Garage owner uses engine hoist to swing his baby daughter [Video]

Who says men can’t multi-task? Garage owner and father-of-four turns engine hoist into a swing for his baby daughter in adorable footage

  • Garage owner Bradley Vanderpoel gently pushes his daughter on the swing
  • Eight-month-old stares at surroundings as her father watches her expressions
  • Mr Vanderpoel made the swing by attaching baby’s car seat to an engine hoist  


This is the heartwarming moment a father created a swing for his baby daughter using an engine hoist in order to keep her occupied while he was at work.

Footage captured in Marlette, Michigan, shows garage owner Bradley Vanderpoel gently push his eight-month-old daughter Andy on the makeshift swing as she sits in her car seat.

The infant stares at her surroundings as the father-of-four, who owns Busted Nut Garage, smiles at his daughter.

Garage owner Bradley Vanderpoel gently pushes his eight-month-old daughter Andy on the makeshift swing in Marlette, Michigan

Bradley Vanderpoel smiles at his baby daughter as she sits inside her car seat and enjoys the makeshift swing at Busted Nut Garage

Bradley Vanderpoel smiles at his baby daughter as she sits inside her car seat and enjoys the makeshift swing at Busted Nut Garage

As the businessman’s wife Carrie watches the pair inside the garage, Mr Vanderpoel says: ‘My latest Busted Nut right there!’

He then continues to push his daughter on the swing as Andy makes a series of babbling noises. 

Mr Vanderpoel, who was able to create the swing by attaching his child’s car seat to an engine hoist, wrote on social media: ‘Have to improvise when you have four daughters and running a business.’

He and his wife also have daughters Austin, Bryce and Cole. 

Mr Vanderpoel watches his eight-month-old daughter Andy as he pushes her on the makeshift swing at Busted Nut Garage

Mr Vanderpoel watches his eight-month-old daughter Andy as he pushes her on the makeshift swing at Busted Nut Garage

His wife told Viral Hog: ‘My husband and I own a mechanic garage called Busted Nut Garage. 

‘One day I had been in the office doing paperwork, then I walked out into the garage to my husband swinging my eight-month-old baby in her car seat from the cherry picker! She loved it!’

Mr Vanderpoel gently pushes his daughter on the swing in in Marlette, Michigan

Mr Vanderpoel watches his eight-month-old daughter Andy as he pushes her on the makeshift swing at Busted Nut Garage

Eight-month-old Andy makes a series of babbling noises as her father gently pushes the swing

Eight-month-old Andy makes a series of babbling noises as her father gently pushes the swing

After the heartwarming video was shared on social media, viewers applauded Mr Vanderpoel ingenuity.

One user wrote: ‘So adorable, thanks for sharing.’

While another person added: ‘Dedicated dad, what a great human. Loves his child so much.’

Meanwhile another viewer commented: ‘Beautiful. She’s going to be an expert on cars when she grows up.’

And one person wrote: ‘That’s one happy baby.’

Social media users applauded the father for his creation after he shared the footage online

Social media users applauded the father for his creation after he shared the footage online

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