Re: Power lift for my 1978 Dodge van

Nate Nagel wrote:
> 
> cuhulin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > I was thinking about welding a steel plate to a piece of pipe and
> > bolting the plate to one of the van's rear bumper brackets behind the
> > rear bumper.A pipe with a hook welded to one end of the pipe, pipe
tall
> > enough to clear the rear doors, pipe would slip into the pipe which
> > would be welded to the steel plate.And using a come along or one of my
> > boat trailer winches for lifting heavy loads into and out of my
van.Any
> > ideas?
> > cuhulin
> >
> 
> Why not start the whole thing off with a trailer hitch?  then use the
> receiver as your starting point so you can "unhook" the whole mess when
> you don't want to use it.

And buy the whole thing complete at Harbor Freight for ~$225 ready to
go. Not worth the effort to build when it's that cheap.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47591