Looking for engine crane, near Glasgow buy/lend/beer/hire whatever

[pauldoubleyou]

Living in Dumbarton and looking to get an engine crane somehow for about a week to hoist an engine in place, spot weld mounts in, remove it, weld mounts up, leave engine in. 

 

 

Happy to buy one but would be selling it on again immediately. Local hire companies dont hire them due to being H&S issues with lifting equipment

 

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[doug]

Got one near Ayr but you need to collect it and return it. Heavy and big but fits in a larger estate car.

[richardthestag]

Seriously?

 

They going to stop hiring out lawn mowers in case a stone flips out etc etc etc?

 

world has gone mad

 

good luck getting hold of one, maybe lay your hands on a cheapo jobby from ebay and sell it on again after?

 

 Local hire companies dont hire them due to being H&S issues with lifting equipment

 

 

[Uncle Jimmy]

Engine crane, invalid hoist, not much difference in the kind of weight they have to shift, apart from an Essex V6 perhaps, although I'd imagine Lisa Riley would size up there. Why in this wonderful country of ours is a 7 stone OAP expected to haul a spouse about yet a grown man can't lift an engine out of a car??

[Pillock]

https://www.hss.com/hire/p/500kg-engine-crane-folding

£47 for a weekend, £75 for a week

 

 

https://www.hirestation.co.uk/tool-hire/Lifting/Engine-Hoist-Hire/365874/

£50 per week

[Eddie Honda]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-hand-tools/engine-crane-for-rent/1261684088

[stripped fred]

Engine crane, invalid hoist, not much difference in the kind of weight they have to shift, apart from an Essex V6 perhaps, although I'd imagine Lisa Riley would size up there. Why in this wonderful country of ours is a 7 stone OAP expected to haul a spouse about yet a grown man can't lift an engine out of a car??

OAP's don't usually do the lifting. You need two people to safely hoist someone and they're usually trained carers.