Slick Adapter To Move Garbage Bins
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Nicholas Streenz wanted to make it easier for his grandpa to move a full wheeled garbage container to the end of his driveway, so he built a lifting tool that mounts to the 3-pt. hitch of a tractor. Streenz works as a welder and metal fabricator, job experience that allowed him to fabricate the handy device and weld it together in less than an hour.
The base of the lifter is a large piece of angle iron that bolts to the horizontal drawbar on the tractor. He welded two vertical uprights made of 1 1/2-in. wide channel iron to the support bar and connected them on top with a large metal pin. Two U-shaped metal hooks are welded onto a metal plate welded to the uprights.
The channel iron brackets extend about 12-in. above the hooks and are held together at the top by a metal pin. The pin connects to the top link of the tractor’s 3-pt. hitch.
When the 3-pt. hitch is raised, the U-shaped metal brackets grab the lift bar of the garbage container. Streenz says his grandpa acted like a little kid when he got to use it because now he has another chance to drive his tractor and doesn’t have to walk the bins down his driveway.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nicholas Streenz, Saybrook, Ill.
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Slick Adapter To Move Garbage Bins FARM HOME Miscellaneous Nicholas Streenz wanted to make it easier for his grandpa to move a full wheeled garbage container to the end of his driveway so he built a lifting tool that mounts to the 3-pt hitch of a tractor Streenz works as a welder and metal fabricator job experience that allowed him to fabricate the handy device and weld it together in less than an hour The base of the lifter is a large piece of angle iron that bolts to the horizontal drawbar on the tractor He welded two vertical uprights made of 1 1/2-in wide channel iron to the support bar and connected them on top with a large metal pin Two U-shaped metal hooks are welded onto a metal plate welded to the uprights The channel iron brackets extend about 12-in above the hooks and are held together at the top by a metal pin The pin connects to the top link of the tractor’s 3-pt hitch When the 3-pt hitch is raised the U-shaped metal brackets grab the lift bar of the garbage container Streenz says his grandpa acted like a little kid when he got to use it because now he has another chance to drive his tractor and doesn’t have to walk the bins down his driveway Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Nicholas Streenz Saybrook Ill
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