New Cherry Picker

[Timber]

Found this bad boy on the side of the road for short money

I am sure you can see were this is going to go

I have decided to do this so that I can use this in its original form as well

 

[Timber]

This project only took a couple of hours

I had to cut and drill a couple of plates for a top link.

 

[Timber]

Set square and clamp for welding

 

[Timber]

I'm not the greatest welder but that doesn't stop me from making stuff

It took about 2 hours but it is ready to go

 

[aczlan]

Do you plan to replace the manual ram with a "tractor ram" and hook it up to your rear remotes (if you have rear remotes)?

Aaron Z

 

[Timber]

Not at the moment. I need to set some stones for my Koi pond id the reason for this project

 

[Dmace]

Awesome! :thumbsup:

 

[defed]

I'm not the greatest welder but that doesn't stop me from making stuff

agreed!

 

[kebo]

Looks good, but be sure to add LOT'S of weight to the front of the tractor!! I can easily see the leverage factor tipping the front end up into the air. Also, considering the size of the steel frame the picker is made with, that little drawbar it's bolted to looks pretty skimpy. The drawbar's greatest strength is in the horizontal plane as in pulling heavy loads, not vertical as in supporting heavy loads. It should work fine though as long as you don't ask too much of it.

 

[bjr]

I did almost the same but I use the pin hitch at the bottom of the tractor to pin the unit to the tractor and I wound up running so chains from each side back to the rollcage bar from the top pivot bolt to stabalize the unit mine does not use the top link adjustable link, I pin right to the tractor where the adjustable link would go. I found you can get some serious side torque out on the end of the boom if you travel with any kind of load. Just be careful how you operate the boom and mine is used off of the hydraulic remote valve. bjr