bal0123
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2008
- Messages
- 62
- Tractor
- Yanmar 2210, and 2, 425 John deere lawn tractors
So I just finished my A-Frame. I bought a cherry picker about a yr. ago and did not like it. Cause the supporting legs to the front of it are about the same width as lawn tractor wheels. That makes it hard to get underneath the tractor and be able to lift straight up. Since most of my work is lite, but still heavy when pulling lawn tractor engines. I needed something that would help assist in removing the engines or whatever else I needed to do. So here it is. I used mostly scrap metal I had laying around. I did use the front supporting legs off the cherry picker and had to buy a top beam. Man the price of metal is out of site. Twenty foot stick is the only way they sell metal around these parts. I used a 2"X6"X11ga. retangular tubing for the top beam. I was going to use a 3"X5" I-Beam but they wanted 200 dollars for that so I settled for the rectangular tubing instead for only 92 dollars. It seems to work great, as you can see from the trecher I just purchased. It ways prolly around 600 - 800 lbs. and is about 2 feet off the ground supported by the A-Frame. Hope yall like.