The Saga of the Engine Hoist


Joey models our new big lifter

At first we decided to build our own Hoist, when it came to it we decided that it would take up too much precious "build time" so we thought about renting one. The first tool hire place we called wanted £45 for a weekend hire.
We then looked into buying one. We tried "Portland Tools" in Lincoln and they had a 1 ton engine hoist for £139 inc, so for just over 3 weekends worth of hire charges we could actually own one!
As we have the Granada sitting there and this will require the engine removal at some point and then if we decide to work on this engine and then fit it to the RH, we will have saved money by buying rather than renting.
So if anyone wants to borrow a spanking new hoist for £10 a weekend let me know.
I'm not so sure we should put this on the costings page because it could quite easily be used for other things such as our Mondeo should it play up anymore, but I will anyway.



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