Shop-Made Skid Steer Attachments

Shop-Made Skid Steer Attachments TRACTORS Skid Steer Loaders Douglas Welding and Machine DWM makes a post/tree puller like no other They make a lot of unique skid steer attachments 43 to be exact In some cases attachments are ones DWM owners Colby and his dad Leroy came up with In other cases a customer’s need drove the design Either way if it proves popular with customers it becomes another product in their line of attachments What makes the post-puller different from others is its jaws with sawtooth edges The operator drives up to the post and a hydraulic cylinder clamps the post between the jaws “When you raise the loader arms it slides the post out and you can drive over to the pile and drop it ” says Colby “It works with round or square wood posts T-posts and pipe posts You can even use it to pull trees It’s only limited by the lifting power of your skid steer ” DWM made it even more versatile by adding a pipe to one arm The pipe is sized to fit around a T-post and push it into the ground Other attachments are equally unique They include a tree saw stump grinder and a combination attachment they call the grinder saw It has a 1/2-in by 30-in dia blade with five replaceable 4-sided Quadco teeth on its perimeter four on top and 10 additional teeth on the bottom As it cuts trees up to 6 in in diameter the teeth grind away at the wood When finished cutting simply lower the blade over the stump to grind it away “The grinder saw can cut even bigger trees by driving around them ” says Colby “With the rugged blade you can cut the tree stem up to 3 in below ground level ” Colby and Leroy are quick to accept suggestions from customers Colby recalls struggling with the design of their hydraulic-powered high-reach saw The challenge was mounting a reservoir for saw chain/bar oil “A customer looked at it and suggested plumbing a line into the hydraulic line to feed a little oil to the chain ” says Colby “It worked and the amount of oil used wasn’t a problem for the hydraulics ” “We also make a 6-ft wide hydraulic motor-driven rotary harrow It’s great for finishing the ground surface around construction jobs smoothing driveways and ruts and fixing up arenas ” says Colby “It does a great job restoring packed driveways bringing the rock back to the surface ” In addition to skid steer attachments DWM fabricates steel benches and worktables and does all types of custom fabrication from food processing and packaging equipment to wheelchair ramps and even custom motorcycles Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Douglas Welding & Machine 116 W Main St Salina Kan 67401 ph 785-536-4902; www douglasweldingmachine com

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