Does anyone know how much a complete EJ engine weighs without acessories? I'm thinking like 300 lbs or so. It can't be that much, I can lift one myself if I really try.

 

I haul them around a lot and was thinking of getting one of those hitch mounted carriers so I don't have to put greasy junkyard engines inside my suburban anymore. Harbor Freight has them on sale now 500 lb capacity $57.

That sounds like enough cap. I saw those on sale nice buy. I bought a bunch of stuff there this past weekend. They opened up a store not too far from me, now I can look at and touch the stuff I want to buy before buying!

I'd say 160 lbs max. I can waddle around with one by myself, and I'm not in shape. 2 people carrying it makes it easy. Keeps the greasy mess from getting on your pants.

Seems to me like somebody posted a dry weight rating for the ej's once upon a time. My memory wants me to say the ej22 was rated just under 180lbs.

either i'm insanely beef and strong or they don't weigh anywhere near 500 pounds, i'll let you guess!

 

a small trailer maybe? more expensive, might need tagged, might need inspected, needs lights...yeah PITA. maybe you could borrow one when needed? a friend of mine has one and it's super nice for all sorts of stuff. it's one of those foldable jobs too, but big enough for two motorcycles.

The receiver carrier may be better than a trailer. Those little trailers really bounce around a lot - just like a tow dolly. That can't be very good for whatever is strapped to them.

 

If in the vehicle isn't the choice I'd say the receiver carrier would be the ticket. Even without the price difference between that and a trailer.

 

Lets put it this way. I'll borrow a truck if I need to rather than use my trailer to haul a motor. I don't always like to haul them inside my Astro van.

 

BTW I set motors - especially those I'm hauling in the Astro - in a cement mixing tub that I get at a hardware store or lumber yard. In the case of a Suby motor it also helps keep it upright better than a tire for me it seems.

 

For like 10 bucks it's re-usable and sure beats trying to get oil, grease, and coolant out of the van. I actually put motors on furniture dollies in the garage and often have a cement tub on top of them. BTW I usually get the furniture dollies at Harbor Freight or tractor supply. Sure beats lifting motors (manually or mechanically) all the time when they need moved in the garage.

 

Dave

either i'm insanely beef and strong or they don't weigh anywhere near 500 pounds, i'll let you guess!

 

a small trailer maybe? more expensive, might need tagged, might need inspected, needs lights...yeah PITA. maybe you could borrow one when needed? a friend of mine has one and it's super nice for all sorts of stuff. it's one of those foldable jobs too, but big enough for two motorcycles.

 

Yeah I'm guessing it would work out ok. I might get one of those little trailers or the carrier, I'm deciding. I like the carrier idea, with the grate on the bottom I could stop at the car wash on the way back from the junkyard and pressure wash the engines there and keep the mess at home to a minimum. But the small trailer could haul my 360 around as well as engines. I've already got a big car hauler trailer but it's a lot to take out just to haul one engine or the 360.

I actually put motors on furniture dollies in the garage

dude that's awesome - i've got like 10 motors/transmissions....you use one dolly per engine? i need those, i'd rather keep the work outs to funner things!

Yep, one dolly per motor or tranny. I gotta tell ya it's awesome. When they get in the way (and they always do) it's great to just push and pull them around without getting out the cherry picker, or setting down what's already on the cherry picker, etc.

 

For instance last night. I'm doing my first 2.2 inplace of a 2.5 swap. The 2.5 in on the engine stand, the 2.2 is dangling from the cherry picker. The 'new' 2.2 they had screwed up the hockey puck thing above the EGR. Broke off a few of the lines. I have a junk 97 2.2 motor under a workbench. Of course the piece that I needed was in the back. I just pulled it right out, removed the part, and pushed it back. Certainly was better than doing some sort of mexican hat dance with the cherry picker.

 

I usually pay 15 bucks at Harbor Friegh and Tractor Supply. Sometimes up to 20 bucks. From time to time I can get round ones that stack well when empty for 20 bucks. They really make life easy. If I get a chance I'll take a few pics. I also use them for stacks of tires that always seem to be in my way (the round ones work best for this). I had just bought some tiny ones at HF around New Years for my old VW engines - they are like 12" x 12".

 

I just bought a used heavy shelving unit on wheels that I've just put most of the tires on.

 

Some folks think the furniture dollies are a luxury. Since things always seem to be in my way or unaccessable I see them as a necessity. Keeps things simple - as it did last night when I needed this part. A great time saver.

 

I'll be in the garage today working on this swap - I'll try and remember to take the camera and take a few pics.

 

Dave

 

 

 

dude that's awesome - i've got like 10 motors/transmissions....you use one dolly per engine? i need those, i'd rather keep the work outs to funner things!

I just shipped my old core which was a 2.2 back to C.C.R. it was the block and heads, their shipping weight on the paper work showed 215 lbs. for engine and crate.

I would say the crate did not weight but around fifteen or twenty lbs.

furniture dollies from harbor freight are about $20 - get the plastic one - it won't hold the as much as the wood one

 

or toss on a piece of plywood or masonite as protection