Skid Steer adapter plate build with boom pole

[GuglioLS]

Latest project I'm making is a Skid Steer adapter plate for the FEL QA I mounted on my old Ford. Here is the link to that project Click HereSooner or later I'll get a QA setup just like it for the Jinma FEL so I can use all the gizmo's on either tractor. This adapter plate will have a 10' boom pole attached. The main plate and some miscellaneous parts are 3/8" thick I plasma cut at the same time RonJ's grapple brackets were torched out.





Kind of got rained out toward the end of the day, I did get some welding done. I'll need some more plasma cut parts before it's all said and done. Maybe it will be finished by next weekend?

The pole in the above pics has been used on several projects in the past. I used to bolt it to the old trip bucket, but ever since I removed that old bucket and replaced it with the new skid steer QA bucket I did not want to drill holes in the new bucket so I figured it would be better to just make a QA setup for the boom pole to make it easy to attach.

Boom pole in action 1
Boom Pole in action 2

Larry

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Sounds like you're getting ready to build that super Garage/Workshop! Post and Beam? CTWF barn raising/barbcue week-end? Bags are pack ready to go! -Ed

[GuglioLS]

Jul 26, 2009 10:49:29 GMT -5 red said:

Sounds like you're getting ready to build that super Garage/Workshop! Post and Beam? CTWF barn raising/barbcue week-end? Bags are pack ready to go! -Ed

Hi Ed,

Very perceptive of you, one of the future uses wi be to aid in erecting a metal building for my new garage workshop. By the time I get to it, all my fabrication projects will have been built outdoors ! At least I'll have a nice dry place to sand off rust and re-paint them ;D Offer accepted your invited! (Might take longer than a weekend though)

Well I was a bum most of today, I did a little welding but nothing worth writing about. Had some guests over for a cookout and socializing, it was a nice break from my projects.


Larry

[GuglioLS]

I made a little more progress on the Skid Steer Adapter plate with Boom Pole. First pic is the finished adapter plate all welded. It's been test fit to the tractor and lucky me it fits like a glove. The next step was to cut a 5/8" wide slot about 10" long through 3/8" thick plate. I did that with a 4-1/2" angle grinder with a metal cut off blade. I burned out the brand new $9 H/F angle grinder, then switched to the $14 one and was able to finish the slot without burning out two grinders.




After the slot was finished, I welded the boom pole receiver to the plate. While that was cooling off, I wire wheeled off all the rust from the boom pole and primed it, let that dry, then applied the finish coat.



Well it's almost done, I may weld on some backing bars behind the receiver to reduce the chance of it bending, then paint the skid steer adapter plate and call it a wrap.

Larry

[GuglioLS]

I finished it up today, slapped on a coat of flat black, slipped the boom into the receiver, slid in the locking pin and that's that. It won't get that much use but it sure will come in handy when I need it. The out of pocket was just right for this sort of thing, total cost was 4 cans of paint, all the plasma cut steel was in-trade.



For heavy lifting a cable is attached to the FEL arms and connected to the clevis at the tip of the pole.

Larry

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Nice welding. Did you have to weld the back as well? What do you figure the total height is? Reminds me of when I worked with carpet installers they had a forklift with a 5" diameter pole that was a good 12' in length for picking up rolls of carpet. It's nickname was Big Dick. -Ed

[GuglioLS]

Aug 6, 2009 5:56:19 GMT -5 red said:

Nice welding. Did you have to weld the back as well? What do you figure the total height is? Reminds me of when I worked with carpet installers they had a forklift with a 5" diameter pole that was a good 12' in length for picking up rolls of carpet. It's nickname was Big Dick. -Ed

LOL

Hi Ed,

Thanks for the welding compliment, Have you tried your new MIG? I did weld the back tab of the receiver, the weight of the plate is 140# or so? and the pole maybe 60#'s.

Larry

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Larry missed your question about the MIG. Did a test run with it and it works. Brought one of those Lincoln Electric auto darking helmets and was really impressed on how it worked so much nicer then trying to hold your spot when flipping down the helmet. Have to weld some hooks to the bucket but definitely need to practice some before. Also want to make braces for the loader arms -Ed