Chain Bender
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- Joined
- Feb 25, 2011
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- Tractor
- Kubota L3200
Have a Kubaota L3200 and have a need for a boom occasionally. Don't want to pay dealership prices for theirs, but the 500# rated ones I've seen at TSC appear thin and weak. They look like a sideways bump while carrying a heavy log would crumple it.
So here's my project. 2X2X0.25 box. 24-30" rise off the draw bar and extending 6-8 feet outwards. Braced well from the rise to the extension and stabilized from side to side. Maybe if needed the strongback stiffener across the top of the boom.
Anyone have any ideas or pics or drawings of such a contraption? What would be the lift capacity using an 8' boom.
thanks in advance for any replies,
Chain Bender
So here's my project. 2X2X0.25 box. 24-30" rise off the draw bar and extending 6-8 feet outwards. Braced well from the rise to the extension and stabilized from side to side. Maybe if needed the strongback stiffener across the top of the boom.
Anyone have any ideas or pics or drawings of such a contraption? What would be the lift capacity using an 8' boom.
thanks in advance for any replies,
Chain Bender