It is great to have a welding machine at the house. I will try to make this short, but I am building me a small welding shop behind the house. I do a little side work and make stuff for freinds and family all the time. Basically I grew up in my Dads welding shop as a kid and you just can't get that out of your blood. So I decided to build me a small work shop.
Anyway, I have a 9'X7' door coming out the side of the shop and wanted a small patio out there. A freind of mine works for a concrete company and got 16 - 2'X3'X3 1/2" thick patio blocks for free....
These things weigh in at around 320-350# each. We unloaded them by hand from the trailer and at that time I decided to either rent a bobcat or come up with a way to manipulate these into position because I wasn't going to carry them anymore.
That is when I came up with this;
It is my cherry picker that I just welded a tongue and support brace to. All I have to do is remove 3 bolts from the base of cherry picker frame and drive off with it. It attaches to my lawn mower like this;
When i want to remove it, i just back the tractor over the cherry picker frame and bolt it back down and remove the pin and bolt from the tractor.
I had to add some counter weights to the front, John Deere makes them, but why buy when you can make;
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03-24-2009, 09:53 AM #1
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30 minutes saved me 8-10 hours
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03-24-2009, 09:54 AM #2
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Here it is in action;
It took a whole bunch of time out of this project and I see me using this thing a lot around the house.
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03-24-2009, 10:32 AM #3
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Great project.
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03-24-2009, 12:34 PM #4
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WoW.... Great Project...Let's see MORE!
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03-24-2009, 03:40 PM #5
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Great idea! That will save the old back.
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03-24-2009, 03:59 PM #6
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but i chopped up my lawnmower to make my cart.
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03-24-2009, 06:04 PM #7
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I think I see more than just a cherry picker used on that lawn mower in the future...just make more attachments!
Very nice idea, definitely beats breaking your back for a patio.
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