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House and Home Magazine - July 1956 - Return to Main Search
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I Jj Truck cranes cut down framing and

In Illinois and on Long Island two contractors independently hit on a solution to on-site hoisting problems: a homemade truck crane.

In Springfield, lumber dealer Adolph Lubin built a telescoping boom of I-beams and mounted it on a flat-bed truck (above, left). The crane is powered by a winch in the truck bed and is controlled from the cab. Lubin uses it to set entire prefab walls in place, to position the entire roof structure at one time (preassembled on 2' centers) and to put palleted material on the roof for the carpenters. The machine can be used in the yard, over the road and

sheathing costs

at the site. Lubin estimated the cost of fabrication at $200.

Long Island contractor Murray Gorelick specializes in framing and sheathing houses for Long Island builders and needed an inexpensive elevator for ceiling joists, roof framing and sheathing. He welded a crane to the front of a war surplus "command car" (above, right) and now raises sling loads of material to the top plate level, instead of the conventional wrestling of a few pieces at • a time by teams of expensive workmen. Both machines are operated by truck drivers.

Temporary bracing and homemade gin pole speed on-site assembly

Lu-Re-Co panels cut waste so drastically that Dean Evans, Champaign builder, couldn't find scrap lumber on the job to use for temporary bracing. He made panel braces from angle iron, with the ends drilled to take nails. The braces are nailed to wall and floor decking to hold the sections.

To hoist preassembled gable ends into place, Evans made a simple gin pole. The pole is a length of steel pipe, with angle iron welded to the bottom to act as a base. A hand winch and a pulley at the upper end complete the assembly, which can be moved about by one man. Evans says that not a single gable end has ever been damaged in lifting.