Pickup truck loader (AKA boom pole)
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Going to use this to pick up heavy items and place them in our Ford F150 truck.
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Remember as you move away from the pivot point the AMOUNT you can lift will decrease proportionally.
If that hole is through the pipe - that will be the first place it will bend or break once the load gets heavy.
If that hole is through the pipe - that will be the first place it will bend or break once the load gets heavy.
Thank you. It's already been tested at 300 pounds and that is our target weight
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It picked up our belly mower so we could take it to our barn. Worked good but then it started to rotate. Dangerous, will have to find a solution.
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I have to admit, when I saw the title I thought someone had installed a front end loader on a pickup truck.
I have to admit, when I saw the title I thought someone had installed a front end loader on a pickup truck.
Rope on each end of the deck, tied to the relative side of the tractor.
Be careful
I'd advise no one standing near. No offense, thats a risky contraption.
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Nice build. Genius maybe.
I use the loader, forks, and some chain. And a big long ballast.
I use the loader, forks, and some chain. And a big long ballast.
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Well... a friend has one of these:
I guess it doesn't qualify because the truck bed is replaced with an excavator?
And a friend of a friend brought his forklift-and-boom-crane variant to help fetch my lathe out of first friend's truck:
Freightliner Unimog. Aka... 419.
Almost bid on one at gov auction years ago. Wish that I did. Less expensive than my LX2610 Cab!
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37 ton with the pallet forks on a CUT, pretty respectable
Yup, needs triangulation. Rigid triangles are your friend. See @mcfarmall post of the old time 3 point boom. I’ve got one, but not that pretty (it matches my 8N). Now that I have a modern FEL and pallet forks, the old boom will probably quietly rust away.
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PF's are AWESOME!!!
I'm sure I could rig this differently to put it in a pickup bed if I had to. As it was I was just transporting it from pt. A to pt. B
I'm sure I could rig this differently to put it in a pickup bed if I had to. As it was I was just transporting it from pt. A to pt. B
Mower deck transport is sketchy. They swing every which way. For PFs, four short ropes looped each end. One on each deck wheel, four loops to the forks is how I'd do it. Keep the deck as close to the forks as possible to eliminate swing.
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Or, spread the forks and pick up the mower like a pallet. Put a ratchet strap on it too if things are going to be less than smooth.
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Why didn't I think of that?
Excellent idea.
(actually, for this particular "move" I was leaning the deck up against my shed and didn't have confidence in my PF SKILLS" that day, just after I got my forks.....so left very little to chance.
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You need a triangle for the mount, not two independent arms.
Like others have said copy the above boom pole design.
Like others have said copy the above boom pole design.