Nifty Pickup Boom

Nifty Pickup Boom MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 16-4-7 "It's one of the handiest things on the farm. Lets one man handle bulky loads," says Frankie Lange, foreman of Twin Hats Ranch near Santa Rosa, Calif., about the hand-cranked pickup boom he mounted in the back corner of his pickup. He made the boom out of 3-in. steel pipe bent to a right angle and strengthened by two cross braces. The base of the boom slips into a slightly larger pipe that's mounted permanently in the rear corner of the box (boom slips out in seconds when not needed or to move to another pickup). A hand winch mounts on the back side of the boom arm and a cable runs up over a roller on top of the boom arm and a pulley at the end of the arm. The boom arm rotates 360?. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Frankie Lange, Twin Hats Ranch, 5850 Sonoma Mt. Road, Santa Rosa, Calif. 95404 (ph 707 527-7791).

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