Engine out with no crane

[Jim@sea]

Hire a JCB for an hour. Seriously. A good operator with a JCB and perhaps an Extenda Dig rear boom could send the boom over the engine (without a bucket) with a chain wrapped around it and carefully lift it out.
If you decide to strip the engine before you try and lift it out, (head off etc) it could be worth trying to find out how much the engine weighs first as it is pointless to strip it if it still too heavy to lift out by hand.

 

[Spi D]

Depending on version the weight is 200-220 kg, so you need to rig for that load (multiplied by a safety factor of maybe 6 or 7).

If you do not already have them you can get the owners- and workshop manual here

spidybot.com/bukh/DV10-24.pdf
spidybot.com/bukh/Bukh_DV10_DV20_Workshop_Manual.pdf

 

[capnsensible]

Im just doing a re engine project on my Moody 33. I looked at the boom and gooseneck and at the weight of the old Thorneycroft engine,

The crane is booked for next Tuesday,,,,,,,

We had to cancel Tuesdays lift, blowin old boots.

Today was farewell old friend though. Bye bye 240 kg of Thorneycroft!

Cold move around to main pontoon, two oppos in a rib alongside for power, fendered marina workboat to nudge/tow bow around, with 6 people, doddle. We supplied bacon butties!

Lorry crane bang on time 10.00. All ready to rock, old unit out in 5 minutes.

Result.

Planning!!

 

[Tam Lin]

P.P.P.P.P.P!

 

[BlueChip]

I lifted my Bukh 20 out using the boom - while the boat as in the water in Heybridge basin. As others have said get as much weight off as possible, certainly remove the flywheel which is all we did before moving it and make sure the main halliard is at the lifting point on the boom
I used substantial wood beams as slides, lifted the engine off the mounts onto the wood and slid it into the cabin.
Then I made a sort of ramp at about 45 degrees up the steps and used a block and tackle from the boom to slide it up the ramp and into the cockpit.
We then lifted it out of the boat and lowered it into the dinghy where we rowed it across to the opposite bank near where the car was parked.
I'm not sure I would do it now, but at the time two of us managed it without too much trouble.

 

[fireball]

Last time I used a boom to lift the engine I padded the boom with a bit of 4x2 before attaching the chainhoist - saved risking any point loads on the boom itself ....

 

[capnsensible]

P.P.P.P.P.P!

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