Truck crane hitch - video

[Jon]

Truck crane hitch. By Abom79. 40:58 video:

[Tooler2]

I want to do something similar but weld a cross tube under the receiver hitch so I can still have the trailer attached and slip on the crane from either side.

[Jon]

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[Frank S]

I'm sure this is going to eventually wind up being a fabulous crane but so far I've seen what amounts to over a $1000.00 in machine time for a crane that will not be sellable due to cost. Just like I project I am involved in there have been so many revisions and I have had to redesign so many parts to satisfy someone who claims to be a bean counter that I think it will be cost prohibitive to manufacture

[wizard69]

Maybe, I've seen some awfully expensive truck cranes for sale.

However what is fantastic here is that you can demonstrate the value in DIY and having a shop of your own. Even in my extremely simple shop with it lacking tools, I've built things (often out of scrap) that I would never consider paying for. Sometimes it can get stupid too, have have a piece of furnace duct work hanging from an iron bracket that is likely 100 times stronger that needed but it was in the scrap box and I was working late into the evening.

I'm sure this is going to eventually wind up being a fabulous crane but so far I've seen what amounts to over a $1000.00 in machine time for a crane that will not be sellable due to cost. Just like I project I am involved in there have been so many revisions and I have had to redesign so many parts to satisfy someone who claims to be a bean counter that I think it will be cost prohibitive to manufacture

[Jon]

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