Easy lift for Genset into back of Cruiser.

You can have my wife for a genset .

Sorry Troopyman, I already have a beautiful wife and 2 generators, just wanted another beautiful helper to go with the second backup generator.

Chris,

It isn't just a life sentence for you but also your family who have to live with you ;)

Cheers Kev

Sign in orthopaedic surgeon's waiting room;

"If you have got a bad back then you'll be back"

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Sorry - SIR Kev, and its Darkie, not Darlie - I didn't proof read.
Chris

Chris, I'm sure Kev calls his Cruiser "Darlie" in their quiet moments together in the garage.

Don't let the WWW know of my secret dealings with Darkie.......Steve hahaha

OK, Sir Kev, you asked for it.
Here's a story, which may be true:
Sir Kev couldn’t sleep. In the small hours, under the stars, he sat, thinking. To keep himself occupied, he decided to check the winch cable attached to Darkie, just to make sure there were no stray strands, or contaminants. As he coiled up the wire, he gave it an extra, almost sensual, wipe with a cloth. Then Sir Kev checked the snatch strap for damage. He almost caressed the strap as he coiled it.
He continued to check things on the vehicle, a polish here, a shot of DWF there. Then he thought of the plans for the next day: rough country, probably need low air in tyres, even the diff locks – who knows.
So Sir Kev set about checking the air lockers, made sure he had the Straun deflators set to the right pressure. Not much else to do, really.
Sir Kev sat as the first light appeared. As he sipped on a cup of tea, he thought he heard a sound from Darkie, behind him. Was that just a hiss of compressed air from the lockers, or was it, could it be, a lover’s sigh?
Aahhh, Darkie, exclaimed Sir Kev, I knew you cared.

Hi Kim or should I call you "Great Brown Snake Hunter"

I've toyed around in my head with this design for a while.

Never done anything about building it.

The A Frame will pivot on the black dot in the picture and drop down onto the roof rack in travel mode.

The spare wheel will bolt securely onto the block marked "A"

And the A Frame will settle onto the rack on the support leg marked "E"

When loading and unloading the spare the A Frame will go to where it is shown now, about 45 degrees.

The only bit I've not really put much thought into is some form of gas strut to aid the A Frame's movement to and from the 45 degree position.

My design would require the wheel be bolted to and unbolted from the support block marked "A" before the A Frame is tilted out and after it is tilted back onto the rack.



Geoff

Of course Kim after I explained the design to you I thought that it'd be better to pivot off the bottom edge of the rack and toss the support "E" away altogether.



Geoff

Hi Geoff,
That is an excellent design. Like you say all you need now is a way to control the A frame onto and off the carrier. Back to the drawing board.
Michael

Thanks Michael,

As I see it there is a couple of ways I can do the A Frame control, one is a gas strut.

The other is some form of coil spring wound around the pivot axle, sort of like you find on the tail gate of horse floats.

As you say, back to the drawing board!

Geoff

Gidday Geoff

You’re probably not aware of this, but many of the members and respondents on this site are grizzling old fellas beyond their used by date.

Unfortunately the body shrinks, the mind gets vague and the silly old farts think they’re still capable of throwing a 40Kg wheel 2.5m on to a roof rack.

If you can come up with a design to overcome this problem don’t blame me if you become a rich man. LOL

Regards

Kim

Hi Kim,

At 49 I'm seriously starting to resemble those remarks! (Except for the shrinking bit. In my grandfathers words I'm almost as quick to climb over as walk round these days)

I'm working on the idea, I'm working on it!

Geoff