Ladder grabber

[yzbdsbp]

Thanks Redbug I was going to give BigfishTX a link to my post but u beat me to it. BigfishTX.....Check out the link Redbug posted. This is one of the most useful things I have ever built for my tractor! I dont use it all the time, but when you need it, IT CANT BE BEAT. As far as the remotes go????? Still wish there was a way to do that, but for now I just get a good freind to drive (one that I trust of course) and anything is possible and a lot more stable than a pallet or a ladder!

 

[shepherd]

we have simply stood ladder in the bucket to get higher. then lean another ladder to get into the bucket it self. have also done the fence row pruning with dad in the bucket and i drive along until a branch then he cuts it

 

[BigfishTX]

Eddie,

I loved your pic of working on a second story window...yes, that is more like I had to do last night. I also generally work alone. A huge dead tree fell a few feet from our house and I had to climb up and prune what was left.

I leaned the ladder against the raised FEL. But I then chained the ladder to the FEL and adjusted it to be under slight tension on the ground.

Everything was very solid and secure. The ladder was mostly just to have something to hold on to and to climb to get up to the FEL platform, like you did. I then used an extension electric chain saw on a pole to prune from there (I think it is a Toro).

I am going to pick up a mountain climbing harness as well today, and will clip it to the FEL (or secured ladder) as added safety. With this system, I definitely feel much safer than just climbing a ladder. I'll post some pics later. BigfishTX

 

[pat32rf]

Be careful of what you clip the harness to. You don't want to be fastened to something and then have the tractor start to roll or the loader start to sag. You are normally better to tie off the top of the ladder so if something happens to the tractor loader you at least have the hanging ladder to hold on to....

 

[some zilch]

they make OSHA and MSHA approved "manlift" baskets that go onto pallet forks on forklifts, telehandlers, skidsteers, etc.

i would think that the tractor should have more than enough capacity to lift one person in some kind of 4-sided enclosure. Not everything is so unsafe and life threatening....on the other hand; ladder in a bucket, kinda sketchy though ive seen worse