3-Pt. Mounted Boat Hauler

3-Pt Mounted Boat Hauler FARM HOME Miscellaneous Launching his boat into water is no sweat for Russell Whitworth Zalma Mo who built a tractor-mounted boat hauler out of an old 3-pt mounted sprayer “I made it so I could fish by myself in a river on my land and in some local farm ponds and lakes I can launch or recover the boat by myself without any lifting or getting my feet wet ” says Whitworth He stripped the sprayer down to a big 3-pt mounted horseshoe-shaped bracket and subframe on front He used angle iron to build a 5-ft wide frame and welded it to the bracket The boat rides on a series of 2-in dia plastic pipes spaced 1 ft apart which ride over lengths of 1 1/2-in dia steel pipe to act like rollers Both sides of the boat are contained by side rails made of lightweight unistrut Whitworth also replaced the 3-pt ’s top link with a hydraulic cylinder which allows the boat hauler to tilt down into the water “It works great and gets a lot of stares on local roads ” says Whitworth “I use it to haul my 10-ft Pond Prowler fishing boat equipped with an electric motor I had been using a small trailer made for the boat and pulling it behind my 4-wheeler but using the tractor is a lot easier I can drive right up to the boat and load it without ever having to get off the tractor “To load the boat I just slide the boat onto the pipe rollers When I arrive at the pond I lower the boat into the water and climb off the back of the tractor and into the boat ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Russell Whitworth HC 2 Box 293 Zalma Mo 63787 ph 573 722-5970; zalmaflash@localnet com