Lifting my K341 out

[red56turbo]

Originally Posted by IACubCadet

Yikes Josh, The floor?! You must be one tough guy to deadweight that off the floor. I usually pull all my engines out by hand. Like Josh said, they are more awkward than anything. I have a rolling bench that is between knee and waist high...I roll it to the Cub, lift the engine out, and set it on the bench.

Or do like Matt said...use a friend...that helps too.

Yepper, set it down on the floor on blocks. Good ergonomics, bend at the knees and not the back, and don't do it very often. When I had to pull the motor out of my 982, I did run a ratchet strap to the engine mounts and put a bar through that utilizing my wife's help. Never heard the end of that. Guess I was too lazy to pull the cherry picker out. Woulda been a pain to muscle that Onan by myself though.

[PaulS]

My son and I removed the engine from my 2084. That is a Command 20 horse. I am 70 and son is 40 something. Both of us are bad backs and between us we have one good knee and had no trouble getting the engine out by only unhooking the wiring and removing some bolts and carb cables. As said by several before it is more awkward than heavy.

[charlie105]

I was looking for a rolling automotive engine crane. Found that too expensive. Then I found a used invalid lift,which was rated @ 250 lbs for $25. Perfect for my needs, just does not work well on gravel Put the 105 on a 4x8 sheet of 1/2 inch (cheap) ply. SWEET>

[Matt G.]

Originally Posted by PaulS

My son and I removed the engine from my 2084. That is a Command 20 horse. I am 70 and son is 40 something. Both of us are bad backs and between us we have one good knee and had no trouble getting the engine out by only unhooking the wiring and removing some bolts and carb cables. As said by several before it is more awkward than heavy.

I'm pretty sure a fully-assembled K341 is a lot heavier than a CH20...there's almost no cast iron in a Command twin...