Hoisting a Yaris with a crane

[CoryM]

Sounds fun. Do you have a way to keep the lugs from seeing any bending, or shear loads while lifting? They should only be loaded in tension, and won't take much force otherwise. Also may want to chain the car to the flatbed so that a big bump doesn't bounce it on it's suspension into your boom. 2" isn't much clearance.

Cheers.

[Idahotom]

Originally Posted by CoryM

Sounds fun. Do you have a way to keep the lugs from seeing any bending, or shear loads while lifting? They should only be loaded in tension, and won't take much force otherwise. Also may want to chain the car to the flatbed so that a big bump doesn't bounce it on it's suspension into your boom. 2" isn't much clearance.

Cheers.

Good call Cory, I plan to shim the small gap between my lifting bracket and the brake drum (the hub sticks out a bit) and tighten them up, that should fool them into thinking they are being used as normal. For the loads involved, much less then when being driven, turning sharply and hitting potholes etc., it should be good enough, not ideal but good enough. Yeah it'll be sucked down tight to the bed, and if the so far calculated clearance is too crazy close, I can always put a block on my boom stand to keep it up a few inches higher, the winch keeps it all snugged up.

Hitting all 4 lugs would be better, but a lot more work to fab, and again I think this is good enough. That sounds half ass, but overbuilding is easy, I get a kick out of doing things just enough to get the job done safely. Especially something used twice. I'll consider all four but probably won't bother. Good call though.