Scaffold Crane and Hoist -- For material lifting

[bimmer1980]

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When I was bricking my garage, I needed a way to lift loads of bricks up to the scaffolding. My skid steer would not lift high enough and I didn't want to rent a telehandler for a long period of time.

The made my own small pallet lifter -- similar to what you see on the knuckle boom trucks for picking full skids of material. Since I was only using a small Harbor Freight hoist, I sized the pallet lifter to be of a reasonable size.

I also had to make a special trolley to attach the harbor Freight hoist the to I-beam.

I used a couple of 3" angle irons to sandwich onto the walk-thru scaffolding. Then the beam attaches with beam clamps. This allows the hoist to easily slide from one side to the center and to the other side if necessary.