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3-Pt. Mounted Shop Hoist
"It works great as both a forklift and a shop hoist," says George Diggs, Tower Hill, Ill., who removed the caster wheels from a shop hoist and mounted it on the 3-pt. hitch on his compact tractor.
"I wasn't using the shop hoist all that much anyway. I was going to make a set of forks for my tractor's 3-pt. until
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3-Pt. Mounted Shop Hoist TRACTORS Accessories 32-5-29 "It works great as both a forklift and a shop hoist," says George Diggs, Tower Hill, Ill., who removed the caster wheels from a shop hoist and mounted it on the 3-pt. hitch on his compact tractor.
"I wasn't using the shop hoist all that much anyway. I was going to make a set of forks for my tractor's 3-pt. until I decided the lower part of the hoist could serve that purpose," says Diggs.
He welded a couple of brackets made out of 3-in. angle iron to the hoist and drilled holes in them to fit the pins on the 3-pt.'s lift arms. About 26 in. up the back side of the hoist beam he welded two pieces of flat stock to attach to the top link.
"I can still use it as a shop hoist but now I can also use it as a forklift," says Diggs. "It also works great as a log hoist and skidder, and I use it with a square water tank to carry water to animals. And it works great for moving things around our yard. There seems to be no end to what I can use it for."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, George L. Diggs, Rt. 2, Box 106C, Tower Hill, Ill. 62571 (ph 217 567-3352).
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