Another vote for the Harbor Freight (Pittsburgh) two ton. I've only used mine once so far but it lifted an LQ4 up high enough to load into my red truck over the bed side. Seems sturdy and the castors roll nicely. Here's a link to it, mine's gray but apparently the new ones are red.
https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-capacity-foldable-shop-crane-58755.html
Had to do a double take on that price, they've gone up significantly. IIRC when I bought mine a few years ago it was closer to $200. Keep an eye out for coupons, when I bought mine I used one for 20% off any one item and that knocked it down significantly.
I also got one of their two ton load levelers, which is handy and seems decent for the price.
https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-capacity-load-leveler-60659.html
Someone (maybe @skylark?) told me that Harbor Freight also sells an air over hydraulic cylinder to replace the one with the hand pump that comes on their hoists. I just did some Googling and I can't seem to find it now though...
https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-capacity-foldable-shop-crane-58755.html
Had to do a double take on that price, they've gone up significantly. IIRC when I bought mine a few years ago it was closer to $200. Keep an eye out for coupons, when I bought mine I used one for 20% off any one item and that knocked it down significantly.
I also got one of their two ton load levelers, which is handy and seems decent for the price.
https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-capacity-load-leveler-60659.html
Someone (maybe @skylark?) told me that Harbor Freight also sells an air over hydraulic cylinder to replace the one with the hand pump that comes on their hoists. I just did some Googling and I can't seem to find it now though...