Rent a forklift
 

I need to drop a couple motors into my boat and the best way to do it would be a forklift.
Anyone rent one or do rentals? Looking for one to be dropped off and picked up a couple days later.
What kind of pricing should I look forward to? Just want to be educated before I go looking.

it's probably looking at around 250-300 a day for a regular forklift a telehandler would be more but it would probably be worth the extra money

If you only need to pick up and set the motors in the boat, it would be cheaper for a tow truck (with a boom). Maybe $200 or less. PM me i will try to help you.

Joey

I own some telehandlers and wouldn't trust myself over fiberglass! I'd trust myself backing boat out from the hoisted engines with a chain hoist connected to a steel beam.

I tried getting my engine out with a standard forklift and the arms were not long enough. Make sure you take some measurements before you rent one. Jeff Wurl

We pull our truck engines at my shop using a skid loader with forks instead of a bucket attached (bobcat, caterpillar etc) outdoors or indoors. If you don't have good headroom you'll need to do this outside.
Rent one for the weekend and you'll usually get a single day rate for Sat and Sun as along as the hour meter doesn't go over 8 hours. Get it for the week and it should be 7 days for the price of 4 daily rentals. Grab a bucket too and you can do a lot with one around your property if you need some grading or digging done.
If your in the Lake Conroe, Texas area I could loan you one for a Sat and Sun if they're not all out in the field at jobsites, just fill it up with diesel when your done.

see ya,
Kelly

pettibone.. I have used this for many engine swaps. never a scratch and lots of ability to line up when reinstalling.

I just did this with a tow truck a couple weeks ago. Worked great and under $200. The boom on the truck had two independently controlled hooks on it. We had a loop of chain bolted to the rear of the heads and another bolted to the front. Each loop was connected to one of the chains. It worked well since he could adjust the tilt. Took us one hour exactly to get two engines in.

RSC is nationwide and will rent all sorts of things. Forklifts and telehandlers aren't trivial to drive and weight A LOT. Be careful with this route.
Randy

I like the tow truck idea if this was any other install but this time it’s a new install. Meaning that everything has to be lined up, stringers have to be drilled for the mounts, transmissions and the distance for the driveshaft to the V drive also have to be lined up. And then I have to do it all over again for the front motor (that’s right, one in front and one in back). So I ’m sure a tow truck driver would love to hang around while I did it but the money would be adding up the whole time making me not take my time doing it.
I was kind of afraid about the forks on a forklift being to short. Seems like I was thinking right.
I like the skid loader idea. Do you need any special license (like I am a certified forklift operator) to rent one? What’s the rates on something like that?
Damn, to be honest, I may have to start looking for a gantry set up. 250 a day after a couple three days I could buy one and being a old race boat with a wild set up it’s very possible I will need one again.
Any other ideas? And the tree thing is out. Nothing strong enough.

Trust me, the skid loaders rule!!!

They carry their fork attachment a lot further in front than a standard forklift and you'll get much better control moving fore and aft and laterally side to side delicately thanks to the 4 wheel drive that can have baby forward motion on two tires and rear motion on the other side of the machine, forklifts only do good forward and backward only, the two rear steering tires make slight movements with your load damned difficult. This is 10 times worse if your forklift is in the dirt and not on concrete, the loader doesn't care where you are even if it's on a hill, just have dry soil not mud beneath it.
You should be able to rent one with just a DL and a credit card for the deposit. Ask for Caterpillar joystick controls and not the Bobcat row your boat with boom foot peddles or Case Controls row your boat and using wrist motions for the boom.
I've had an 8 yr old operating up at my country property, he didn't grade very well but after I taught him how to wheely the machine with the right bucket height he was doing better in it than he was on his PW80 dirtbike
Joysticks rule too. It's changes direction like a dirtbound fighter jet. except slower, LOL!!!

See ya,
Kelly

There is a rental co. in Deale MD. 20751 You can rent a bobcat with the fork attachment for around $250 From Sat at noon until monday morning. That price is you picking up and returning. If you need a trailer to transport it that is about $40 more. Good Luck.

Joey

Find a used gantry, and chain fall.

Forklifts will drift down a bit and for what it sounds like your doing that will be an issue.

Good for picking or dropping in, but not for rigging

I bought a gantry, telescoping legs, goes up to 16'tall, 10'wide on ebay for $500 its on wheelsproblem is you have to store it , or have a forklift or skidsteer to take apart

F-inscreename - I bought a Gantry Crane, Trolley and Chainhoist from Harbor Freight for under 500 bucks. Worked wonderfully.

makes for nice Landscaping anyways :lolhit:

There is water in the background NICE!!!

You aren't using that old fork lift to put engines in ???

Fixx
 

I have and used both :drink:

butt his wife sayz that motor is'nt going in untill the windows are all done ! :eek::lolhit:

get a come along and a good sturdy tree.....just sayn

My buddy owns a rental shop up here in Washington state, we use telescoping reach forklifts and excavators all the time... reach forklifts are definitely they way to go....:coolcowboy:

I take offense to that! :lolhit:

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HAHA - yeah I had a couple projects going on at once there. In the end, it all got done, but man I hate doing everything by myself.

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Showing off.:drink:

to say the least BIG Daddy .......:ernaehrung004:

I have actually !!!! not for rerigs though !!!!

A joke, funny, like a clown... :lolhit:

But in the end you did it yourself and it's much more rewarding thay paying for it... At least that's how I feel or what I keep telling myself. :drink:

Nice job on the front doorstep!

I used a 15 ton hoist with plenty of head room, wasn't sure how much those puppies weighed...

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Can I borrow that? What do you think it would cost to ship that thing back and forth?:lolhit:

nothing like being on the safe side :eek::drink:

I have to admit it was pretty commical while doing it. The boat just "happened" to be parked under the hoist....:drink:

Was this the one you got? I was thinking about it, looks like the price may have went up.

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-ton-t...ane-41188.html

Huh - It looks a little different but I imagine it is the same one, just different colors.

You know I Just remembered the one I Bought was only about 7'10" wide - it fit my 8' beam because my Cafe tapers down a litlte in the back.

This is the one I am looking at.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...&ci_sku=103181

Looks a lil cheezy BIG Daddy :coolcowboy: i'd be lookin for a Heavier duty model :drink:

there 1 on baltimore craigslist

This the one I got.
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-ton-t...ane-41188.html
Between the Northern Tool and Harbor Freight it came down to price. With a promo code I found (20% off) I went with the Harbor freight one and I ended up getting it to my house for less then the list price.
Should be Monday.

Harbor Freight puts them on sale alot. They are a little cheezy. I found a 2 ton gantry on craigs list for 250.00. It was 6 years old but only used one time and kept in a warehouse. He threw in 3 trolleys also. I have a forklift also and sometimes that, works better because it has more height but I always feel safer using the gantry.