Jib Crane Update: Upgrading from a Manual Chain Fall to a 1-Ton Electric Chain Hoist

[@edsmachine93]

Good morning Keith, nice always having a extra hand to help out. Nice upgrade with the electric hoist. Certainly going to be a great asset to the shop. Thanks for sharing. 👍🇺🇸👍

[@PhilG999]

Sold many Budgit hoists back in my Sales Engineer days in the mill and industrial supply business! The electric ones work fine but most of my customers preferred air hoists for finer control when spotting loads. Really just a matter of personal preference. In your case getting a good deal on a used electric one beats the snot out of buying a new air hoist!

[@MrArtVendelay]

Now get one for the gantry. Watching you pull those chains makes me nuts.

[@johncarter1150]

Your shop is well equipped!

[@davidmontgomery1016]

Nice addition to the shop.

[@overbuiltautomotive1299]

Another great video Keith and God bless you

[@Ervan-l9v]

Nice addition! Constant improvements.

[@markmccoy1512]

An electric hoist on your blue mobile gantry crane would be great too. I know a guy that repurposed an atv winch on his. Runs it off a 12v car battery

[@walterplummer3808]

Good morning keith! Nice upgrade. Have a great week!

[@timprussell]

Slipped on the ice, in South Georgia, weird weather year.

[@Paul-FrancisB]

Good morning Keith from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧

[@melshea2519]

Happy Wednesday Keith! 😊

[@peterfalconer-h3k]

Good content as always and a good purchase for the workshop but after using an electric hoist it's damn hard to go back to a manual one!

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing. Nice.👍

[@craxd1]

I hang, repaired, and run PM on many of those things years ago, in the hottest and coldest weather. I used to work for one of the largest railcar manufacturers in the US, and jibs were hanging everywhere. I was young, then, but wouldn't want to try it now.

[@peterhobson3262]

I used to do all kinds of things when I was young and dumb that I wouldn't try now that I'm old and dumb.

[@aserta]

14:00 the mounting hook lost its catch. It would be advisable to add one. Because this isn't an industrial use machine, adding a simple piece of thick wire will suffice. That said, beware of jumping loads, that would potentially cause this (as is) to unhook. Have seen this happen once with a snapped chain, and the whole crane fell on the ground (it was a cheapy one that didn't have any kind of safety for the hook to begin with). So be aware of that.

[@jamesbonnema1041]

I hope you have better luck with that hoist; I scrapped mine last week, because they didn't support it with parts, I bought a vendor. Bummed I couldn't justify us made..

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

In Canada we have 575 volts only 3 leads

[@filepz629]

❤️‍🔥

[@kieransweeney]

Hello Keith. Great stuff. Does halving the voltage from 480 to 240v decrease the lifting capacity (by half)?

[@filigrana5518]

The crane beams if properly installed it supposed to be grounded. So, no need to ground the winch.

[@michaeleitel7186]

Sorry but when i saw at 5:55 your drawing the left side looked like a star config witch is for higher voltage and the right looked to triangle witch is for higher current=less voltage. But maybe i missread your way of drawing (without drawn coils). Anyhow thx for your videos.

[@briankitchen6686]

Keith your sound production on your videos are getting worse. Due to deafness I have to use headphones, which works exceptionally well, untill I try to watch your channel where I have to turn on the subtitles, this detracts from viewing pleasure having to read instead of watching the video. Please upgrade your sound or seek professional help.

[@RaymondSwanson-u9y]

240 volts = low voltage? Must be a power tool. 😁

[@VanguardSys]

a BUDGET hoist u will or may be standing under - hahah

[@LuggageStardate]

It looks like a death trap, that hook on the top will pop off if the load shifts or chain pops and the whole thing will fall on someone.

[@samuraidriver4x4]

It's not that bad, yes it would be better to just add a piece of steel wire but it's not going to magically going to fall off. The whole jib crane would tip over before that happens.