsouthall1048]

Shadower 75 great work. Do you happen to have side Angle pictures of how you have your cranes clamped?

[@Shadower75]

Cheers William. I do have some pics mate. You have a email add?

[@lololfuni]

This was made in my birthday

[@Shadower75]

Cool

[@garthdc2622]

Hi, great job. Just wondering about those 2 L- shaped brackets that the 2 blocks and tackle are hanging off. I think you said they are 50x50mm RHS. Did you make the L-shapes by welding 2 pieces of the RHS together? Or did they come with the block and tackle? Thanks.

[@Shadower75]

That is correct, just cut the RHS to length then butt welded them together at right angle. I knew with the prop underneath during the lift that the cranes would not fail. Hope that helps mate. Have a good one.

[@randalltindell961]

What type of shackle did you hang the chain hoists from, and how thick was you square tubing?

[@Shadower75]

I used 50mm x 50mm x 6mm wall SHS as the cranes and the shackles were steel rollers with HT bolts holding it together. Cheers mate.

[@craigzee3652]

Good work, work smarter not harder

[@Shadower75]

Pretty good motto that one Craig. Cheers mate.

[@99kevin99]

Dude...the only way you got this is the guy in the yellow shirt has MONSTER legs!! I bet you could have just put it on his back he looks so strong! :) Nice video.

[@Shadower75]

hahahaha thanks for the comment Kev. Have a good one now.

[@sanjcsv-blog8606]

Are there any rebars in the brick posts? the bricks have strong supporting strength but the bending power is weak. this is very dangerous.

[@Shadower75]

As the video says, brick piers core filled with MPA40 concrete and the right size reo bar. Not dangerous one bit when done correctly. Might need some glasses next time when watching..... lol cheers

[@madhavagarwal6491]

How were the cranes attached to the columns?

[@Shadower75]

Hi Madhav, The cranes weight was resting directly down onto the brick piers. I simple clamped the cranes to the piers using large sash clamps. Did the job perfectly. Cheers mate

[@basilleonardo]

Nice work, but why? What are you building that needs that kind of support?

[@Shadower75]

Spanning 8 metres in both directions. Needed no deflection hence the size of the beam. Cheers mate.

[@principle_lecture]

I wondered perhaps if such a small brick pier might not be susceptible to a stress from such lifting. I have certainly experienced a number of failures of chimneys and veneer masonry when subjected to stress from a bending or sideways stress.

[@Shadower75]

Chimneys are not core filled with reo and concrete that's why they fail under bending or sideways load as you put it. Anyone putting a chimney under that kind of stress is asking for trouble. My brick piers are 350mm square, core filled and can handle 5 x the weight it lifted. Cheers

[@eddienolan7129]

I'd have to say I'd be concerned about that too, even a core filled pier is only designed to take downward force, not sideways force. Unless its reinforced concrete core tied into the foundation or something, which im doubting it is

[@principle_lecture]

@@Shadower75 350 mm is about 14 inches, which would leave about a 7 inch square concrete column. What is the lateral load on the column with this lifting method?

[@jenniferzhang9351]

What’s the name of those two lift machines?

[@Shadower75]

In Australia we call them a 'Chain Block', similar to a block and tackle. Now depending on what you are lifting depends on which one you need. I hope this helps.

[@martinlahaise5554]

Jennifer Zhang Harry and Jim.

[@caressabarnes8191]

Where could I get such a prop?

[@Shadower75]

Hey Caressa, are you talking about the 2 blue cranes /props that I mounted on the brick piers?

[@caressabarnes8191]

Shadower 75 yes exactly

[@Shadower75]

@@caressabarnes8191 Those blue cranes were homemade by myself. I used 50mm x 50mm x 6mm wall SHS. I butt welded them at the 90 deg angle. I clamped them to the brick pier and propped them on top of the pier so the didn't drop under the beam weight.

[@Nerb1]

Good work. You sure it was 425kg? A 310UB32 at 8.1m should weigh 260kg... not that that changes the methodology.

[@Shadower75]

I was going off the truck driver that craned it off, stated its 425kg. Its a 310 ub 46 and I just checked my charts and yes mate, it comes under 400kg. Whoops.....lol

[@Nerb1]

Truck drivers! Ha, guaranteed to exaggerate! Not that i was expecting you to put 374kg on your shoulder! In that case, it is 307mm high also ;)

[@Shadower75]

hahaha you are all over you beams mate..

[@martincastano3487]

What length is this ibeam

[@Shadower75]

8.5m that one.

[@achnatonduman6953]

chiper end technisch respect pro hero super turbo team work

[@Shadower75]

Cheers mate and thanks for watching.

[@frostbitevinnie]

And here I thought you Aussies lived in huts! Dummy me!

[@Shadower75]

lol, cheers mate.

[@ranchoelchamusquito3683]

this is genius! fuck expensive machinery!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Shadower75]

Thats it hey. Thanks for watching mate. Cheers