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Tractor-Mounted Grave Marker Lift
John Herren says his home-built lift takes the back work out of fixing up flat grave markers so that dirt can be replaced to level them up.
“Before we made this it was all manual labor with a pry bar, shovel and two-wheel cart,” says the maintenance man for his Louisville, Ky., church cemetery.
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Tractor-Mounted Grave Marker Lift John Herren says his home-built lift takes the back work out of fixing up flat grave markers so that dirt can be replaced to level them up “Before we made this it was all manual labor with a pry bar shovel and two-wheel cart ” says the maintenance man for his Louisville Ky church cemetery He used scrap iron and purchased square tubing and 4-in angle iron to create the lift on a 3-pt hitch for his 20 hp Kubota tractor “You set it over the stone and as you pick it up it tightens because of the angle of the arms ” he says He bored several holes to make it adjustable for headstones from 16 to 24 in and he uses rope to open the clamps to release the stone after it’s placed “We made it for ourselves and it makes the job much easier ” Herren says adding it can also work for setting new stones Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Herren P O Box 72069 Louisville Ky 40272 ph 502 741-7521; jrherren31@yahoo com
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