Members home made attachments / improvements

[Barryh]

OK, two more pictures.

Basically the design is two square tubes welded onto an attachment plate. Cross members provide a rigid frame and are lined up with rungs to attach with u-bolts. There are also size dogs made out of bent angle iron to provide support under the ladder rungs when it transitions from the hanging state (carried by u-bolts) to the upright state.

The guy who did the welding suggested the stuts and the flat bars going forward/backward to increase the rigidity and take tension off of the leading weld on the attachment plate. I can say this was a great idea given how much flex those long ladders have anyway! Lots of bounce when driving it around...

I can leave the carrier attached when the ladder is in use, and can detach the whole thing without undoing the u-bolts. The only trick is that the ladder has to be at least about 30 degrees up at one end to detach/attach, as the PT loader cannot curl its attachment plate forward past horizontal/down.

Very innovative Kent I like it.. :thumbsup:

 

[3238dpw]

That is pretty cool, but not $594 cool.

Plus, I suspect you would lose some stability when you chucked it up in the PT 2" receiver.

I strongly considered fabbing something like that when I was cleaning my gutters at the top of a 24' ladder last fall. Instead, I just made a 15' PVC wand that attaches to my leaf blower, and finished the job from the ground.

Lets see that wand and how you attached it to your blower

 

[BKBoiss]

My counterweight and brush forks. I use the forks probably 90% of the time, they are light enough I can pick them up with one hand and the abuse they take really surprised me. So far I've only bent the tines a little but that was using them as a pry bar with the loader to free up some frozen logs.

 

[Barryh]

See my old thread is still here as well.. May have to get another one of these little Pt monsters soon.

 

[Barryh]

Before there was Power Trac .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kThwwwp6WA

 

[Barryh]

Power Trac wants close to $700.00 delivered for a new Rop's.

I figure since I have an old tractor anyway I will make my own and cut that price in half.. Figured I may as well put it under this old thread I started years ago. My question to any of you has anyone already done this ? And would one of you be nice enough to measure out from the side mount of your Rop's to the edge of the outer bar. I would appreciate it.. I was thinking around 6 inches extended out on each side. Thanks in advance ..

 

[jfh28]

mine is welded right to the frame.....so it only extends the width of the 2" pipe on each side........Jack

 

[Barryh]

Thanks Jack !

 

[MossRoad]

Not at home right now... don't know if this picture from the front will help you or not, but it can't hurt!

 

[Barryh]

Yes it does on the angle thanks ..