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I'll never have a complete engine on the hoist, just a dummy block and heads would be the most....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'll never have a complete engine on the hoist, just a dummy block and heads would be the most....

....that is, until you forget and do have one hangin' there.

Originally Posted by IC2

....that is, until you forget and do have one hangin' there.

No, it's for the chassis table, no reason to ever put a done engine on there.
The car always gets blown apart before it comes off the table anyway...

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

No, it's for the chassis table, no reason to ever put a done engine on there.
The car always gets blown apart before it comes off the table anyway...

OK - you've convinced me

(I just know my history - if it looks like it should work for moving a blivit ........... )

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If you use Brian's guidance, you won't have a problem - even if you have a plain old residential garage floor. Tying the column to the ceiling is the key, since it eliminates most of the "lever." There's little or any torque on the foot plate. Without the ceiling tie, you would have the effect of a giant pry-bar trying to pull the bolts opposite the load out of the floor.

With the ceiling tie, about what you end up with is a fairly spread out vertical load on the floor. Think of it as a big jack stand. It would be much less of a load than one corner of a 4,000 lb. truck sitting on four jackstands.

Bottom line - the ceiling tie takes care of the lateral load. The floor takes care of the vertical load. That's a bit simplified, but it's pretty accurate.