Loader-Mounted Post Handler

Loader-Mounted Post Handler TRACTORS Loaders 34-4-30 "It lets one person handle a big wooden post without help or doing any physical lifting," says Dan Servideo, who came up with a post clamping device that attaches to a post loader bucket. He recently used it to pick up and place 8 5/8-in. sq. pressure-treated posts used to build a 6-post carport. The device freely rotates, so if the post is clamped off center, it automatically lines up vertically and can be placed into a hole in the ground. A double-nutted, 1-in. dia. threaded rod is used to tighten the device to the lip at the center of the bucket. A post holder with angle iron sides - which is free to rotate - is then attached to the threaded rod. The post holder is tightened with 4 bolts that extend through one of the angle irons. For smaller posts, a "spacer board" can be added inside the post holder and tightened down using bolts on the opposite angle iron. A safety chain attached to the post holder is then wrapped around the post. "I came up with the idea because help is difficult to find, and there was no way my wife and I could lift and place the posts," says Servideo. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dan Servideo, Green River Farm Millspring, 10103 Hwy. 108 E., Mill Spring, N.C. 28756 (ph 828 894-3431).

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