Question about a grapple

[PineRidge]

Junk do you suppose the tooth fairy would give me anything for my vampire teeth? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Deerlope]

Lets have an auction, why take a chance on that tooth fairy. I'll start the biding at 3 bucks. What do you say Junk? The owner can have 1 reserve. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[PineRidge]

If you guys are gonna auction my teeth set the reserve high, OK? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Got up bright and early this morning and headed out the the barn at 4:30 AM. I know, need to get a life right?

Anyway this picture shows a cardboard template that we used on the end of the bucket to assure that the end plates on both sides of the bucket were spaced the same.

 

[PineRidge]

We cut three 2 X 4 X 1/2 steel plates that will eventually be welded to the backside of the grapple mount tube just behind each lift arm. Once a 1/2 bolt is passed through each they will securely tie the bucket to the grapple and prevent any flex from front to back.

You can also see the welders magnet now positioning the first pivot mount on the main mount tube.

 

[PineRidge]

Better shot of first pivot mount.

 

[PineRidge]

Second pivot point being aligned with the use of a 1 inch solid steel rod. There will be a total of 6 mounts and since alignment is critical the steel rod will make the job much easier and eliminate binding as a result of any misalignment.

 

[PineRidge]

Once the two furthest pivots are aligned the rest are much easier. The two furthest lift arms each use a set of two pivots with a lift arm sandwiched between them. Once each set is slid on the solid rod they can be tacked to the support tube.

 

[PineRidge]

First lift arm in place side view.

 

[PineRidge]

Two furthest lift arms now in place.

 

[rswyan]

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Heheheh. Glad to hear I'm not the only sick puppy around these parts that does this. My wife thinks I'm nuts (she might be right .....)

It's lookin' real good Mike.

Seeing the rest of shed in the background of these shots gives some hope - that really clean workbench had us very worried for awhile /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif