Multi-Purpose “Power Bar” For Skid Loaders

Multi-Purpose “Power Bar” For Skid Loaders MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous The list of jobs that Howard Popp can do with his home-built skid loader-mounted Power Bar is impressive - everything from breaking up packed snow and ice to digging trenches moving trailers and plowing snow      The patented Power Bar quick-taches to the skid loader and consists of a 45-in wide 18-in high rectangular steel frame made from 1/2-in thick steel A 24-in long reinforced 3 by 6-in rectangular receiver tube extends 24 in forward and is designed to accept a wide variety of attachments     Each attachment comes with a welded-on sleeve that pins on outside the receiver tube A T-handle with bushings at each end runs through the receiver tube and is used with a cotter pin to secure the sleeve which weighs about 20 lbs     “It saves money because there’s no need to spend money on a separate quick-tach plate for each tool ” says Popp who plans to manufacture the Power Bar as orders come in “I came up with the idea because the large dairy farm I work for needed something to break up packed snow and ice to keep cows from slipping and falling I built the Power Bar frame and a 1-ft square ice spade for it that digs into ice instead of sliding over it like a loader bucket would It worked so well I decided to build other attachments for it ” says Popp     Here’s a summary of those attachments      Sand bedding leveler - Designed to level the sand in a free stall it consists of an 8-ft long 4-in wide rectangular steel bar with a series of welded-on metal teeth The bar pivots on a 20-in dia steel hub A hydraulic cylinder can be used to adjust the angle of the bar by up to 90 degrees     Mini bucket/grapple - This small toothed bucket works great for moving tree stumps and logs and for digging trenches says Popp A hydraulic cylinder opens and closes the jaws “It works great to dig out small trees and stumps and then haul them away It also can dig trenches up to 4 ft deep ” says Popp “My brother has used it to dig out tree roots up to 18 in in diameter ”     Fifth wheel hitch - It consists of an upright tube that fits over the ball and coupler on an RV or camper trailer You can also hook it up to a pull-type camper     Forage fork - It’s designed to break up frozen or tightly packed silage stored in tube-type plastic silage bags and consists of five 3-ft long tapered steel forks spaced about 4 in apart “The forks are made from 1/2-in thick steel so they won’t get bent up ” says Popp     Snow blade - Hooks up to the mounting bracket on a standard pickup-mounted snowplow The existing hydraulic cylinders are used to change the blade’s angle     Drawbar hitch - This setup allows you to move farm implements and trailers or switch the attachment to a ball hitch and move utility or gooseneck trailers     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Howard Popp 13980 45th Ave N E Rice Minn 56367 cell ph 320 260-0226; hcpoppwelding@gmail com

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