Need to pull a four cylinder or smaller engine? Can't get access to a 3-ton overhead hoist on a power trolley? Here are some ideas we've come across to help pull your engine. None are recommended as ideal. Some aren't even recommended!

• Rent a cherry picker or floor crane from a rental center.
• Borrow a local utility or tree company's bucket truck and tie a chain fall to the bucket.
• Borrow a forklift, a front end loader or backhoe.
• Hire a tow truck service and use the extended boom of the wrecker.
• Build a tripod. Take three 8' horizontal supports from an abandoned chain link or cyclone fence, flatten one end of each 8' piece, tie together the flattened ends with a bolt and now you have a tripod. Hook a chain fall to it and you can begin pulling your engine.  Dr. Diesel has been building these he was 16 and working on a Perkins 4108 engine at a boatyard in Downeast, Maine.

You shouldn't sacrifice your toes to a Perkins 4108 in your boat, or to a head from your the Deutz diesel in your Bobcat 863 Skid Steer Loader.  We recommend steel toe work boots while pulling an engine. If you just have to wear casual shoes, Lehigh Safety Co. (800-444-4086) can ship you a pair of steel toe running shoes (Model 5300), to maintain the cool factor, or boat shoes (Model 1644) in time for the weekend.  Your toes are to important to to lose to a Perkins cylinder head.


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