Progress on my Project (LG 50 pounder)

[marcusb]

I have been going back and forth how to get my Little giant upright after transporting it to my shop. I finally caved and asked a co-worker for help. Took us about 2 minutes to have it up and unhooked, amazing what 100 HP can do :)

 

 

 

Now I can give it a bath, good oil up and some dies

 

 

On a side note, I need demensions on sow block and dies if anyone has one they could measure for me.

[SoCal Dave]

Marcusb:  The people at Little Giant should be able to give you the needed info.  Give them a call.  They can tell you a lot about your LG by the number on the side.  Good luck.  

[Don Hanson]

Nice!

 

I moved my first 100 lb LG around with a 50hp tractor. Larger machine would have been better.

 

Little Giant also has sow blocks and dies in stock.

[marcusb]

Thanks for the tips guys, I will give LG a call. I was hesitant to just ask for demensions without purchasing anything. I have plate gathered for sow, 4140 for die material, hoped to give it a go myself to keep the costs lower.

[danguite]

What are those pipes you're using under the hammer? I'll be picking up my 50lb hammer this weekend hopefully and have been struggling with how to move the xxxx thing around once I get it unloaded.

[Frosty]

The pipes under his hammer are rollers so he can move it to it's destination.

 

I wish I'd had a backhoe to move mine, we loaded it on the trailer with a loader. when I got it home I slid it back off my trailer till it got to the tipping point and then ran a come along to the building's roof arch and used a line to the trailer as a break to keep it from coming vertical too quickly. Then I used short lengths of 1/2" round as rollers to fine tune the position I wish I'd used longer rollers.

 

Remember to sweep the floor first!

 

That's a nice looking hammer, looks just like mine. Don't worry about asking questions of the LG guys, they're in it to preserve them more than making a buck. Good folk, I sent in the Ser. # on mine to get a little history and they sent me the LG manuals for it gratis. And I'd just bought the Power hammer book. Get a copy, it's really REALLY handy to have on hand.

 

There're pics of the brake I put on mine somewhere on IFI if you're curious. I DO recommend a brake, it makes the hammer so much more versatile.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

[danguite]

Yeah I figured they were for moving it, I was just wondering what sizes would work best. PVC will break most likely, those look to be maybe two inch OD black pipe?

I think if I had three of them about 30" long each that might be enough.

[lloe01]

How much does a 50 lb Little Giant weigh?

[MLMartin]

I thin it was 1800lbs for the 50lb with a electric motor, and 1600lbs for the 50lb with a flat belt center clutch.  I removed all the parts from the frame to make moving mine easier. It had to come to bits anyway as it needed a full rebuild. 

[Jack Evers]

Yeah I figured they were for moving it, I was just wondering what sizes would work best. PVC will break most likely, those look to be maybe two inch OD black pipe?

I think if I had three of them about 30" long each that might be enough.

On a perfectly smooth surface a roller is a roller. 1/8 inch as good as 3 inch. As the surface gets rougher (or dirtier - sweep up ahead), the roller should be bigger. 1" nominal as a minimum should be fine on concrete. maybe 2" on packed dirt. Mine was moved with motor attached and was top heavy. I used 1 inch as I recall, but had ropes from the top to prevent it tipping.

[marcusb]

Update:

 

Hammer is saftley in garage, rolled in with bar no problems. The pipes pictured are indeed around 2" od. I chose this size so that once rolled up to my garage I could use smaller pipes on the floor and transtition over the lip between the garage floor and drive way. Worked great.