Just another sling shot

Its funny, when the engine was in the old rusty frame before the repairs, it was the best looking thing on it. And well as you can see the repaired frame makes it look bad. I am thinking of painting the new engine candy apple red and look forward to this pic changing soon.....lol.....

Slinging the engine

I used four rachet straps to sling the engine off the bottom of the new frame to roll it forward enough to get it over the drive. I have four 1000 lb casters to weld to the bottom of the old cradle and it will become the new engine stand. Now that its over the drive I will be able to roll it into the garage.

Getting the motor and trans out of the yard

You can see here, the dead area of grass in the yard at the end of the drive way. I had the bus hanging out over the grass and over the last two years it killed it from its shadow. I had also cut the engine cradle while it was still bolted together and let it hit the ground here and then just pulled the bus off of it to rebuild the frame work and cradle. Needless to say when it came time to get the engine outta the yard it became impossible to jack up the 3000 lbs up with anything. So I got the bright ideal of backing the new bus back over it and using the bus itself as a hoist to get the motor back on flat ground.