FEL Boom Pole

[Lowrider2120]

3 Ts,

Your picture is exactly one of the uses I have in mind. The house I'm going to build when I get this one sold will have a garage on one end and I can drive right up onto the slab to set trusses. I'm working on my shop/hanger now and will use the 4' boom this coming weekend to lift and set in place my 12' high hanger doors. Total weight of the 5 panel set is 420 lbs so it should work fine. I would use the longer boom but I'll be working inside and under a 12'- 10" ceiling so I want as much control as possible.

 

[TXHF]

I used a set of pallet forks pushed together. Then a 20' long 4" or 6"? H beam and welded some straps on to hold it to the forks. There's a 3/8" steel plate with a 1/2" hole welded at the mid point and at the end of the beam to hook onto.

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Remember to take it REAL SLOW with something like this - a 1" movement is magnified 20x at the end of that beam!!!
(not exactly 20x but it's a lot)

Do you have some closer shots of how this is set up at the fork end? I need to do exactly this and lift 220 lb rafters about 18' at the peak. I have a Mahindra 2538 (101" lift at the pins) Thanks 3Ts!

 

[Xfaxman]

TXHF, check this thread for ideas: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/387714-front-end-boom-crane.html

 

[flingwing1969]

I'm interested in building one to set trusses on walls and sections of a Quanset building and probably other things. I don't want to over build and I like the use of a 2" hitch but it seems that putting it on the front edge of the bucket would place a lot of stress on the cutting edge even with the chains attached to the bucket hooks. I'm thinking the hitch receiver should go inside the back of the bucket with bolts thru the bottom and a brace up the back of bucket and a bolt there as well with a backer plate welded to the outside in the back of the bucket to spread the load across the plate.

Maybe I could talk myself out of using the receiver and just use 3 bolts to attach the boom to the bucket which would remove any slop that might exist between the receiver and the boom. I only have a 5' bucket so the side supports are only 2.5' apart or less and maybe rigid supports would be better set at maybe a 30* angle to the boom. 2" x 2" tube should work fine with the strong back but I want to be able to get it up to at least 18'...so... 7' from the bucket and a 14' boom so I can keep the truss away from the front of the tractor and not so the bucket blocks the end of the boom. Is that boom too long?

What do you folks think?

I don't know what year your Kioti is but I know the CK35 did not come with an SSQA for a long time - my buddy dfkrug has one and is hampered with a pin-on. The one I quickly cobbled together in an hour or so did the job nicely and is only intended to last as long as the project will take (lifting trusses) but it was mounted just about at the pins on a 2" receiver welded to the bottom transverse brace on my forks backer. When lifting trusses like this, we are really pushing the limits of a CUT's stability so slow-and-steady-and well thought out are the watchwords. Like using lengths of small logs as my ramp to climb onto the pad - NOT!

If you have to use your FEL bucket for the lift, yes, mount the receiver as close to the pins as you can get.

 

[Lowrider2120]

I have a QD loader that takes skid steer stuff.

When I get the snow cleared from my other place which means moving the tractor down 48 miles by trailer I'll take some pictures and post them. My neighbor down there has a 4 year old CK35 and it's not so equipped, nor does he have a heated/air condition cab. He does, however, have cab envy!!

 

[TXHF]

TXHF, check this thread for ideas: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/387714-front-end-boom-crane.html

Thanks @Xfaxman for the link. I had seen several threads including that one for a boom. 3Ts looked to be the quickest and simplest one to attempt in short order. Looks like just an I-beam with metal welded to it to slip the forks into. I'd like to put about 10 degrees angle on it to get more lift out of it. I have something drawn up that looks like it will work. I'll also be securing it to the tractor with two 3/8" chains.

The rafters are being delivered this week but we won't be ready for about a month to start putting up the building. We're using this company's engineered trusses. R&R Ironworks