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In your experience, what would be a minimum height from the ground for a I-beam for a chain hoist.
What size I-beam should I use for a standard chain hoist
The biggest job it would be used for is yanking an engine/tranny.

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Sorry Daryl - too little information to provide a meaningful answer... Correct answer: "It depends".

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Usually on a I-beam hoist, a trolly, that the chain hoisting block attaches to, rolls on the underside of the I-beam. I would like to know if there is a standard size I-beam (width/height/thickness, I'm not worried about length) that most trollies work with. The trolly provides sideways movement. I'd be only looking at about a 1 ton hoist (or should I go bigger? biggrin)

The height of the I-beam in the air would be important so you can hoist the engine/tranny high enough to clear the car.

Fred your set-up looks to be almost 8 feet high, right? I'd probably need a couple more feet higher, accounting for the sideways movement I'm talking about.

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6" wide Ibeam on 2 2X6 in the wall, 24' span. w/ a 2 2 ton chain hoists i picked a 69 caprice off the trailer





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