Engine Hoist/stand?

[TwistyTunedE30]

Anyone have any ideas on a reliable and cheap engine hoist / stand combo? Im looking for something to get my m20 out of the race car, and a rotating stand to finish building it up. I cant seem to find anything local thats not an 8 ton lift capacity for over 200 bucks. a 1 ton would more than suffice.
-Max

[e34john]

you can probably find something cheap at harbor freight

[Turf1600]

I got mine at northern tool

[Jand3rson]

Harbor Freight FTW. Although I got mine for $25 (engine stand) at this big tool liquidation sale they had here in town a few months ago.

[mrsleeve]

Yeah HF or give tractor supply company (TSC)

[JGood]

I got a stand, load leveler, and hoist from Harbor Freight. GET A LOAD LEVELER. I got everything for like $150. Worth every penny - VERY good quality parts, too. I'm impressed, with it coming from Harbor Freight and all...

Get quality chains too. 400lbs of metal falling on your foot may or may not create pain.

[TwistyTunedE30]

hey thanks, i was looking at harbor freight and they do have some good stuff, ill have to run by there on monday. they have a sale on the rotating stands for like 35ish , but i didnt see the hoist online. How sturdy was your stand? Just curious for torqing purposes
-Max

[Jand3rson]

Harbor Freight gets a bad name because about half of the shit they carry actually is crap, but they really do have a lot of good stuff. People scoff because it's not a name brand, but I've actually gotten a few kick-ass tools there for so dirt cheap, I almost felt guilty.

[blazing]

Harbor Freight engine stand with M20 on board.
Make sure you get the one with the legs as shown the lesser ones get a little tipsy.

[Bill 84 318i]

Anyone have any ideas on a reliable and cheap engine hoist / stand combo? Im looking for something to get my m20 out of the race car, and a rotating stand to finish building it up. I cant seem to find anything local thats not an 8 ton lift capacity for over 200 bucks. a 1 ton would more than suffice.
-Max

I actually have to get rid of my cherry picker and engine stand. I'll PM ya.

[JGood]

I have the same one, I've had several engine bolted to it, it's very sturdy.

Harbor Freight engine stand with M20 on board.
Make sure you get the one with the legs as shown the lesser ones get a little tipsy.

[325Projectz]

hey thanks, i was looking at harbor freight and they do have some good stuff, ill have to run by there on monday. they have a sale on the rotating stands for like 35ish , but i didnt see the hoist online. How sturdy was your stand? Just curious for torqing purposes
-Max

my hf hoist is awesome, 3 years and still works like a champ. i have 3 of their stands and they work great too.