05-10-2012, 06:49 AM
(05-10-2012, 06:25 AM)EdAK Wrote: Dave,
Wow! I thought you had bought that and here you made it from scratch, and for only $25. That's amazing.
Ed
Hi Ed,
Yes I did make it from scratch, just wish I had of taken a few more photos at the beginning of the build.
It was originally 3 pieces I picked out of the scrap bin, the boom has 2 pieces Z cut welded together for maximum weld length. Then ground to make it look like it was not there so the trolley wouldn't have any bumps. The cut is around the sticker portion of it but you cant pick it.
After welding it the first time it had a ever so slight bend in it (looking down on it) from weld shrinkage, so I placed some blocks of timber on the ground outside and set it up as a ramp with it laying on it's side, I then drove my truck up onto it hoping I could get the slight bend out. But as I thought it did nothings and I had to recut it and reweld it again on one side.
This was all done on the side of the beam so I thought if the weld holds the truck weight (around1.2-1.5 ton on it side, it will hold 500kg vertical no problems.
Dave