laytonlight Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Does anyone know the approximate weight of a 16HP Briggs Single Cylinder? I need to know if one person can lift it off of the tractor safely?
Willy Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 It's best to get some help , unless your built like an ape. I found out through the years the back is not indestructible and there is no shame in asking for help. Good luck
laytonlight Posted August 17, 2008 Author Posted August 17, 2008 Thanks folks. I am not built like an ape, although I do admit to thinking like one at times. :O I'll get some help.
skunkhome Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 quote:Originally posted by laytonlight Thanks folks. I am not built like an ape, although I do admit to thinking like one at times. :O I'll get some help. We are a little smarter than apes....why not use a block and tackle?
olcowhand Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Layton, be good to yourself & buy one of these lifts. Handy for all sorts of lifting. We wouldn't be without one! They are on sale various times of the year for around $150 in a HF store, if one is near you. [url]http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=35915[/url]
acfarmer Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Guess I'm built like an Ape sm06I've been setting Briggs and Kohler engines off and on garden tractors for awhile now.
olcowhand Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 quote:Originally posted by acfarmer Guess I'm built like an Ape sm06I've been setting Briggs and Kohler engines off and on garden tractors for awhile now. I can easily lift them too, but I'm about to hit the 50 mark, and sure is easier to pull things these days that you do NOT want pulled!;) I do fine unless I have to bend all the way over with a heavy load. I can lift a LOT with my legs, but with my back it can be hard to get out of bed the next morning.
firefoxz1 Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Do they really weigh that much because I'm not built like an ape and I just removed one with the S/G on it and didn't think it was that bad. Must have been a high gamma radiation daysm06.
olcowhand Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 I wanna say they weigh closer to 110lbs with starter/gen.
BLT Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 I have a good size wood screw hook in header plate of garage door and 3 part block and tackle 3/8" rope I use for lifting. I do this about two to three times a year. Hook was originally used for my grand kids' spring loaded jumping seat.
rsnik Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Thanks Dan for that link. I am a small, old, wore out guy and I can pull the engine off the frame. However, I don't want to. I want one of the short money "pickers". That looks like a good one. Thanks.
ZippoVarga Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 I use a 500 pound rated "Hoyer Lift" that I got a while back. It's actual purpose was to lift heavy patients out of bed in retirement homes and hospitals. I got mine for 20 bucks at a pawn shop, but I've seen them many times at medical facility auctions and they usually don't fetch too much there either. There's no one part these things won't lift off a tractor and onto a table and it too is collapsible to get out of the way and much lighter than the HF lift. They are built much like a scaled down version of a standard size engine hoist.
Simpleton7016 Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 quote:130 lbs. - 150 lbs. with starter generator on it. quote:Hook was originally used for my grand kids' spring loaded jumping seat. That's a big grandkid you must have there Bob! My wife could bounce in that industrial strength bouncy seat! Actually gives me some good ideas! :D I'll start drawing them up and post them in the lounge. OO
DMedal Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 quote:Originally posted by RayS 130 with the generator. Somebody always has to spoil the fun by posting facts. (thanks Ray) I had no idea I could lift 130#. I can just lift my M18, now I gotta put THAT on a scale. -Don
JJ MARSHALL Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 a 10 hp weight is 115 lbs with everything. up until about a year i would set them out by hand i'm 72 year old. 10s and 16. now i use this.
JJ MARSHALL Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 i put this small size motor hoist on the back of this 2012 simplicity it can easily be removed.i use it lifting motor and other heavy item i also use it for moving other mowers around. right now i have it mounted on a BIG 10. JJ
Vinnie_A Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 I am 67 and have had one knee replaced twice already so I was not too bashfull to ask help last month to lift out two 10 HP engines and replace them two 12 HP Briggs.If I behave myself I still have 8 more years to go on the second one.
Simplicity314 Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 A milk crate is the same height of my 3212. I unbolt it and slide it forward onto the crate for most things. I can and do lift it to the bench, and I am not an ape by any stretch! It is pretty awkward and cumbersome though, so you'd be better off with help.
laytonlight Posted August 18, 2008 Author Posted August 18, 2008 Wow, such a small thing, and this is the first topic I started that rates a flaming folder! :D I unbolted it tonight and, with the generator off, I tested it and found it wouldnt be a problem, so I lifted it off. No pains other than those that are regularly there! Thanks for the info on the small lifts though. Maybe one day when I have more than a one car garage!
laytonlight Posted August 19, 2008 Author Posted August 19, 2008 Everyone likes pictures. Here's the engine out of the tractor and n pulled muscles or bulging discs!
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