Pallet Jack or Custom Steel BH dolly?

[MrJimi]

Shaley, we think alike, here is something close I made to move my boom pole
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/1030746-post3.html
and there are more pictures in my gallery
Jim

 

[gordon21]

Arcane: Did you finish your project yet? If so, where are the pix?

 

[PineRidge]

wow, pineridge did some really nice CAD work there

I say build it it and the BH will come off

Actually this was a case of members helping members. The CAD drawings were put together by another TBN member as I have no experience in CAD myself.

 

[PineRidge]

My first prototype dolly for my subframe backhoe (Deere 46), a 1200 lbs. rated oak dolly, failed. It was bound to happen: a $40 experiment to save several hundreds. The bh is long, with the cg halfway between the back of the bucket and the front of the frame (about 5'), and the dolly needs to be no more than than 3" tall, and probably will require some blocks to set the bh right.

The second try will either be a 72" long pallet jack (from NT if I can't find one used):
Northern Industrial Tools Extra Length Pallet Truck — 72in.L fork |Platform Trucks | Northern Tool + Equipment]Northern Tool + Equipment | Error

or a 1/4" plate steel dolly like PineRidge's here: http://www.pineridge7.com/MJE/tc-40..., stable, and easily moved on a hard surface.