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  • kestrou
    Member
    • Oct 2021
    • 57

    Banks Engine Lift?

    I ain't getting any younger, and I'm starting a build with a heavy-ass knucklehead - so am glancing askance at the Banks Engine Lift.



    Besides calling me a pussy for not just lifting the hunk of all-American iron like a man - anybody else ever use one of these?


    kestrou
  • Tattooo
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2012
    • 12407

    #2
    Looks like a great idea to me...... How much are they????? I looked around but I didn't see how much it was..... Ok I found it..... It's $1100.....

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    • kestrou
      Member
      • Oct 2021
      • 57

      #3
      Yeah, not cheap… but compared to having back problems or dropping an engine, I think it’s a bargain!

      kestrou

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      • flatman
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2017
        • 550

        #4
        Just throwing this out, what about a hydraulic engine hoist or a automatic transmission jack?

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        • confab
          Senior Member
          • May 2019
          • 1337

          #5
          Looks good.. I used a two post car lift and a strap, though. Worked fine.

          So, there are ways for less $$$ if you want.

          Also, if you want to do this on a lift table, make sure the legs will clear, first. It won't work on mine for that reason.

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          • 10scDust
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2018
            • 188

            #6
            Originally posted by kestrou
            I ain't getting any younger, and I'm starting a build with a heavy-ass knucklehead - so am glancing askance at the Banks Engine Lift.



            Besides calling me a pussy for not just lifting the hunk of all-American iron like a man - anybody else ever use one of these?


            kestrou
            LOL, not calling you a pussy, I always been told: Work smarter, not harder!
            I have not used one of this type, I improvised a way with soft straps, but my little shop has a bridge trolley for my chain hoist. It's only a pain holding the lift chain out of the way while pulling it through the hoist.

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            • ExplodingCoffinEmporium
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2016
              • 354

              #7
              What a pussy, not just lifting the hunk of all-American iron like a man. Haha but seriously fucking up your back is a one way ticket to shit-ville real fast, dumbasses who don’t realize that are still just rolling the dice. It’s a cool looking lift but at $1100 I couldn’t justify it based on how often I would use it. I’ve been using a craftsman motorcycle jack or 2-ton engine hoist properly rigged for automotive transmissions and motorcycle engines for close to a decade now and it has served me well. Farmall will probably chime in, from his posts the man is a rigging master and would likely have some much more sound advice. Shit if I wasn’t all the way up in far northern IL I’d just swing over and help ya move it. Best of luck

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              • tzienlee
                • Mar 2024

                #8
                personally the lift looks flimsy where the arms come out to 'grab' the motor,
                & the way it 'grabs' the motor is a bit sketchy in my eyes as well,
                seeing that big twins pre 84, (& some post 84), simply sit on the frame mounts,
                I find it easy & a hell of a lot cheaper to build the motor on a small wheeled bench, then move it to the bike lift, raise the lift till level with the motor & simply slide them into the frame,
                or you can get scissor table lift, new a lot cheaper than $1100 or cheper if ya ebay a used one like this...
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                • rockman96
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2018
                  • 893

                  #9
                  Yeah, thats nice but really expensive for what it is... If you were running a shop and doing a lot of installs it might be worth it. Why not rig up an A-frame of sorts, and just use a chain fall or come along? They work well and are a LOT cheaper. Not to mention having to store a big contraption that will get used once in a blue moon.

                  Or maybe an auto engine picker if you don't mind storing it... You can pick those up for a couple hundred bucks.

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                  • DustyDave
                    Super Moderator
                    • Oct 2012
                    • 2003

                    #10
                    I always put the engine on its side on some blocks to level it, then laid the frame over the engine hung a few bolts then tilted it upright. Made it way easier to avoid scratches and chips and back damage. This looks like it's way easier. If I still did bikes that had real frames I think I would spring for one.
                    Dusty
                    Driving that train, high on cocaine
                    Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
                    Trouble ahead, trouble behind
                    And you know that notion just crossed my mind​

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                    • rockman96
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2018
                      • 893

                      #11
                      Originally posted by DustyDave
                      I always put the engine on its side on some blocks to level it, then laid the frame over the engine hung a few bolts then tilted it upright. Made it way easier to avoid scratches and chips and back damage. This looks like it's way easier. If I still did bikes that had real frames I think I would spring for one.
                      Dusty
                      That's a good idea! And cheap too. I found a pic of a 'picker' that someone built, not sure who it was, but could be used as a basis for a good picker to use with a come along or chain fall.

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                      • Tattooo
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2012
                        • 12407

                        #12
                        When lifting a motor out of a frame, I have a rolling small table with locking wheels right beside the bike..... So when I lift a motor out I just step to the right and set it on a engine stand.... No bending over is needed....... Just one motion........ I've never had any problems...........

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                        • kestrou
                          Member
                          • Oct 2021
                          • 57

                          #13
                          Originally posted by tzienlee
                          personally the lift looks flimsy where the arms come out to 'grab' the motor,
                          & the way it 'grabs' the motor is a bit sketchy in my eyes as well,
                          seeing that big twins pre 84, (& some post 84), simply sit on the frame mounts,
                          I find it easy & a hell of a lot cheaper to build the motor on a small wheeled bench, then move it to the bike lift, raise the lift till level with the motor & simply slide them into the frame,
                          or you can get scissor table lift, new a lot cheaper than $1100 or cheper if ya ebay a used one like this...
                          I’m liking this plan…

                          I just build for myself so not more than an engine every other year and storage of big single-use tools is always a problem… a table like that is something I might come up with other uses for - thanks!

                          kestrou

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                          • DustyDave
                            Super Moderator
                            • Oct 2012
                            • 2003

                            #14
                            Anymore all I build Is Sport Scouts. So I set the engine in a chair and bolt the front frame section on.

                            Then the rear section, forks and etc. etc.

                            And it doesn't hurt my back at all to watch the friends I invited over to have a drink and see it on it's wheels take it off the chair

                            Dusty
                            Driving that train, high on cocaine
                            Casey Jones you better, watch your speed
                            Trouble ahead, trouble behind
                            And you know that notion just crossed my mind​

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                            • kestrou
                              Member
                              • Oct 2021
                              • 57

                              #15
                              Day-um Dusty - I need to change what I'm building - that works suh-weeeeet!

                              kestrou

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