Ladder, Boom Mount On Front-End Loader

Ladder, Boom Mount On Front-End Loader TRACTORS Loaders 27-4-10 Most 86-year-olds aren't out looking for a way to climb higher than an extension ladder, but Charlie Prickett isn't "most" 86-year-olds. The Wellington, Alabama man built a ladder to fit a front-end loader so he can change outdoor light fixtures and do other high-reach jobs. He also put a hook on the end of the ladder to use it as a lift boom. Prickett runs ropes from the bucket to the hydraulic controls on his tractor to raise or lower the bucket, so he can use the ladder when he's working alone. He welded the ladder from 1 by 1 1/2 steel tubing he found in a junkyard, and added a handrail that also serves as bracing for the ladder. The ladder reaches 25 ft. up in the air. It attaches with pins to a piece of angle iron that's bolted to the bucket. The braces bolt to ears on the top of the bucket. He says it takes only 20 to 25 minutes to mount it on the bucket. Prickett says it took the better part of a day to weld the ladder together. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Charlie W. Prickett, 1461 Wellington Rd., Wellington, Alabama 36279 (ph 256 892-3752).

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