215 engine transport?
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Laughing Gas
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From: Calais, Vermont
215 engine transport?
Over the cold Vermont winter I lovingly rebuilt my 215 in my studio space. That was easy. I just carried the clean and disassembled motor pieces into my house, painted them, and put it back together on a borrowed engine stand. It's been the centerpiece of my studio for about five months. But, as nice as it was to get to know that little motor again, it's time to get it back into the barn. The only problem is that in its assembled state, it weighs a lot. I think I can fashion a way for four people to carry it by using two lengths of pipe attached to the motor, each running perpindicular to the axis of the crank. One is attached at the heavy stamped steel front engine mount. The other is at the butt end where I'll have to provide 1/2 inch spacers to get the pipe to bridge the back of the oil pan. As I get ready to prepare these pieces of pipe with their bolts and spacers, etc., I was wondering if anyone else has faced a similar problem and if anyone had a better solution. The path from my studio to the back of a truck so I can drive it to the barn has door thresholds, squishy grass, and misc other obstacles which makes rolling it on the motor stand with its little metal wheels out of the question.
Clean & Classy
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From: Riverside CA..
I recently watched two men deliver my refrigerator in a novel manor.
They used a loop of webbing,sort of a heavy towstrap in a circle.
they layed the loop on the ground in an extended loop, then the positioned the frig over both sides of strap, they each looped one end of strap over their necks and while pushing outward on the fridge they straightened their legs and the frig seemed to magically float a couple of inches off the ground. They walked it all the way in the house that way over threshold and all. No dolly, made it look easy.
You might be able to use this method, I dont think your engine wood outweigh the frig.
The trick seems to be getting the "loop" just the right length. Wayneth
They used a loop of webbing,sort of a heavy towstrap in a circle.
they layed the loop on the ground in an extended loop, then the positioned the frig over both sides of strap, they each looped one end of strap over their necks and while pushing outward on the fridge they straightened their legs and the frig seemed to magically float a couple of inches off the ground. They walked it all the way in the house that way over threshold and all. No dolly, made it look easy.
You might be able to use this method, I dont think your engine wood outweigh the frig.
The trick seems to be getting the "loop" just the right length. Wayneth
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