Has anyone built a hitch crane for their truck?

For this to work I would think a second receiver needs to be mounted on the chassis rail of which ever side you want the crane on,and it would ...

I would like to get a some sort of portable crane for my truck. There's no need for me to strain my back anymore.

I'm building a portable truck hitch mounted crane from my old engine lift. I have scavenged materials and parts from around the shop to ...

This is it, we finish off all of the fabrication and machining for the truck hitch crane and put it to the first test!

Maybe, I've seen some awfully expensive truck cranes for sale. However what is fantastic here is that you can demonstrate the value in DIY and ...

Have you considered mounting it to a boom pole? How high off the ground would you need to get the top of the driver? Someone on here made a 3pt ...

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I have a bucket-truck, and added a permanent crane to it's right-rear utility-bed compartment on top. I used an Autocrane 3203, like you see on ...

I've got the harbor freight truck crane (got on sale with 20% off for like $80 or $90) along with a harbor freight 2000 lb winch with holding ...

... the cutting edge. We also put to use one of my expanding mandrels. Each episode has been sharing some machining tricks and techniques and ...

I'll machine the two flange plates that I have designed as part of the crane for this next episode. We'll use the saw to cut a thin drop of ...

1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks - Built a hitch crane for the truck - I need to lift the Bonneville so I can pull ...

The mount sits in any standard 2-inch receiver hitch and is a great option for anyone that does not want an installed pedestal.

Does anyone have a hitch crane to get their heavy generator (150lb quiet yahama) into an SUV? It appears like an option for pick up trucks ...

Anyone have the hoist seen in the first two pictures? How effective ... Is the build sponsored by the Truck Chassis Repairers Assoc?

The tongue is long enough & strong enough, the tractor or my pickup would secure it to lift without needing the long forward legs dropped into ...

It didn't lift high enough or reach far enough to deal with loaded long items into a pickup box either. The best thing I have found is the ...

I built my own crane. It slides in and couples to the gooseneck ball. You'll have to do some metal fab to get that baby in there. Definately go ...

Follow along with the tumultuous build of this trailer-hitch mounted crane build using only scrap parts, miscellaneous tractor parts, ...

We just picked up the Harbor Freight Truck crane and modified it to be able to pull an engine. Curious if any people use this truck crane?