OK, so the instructions seem to stop at the whole “harbor freight 2ton hoist pic” and then say go move it where you want to now. Press all rotated like it wont fit on the stand. Then the forklift instructions show it hanging in the sky but nothing to get it on the stand.
Forklift is a no brainer, I sold mine, so that option is out. renting one is the same cost as the HF “A” frame. I don’t want that thing and honestly I am looking forward to selling the hoist procured from offer up to conserve room.
I see the gent who used an eye bolt and a engine hoist. That resolved the fit between the legs part.
Anyone use the 2 ton crane by itself? a 2 ton crane/hoist should be able to be extended all the way out right to the 1/2 ton pin or 1000lbs? might need a few kids on the back of the stand but doesn’t the machine by itself weigh like 800lbs? so then the 2 ton all the way out should work. My shipping weight was 1300 but that was the stand, tools and pallet so where did I see 800lbs?
I really don’t want to be the first one to do this 100% with an engine hoist but I think it is gonna be me. Plus to stop and take pics of this task so other may follow.
due to my finances not being where they were at the time and HAAS wanting 3k just to show up to troubleshoot the problem with the machines motherboard. I put on my static wrist band and went to work. The 220v trace on the board was fried and I was able to repair and reinstall some 60+ plug ins and wires. I am not worries about that. 1 step at a time. getting this top heavy thing off the pallet and up some 24"…not so much. but I see something between the lines in your response that may make me feel better. if one were to drill 4 small holes in the front of the “J” and criss-cross 2 more braces then one could actually get the shelf off but the 2 stand sides would be more stable to merge the top and stand…then move out and put it back on…then either remove or leave the new front X so to speak… hmmmmmm
ask your partner if that would mitigate his concerns please.
it looks like your partner used the level hoist to cris/cross 2 of the mounting holes. I have the brackets so I will be more centered as expected but I dont know what the difference would be. also he was 1 pin short on extension which would have allowed more stand to fit between engine hoist legs. I am looking at the pic for differences. ask him if that would help mitigate.
Hey Langmuir!!! do you have any more pics oftep putting it on the stand? or additional instructions other than “move it freely about the shop”?
I did the whole thing by myself. I edged the brake off of the pallet onto the thick wood blocks as described but as others have mentioned the engine hoist just wasn’t going to work so I went to plan B. Plan B consisted of using the hoist to put the brake on two of my car dollies so I could slide the brake under my 4 post lift. Once under the lift I slid the jack tray above the brake then used a chain to go from one lift plate to the above the jack tray then to the other lift plate and secured the chain to the plates. Lifted the brake with 4 post and set it on the base, bolted it down and it was done!
Sorry, I didn’t take pics but it shouldn’t be hard to picture.
I assembled by 100% by myself using an engine hoist. I don’t have have any pictures to share, probably for the best.
Extend out engine hoist as far as you can and picked up the Titan 25T from the shipping pallet using the Titan Lift Plates. Need to get the lift point as low possible between the plates to get the most lift height possible. I used a log chain as my lifting straps were too long. (I sat the Titan 25T down on the legs of the engine hoist after getting it off of the pallet to reposition the lift point lower.)
Put the Titan Stand up on blocks to create clearance for the engine hoist legs to move under the stand. I used 3 pieces of 2x4 wood blocks stacked for the correct height.
Push the engine hoist under the stand and muscle the Titan 25T into place on the stand. This was the sketchy part as the Titan 25T wasn’t square to the base. Remove the engine hoist.
Use a floor jack / prybars to remove the 2x4 blocks until the stand is on the floor, also a sketchy part.
Wheeled the table underneath, lowered it and rolled it away.
The hardest part was that my pallet jack is approx. 27" wide and the skids on the pallet were approx. 26.9" apart… So I could get the jack underneath. So just lifted one side on the tips of the jack and used a pipe to leverage it a few inches at a time but it worked.
That would make me nervous working under all that block unsupported and than hanging something from it. I hope there is a lintel or beam or something in that block.
Yeah I was worried but not by the block. There’s a steel beam in there. I borrowed the strap and despite the adequate rating it felt so old and a bit brittle. So I went slow. Zero issues.
This entire thread makes my hands and feet sweat. I don’t have the Titan but I bought a 1200 pound chipper for the back of my tractor. They said they would be delivering by a freight truck and I needed to be there to accept delivery. I assumed they would have a hydraulic lift gate. Nope.
So I put forks on the bucket of my tractor. It was very scary and any little movement of the tilt up or down would make the entire pallet rock wildly. I realized that the pallet did not have any bottom boards to help hold onto the forks. The driver decided that he would move his truck away rather than have me back up. I then feathered the tilt ever so slightly to curl the bucket toward me as I lowered the bucket.
As it turns out, I had hit the max of the lift of the bucket with those forks. I would not be able to lift to the height of that truck bed but I was able to tilt the bucket enough to clear the bed. Once it was on the ground, I attempted to lift it again. It would not budge upward.
One thing to remember about that row of blocks is any flexing in that beam may cause the mortar joints to crack and at some point maybe one could fall. If it were me I would wrap both side of that block work with some OSB and run some straps around it. But I cant see it as well as you so maybe your good.
I just used the angle iron the it shipped with. Drilled one more new hole on each one.
This work great. I used the bolts that it shipped with to mount it.
