Bucket-Mounted Lift Straps Easy To Install

Bucket-Mounted Lift Straps Easy To Install TRACTORS Loaders Harley Willett came up with an easy way to lift and move heavy objects with his 40 hp loader tractor He replaced the hydraulic cylinder attach pins on the bucket with 7 12-in long 1-in dia drawbar hitch pins with the pin handle facing outside About 3 in of the handle is exposed where he attaches nylon lift straps He recently sent FARM SHOW photos of a 6-ft long 2-in wide sewn loop end strap that he uses to lift his riding mower for service work The strap is rated at 6 400 lbs and has a loop at each end He looped the strap through itself then hooked it onto the mower’s push bar “I bought the hitch pins and strap at Harbor Freight and use them with my New Holland DC 48 loader tractor equipped with a 6-ft bucket I keep finding new uses for them all the time ” says Willett “For example lifting and moving 55-gal barrels and loading stuff into my pickup “In my opinion straps are a lot safer to use than chains because the web material absorb shocks I use only one-piece heavy duty straps rated for the purpose  When I’m done using the straps I roll them up and store them under the tractor seat ” Willett says the straps can hang straight down from the pins or be rigged across left to right underneath the bucket “The straps also can be thrown over the top of bucket and that way the rollback cylinder allows more precise control of the lifting process ” says Willett “Using straps this way works great with big 25-in log tongs because I can retrieve logs without having to get off the tractor ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Harley Willett 6519 Ridgemont Dr Dallas Texas 75214 ph 214 696-4685; harwill99@yahoo com

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