Need to change an airco, build your own crane for it.

[pcprogrammer]

This guy made his own radio controlled crane, and the video shows the whole build process, and near the end of the video (~42 minutes in) he uses the crane to lift an air conditioning unit. 

[nctnico]

  Some people have too much time. For a fraction of the material costs, you can rent a lift. Alternatively, you can lower the aircon unit using block & tackle from a ladder. It is not even really high.

[pcprogrammer]

Some people have too much time. For a fraction of the material costs, you can rent a lift. Alternatively, you can lower the aircon unit using block & tackle from a ladder. It is not even really high.

According to text on his own channel it took him 6 months to build the crane. He made some other nice remote controlled units like a Caterpillar digger and a dump truck. I have always been fascinated by big construction machinery, but lack the welding skills to pull something like he did off.

[Gyro]

Some people have too much time. For a fraction of the material costs, you can rent a lift. Alternatively, you can lower the aircon unit using block & tackle from a ladder. It is not even really high.

Screw that few minutes where he uses it to change the aircon unit. He's produced some seriously cool (and strong) RC models!

[Andy Chee]

Some people have too much time. For a fraction of the material costs, you can rent a lift. Alternatively, you can lower the aircon unit using block & tackle from a ladder. It is not even really high.

Hobbies were never meant to be utilitarian.  The purpose of hobbies is exactly that, to spend time.  Why take up knitting when you can buy clothes from the store?  Why build your own Arduino home automation centre, when you can pay a professional to install a commercial product?

[MarkF]

I wonder if he is related to the Canadian farmer who is digging out his basement with remote controlled excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks???  From his videos, he has been at it for the last 16 years.

   https://www.youtube.com/@LilGiantsConstrCo/featured

[Siwastaja]

but lack the welding skills to pull something like he did off.

Lack of welding skills is always excellent excuse to not pursue your dreams! I mean, welding he shows in the video is pretty primitive with a stick welder, quick and dirty tacks and not much filling, without protective personal equipment (don't do it!). I think pretty much everything else except welding is stunning on this video. Mostly the question if he designed it all by himself and did he spend another half year first in CAD, or did he just ad-hoc made it all up in his head while building it. I have done some mechanical projects that way, design as I go and it is fun, but they are order or two of magnitude smaller than his crane.

[pcprogrammer]

but lack the welding skills to pull something like he did off.

Lack of welding skills is always excellent excuse to not pursue your dreams! I mean, welding he shows in the video is pretty primitive with a stick welder, quick and dirty tacks and not much filling, without protective personal equipment (don't do it!). I think pretty much everything else except welding is stunning on this video. Mostly the question if he designed it all by himself and did he spend another half year first in CAD, or did he just ad-hoc made it all up in his head while building it. I have done some mechanical projects that way, design as I go and it is fun, but they are order or two of magnitude smaller than his crane.

I do have a stick welder plus a good eye shield and did some small jobs with it, but it is not my cup of tea. Even if I wanted to do it, with my illness it would take ages and cause me a lot of pain. Even opening a jar jam is hard now, let alone bend sheets of steel like he did. Not worth it for me. Will stick to my fischertechnik and electronics hobbies.

But it is at times fun to watch someone build something like this crane.

[abeyer]

Some people have too much time. For a fraction of the material costs, you can rent a lift. Alternatively, you can lower the aircon unit using block & tackle from a ladder. It is not even really high.

But you're not gonna get 15m youtube views for a video of you renting a lift.