Which engine hoist?
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Mine has "Ex-Cell" on the label. Its 20+ years old. I forget where I bought it. Doesnt collapse down like modern hoists do, which isnt too convenient. It handled the Dmax without problem.
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i have a harbor frieght one and seems to be working fine, a buddy of mines had one but didnt not have a smooth action lowering the load (unpredictabaly fast). but we fixed it by using staba lube hydraulic jack fluid and works like a champ, its been trought dozens of swaps. one thing to note is that (atleast mines) some of the bolt holes was undersized so i have to use a step drill bit to get the bolts to fit and assemble it. sorry but i cant spell and i do not want to download "iespell" 
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i have a harbor frieght one and seems to be working fine, a buddy of mines had one but didnt not have a smooth action lowering the load (unpredictabaly fast). but we fixed it by using staba lube hydraulic jack fluid and works like a champ, its been trought dozens of swaps. one thing to note is that (atleast mines) some of the bolt holes was undersized so i have to use a step drill bit to get the bolts to fit and assemble it. sorry but i cant spell and i do not want to download "iespell"
X2 on the harbor frieght engine hoist. it colapes and does great work used it for a 1500lbs milling machine. plus the ram is change able if you need new one just keep the hoist and just get a new jack for it. best $150 i paid plus it came with a 1000 lb engine stand free when i got mine.
2006 Kenworth 8400# hydraulic crane
Oh yeah Albert I forgot I have a service truck sitting in my driveway :rofl:
Im leery of harbor freight stuff on anything other than a compression tester or things that wont kill me or my truck if they fail.
I have actually had very good luck with most harbor freight stuff , but i do a general rule of thumb that what ever they rate it at for its capacity i usually figure i trust it to 70-80% of that , so if its rated at 2000 lbs i'll trust to maybe 1500
but seriously there stuff is pretty decent for the $$x3 on the $150 HFT special. Sure drops quick but for $150 plus 20% off coupon I'm not complaining.
damn straight. i got it for $150 plus 20% off and i got the engine stand free too. love it for the money i used it to pull a detriot out too.
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HaHa! Did Reece tell you i have been hauling around a blown up lb7 in the back of it for a month:thumb:
I have had good and bad luck with Harbor Freight, just look it over real good if looks fairly well put together it will be fine, if it looks like a POS well.....
I bought 9k Directlift in the spring and it's a great lift. Ben has the same one which is why I bought it.
Were talking engine hoist, cherry picker, motor snatcher,service truck cranes (Albert) etc. Not lifts