Gin pole and hoist for my Bckhoe

[Frank S]

By adding a few things to the fork carriage of my backhoe I have pretty much transformed it into a skyhook. Well Hardly but a very useful addition to my arsenal to say the least
First off I had to repair an old roofing hoist I had in order for any of this to be worth doing.
I made a mount for the hoist and a gin pole this will allow me to use any length pole that I can safely pick up with the loader


Then I made a pair of chain eyes to use as anchor points for when I am carrying long bulky and otherwise unyieldingly hard to carry loads on the forks, also to use as stabilizing anchors for a Mono gin pole.

Next I made the top block point sheave to fit on the pole and to anchor the ends of the chains with to give me triangular stabilizers for the gin pole.


I left a lip on one side then staked the bearing in the sheave.


Put it all together with the pipe I used as my spreader bar extension

And this is what I came up with

Now I will be able to fly the purlins a few at a time then afterwards lift the insulation and the sheet metal