Uplifing experience

[Red Zebra]

Lifting with a PT.........
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I seem to recall seeing a custom "man-lift" somebody built for a 425...anybody make one? Pictures? I need to be able to quickly and safely access some parts of my barn and house without dragging ladders around.
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I built 2 cutom sized pallets for my 425 to hold nine-80lb bags of quick-crete (or other stuff). The rough dimensiens are 36" wide and 30" deep. Keeps the bulk of the material close to the arms. I used some scrap treated lumber so I can leave them outside.
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And a pic of my home-made lift boom taking Rusty out of the barn--he's about 350lbs. And another of Rusty roaming the front pasture. (Iknow, I need a hobby.)

 

[Gravy]

Lifting with a PT.........
And a pic of my home-made lift boom taking Rusty out of the barn--he's about 350lbs. And another of Rusty roaming the front pasture. (Iknow, I need a hobby.)

Looks like you've got one - skeerin' the neighbors!

 

[MossRoad]

Pajoube has one that he built for his 425. Here is a link to a post with lots of pictures of it and many more of a lot of his other project, my stuff, other users stuff. It was a great long thread. A real good read from start to finish.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/power-trac/43476-why-i-bought-powertrac-425-a-5.html#post708180

And here is a picture...

 

[smartguyz]

My concern would be the rate of leak down from the cylinders, and the possibility of someone/something hitting the controls and dropping me in a hurry.

-Rob

 

[woodlandfarms]

We do a poor mans job of what you have (A pallet, and a rope tied to the fork lift).

My problem is what Rob said, friggin leakdown of the control valve. You get up there, and in minutes the pallet has gone down. Cheap valve systems on the PT but I don't have a clue what could be easily swapped out and in for this control. The guys have suggested simple lock offs and it is probably the best way to go...

 

[MossRoad]

There is no leak down with the machine running. However, you bring up a very valid point about someone or something hitting the joystick when you are up there. A simple hinged C bracket to flip over the joystick shaft would prevent this from happening.

 

[MossRoad]

The hard part is getting up and down from the platform. As I recall, Pajoube injured his knee getting off or on that very platform.

 

[woodlandfarms]

I get leakdown with my engine running. I thought was just how it was. You are saying that if the engine is running you shouldn't have any leakdown?

 

[Gravy]

AFAIK, there is no leakage compensation when the valve is in the neutral position regardless of whether the engine is running or not.

I've used a pallet on forks as a low-level scaffold a few times. It always drops and tilts after a while. I've got hopes of figuring out a way to brace a platform back to the frame of the PT so that the hydraulics are only used to move the platform into position.

 

[jaquetarr]

I've used a similar knock up for trimming trees up high. After the pallet / platform was set and level we used a ladder to get up to level. At no time would it be safe to "ride" the platform up
With a 9' lift a 20' ladder will reach everywhere it is needed.
Rgds, tim