07-11-2020, 04:59 PM
I always envy people who have a nice, large, airy workshop with plenty of room. I have to make do with a damp hole of a 25' x 12' garage with just about 7' of headroom. However, I have a 'Haltrac' hoist that I was given as a Christmas present over 50 years ago. It consists of four poles that bolt to a short beam that goes to the top with a loop welded to it to take the hoist. The hoist is a clever device that uses wire rope and has a complicated catch to stop it from coming down unless you want it to. It's surprisingly sturdy: I have used it to remove and replace Landrover and 6 cylinder Jaguar engines, and neither of them is exactly light!