Fun with implements

[brain55]

A customer of mine sent me this pic last week telling me he wanted to be able to push it with his Bobcat skid-steer.




I had no idea at first how I was going to accomplish it. This is what I came up with, though my first thought was to weld it to the bucket.

 

[brain55]

Here are more pics.

 

[brain55]

And another, my phone app keeps crashing.




I think it turned out pretty well, the customer was very happy.

Brian

 

[Shield Arc]

That's a pretty slick idea!:thumbsup:

 

[brain55]

That's a pretty slick idea!:thumbsup:

Thanks

 

[dstig1]

Nice welds. Attachment looks like something from a horror movie...

 

[brain55]

Nice welds. Attachment looks like something from a horror movie...

It is a little Frankensteinish, apparently he found it on EBay, and thank you.

Brian

 

[bcp]

I bet he will soon want a tongue jack on the roller, too. It looks heavy

Bruce

 

[brain55]

I bet he will soon want a tongue jack on the roller, too.

Bruce

Yeah, we already talked about that, probably when I'm out there in the next couple of weeks doing some other work.

 

[npalen]

That looks like an awful big load for the skidsteer as the weight has a lot of inertia. How does it handle it?

 

[brain55]

That looks like an awful big load for the skidsteer as the weight has a lot of inertia. How does it handle it?

He drove it a little while I was there and seemed very happy with how it handled.

 

[flusher]

Here's my setup for a 2" receiver on the FEL of my 2008 Mahindra 5525. Just welded two 3/4" hex bolts to the reinforced top edge of the bucket to attach the receiver assembly.

 

[sixdogs]

I'd rather pull it with a tractor but boy could I make use of that item.
Great job.

 

[murphy1244]

Might be fun to see it work down grade, great weld job.

 

[brain55]

Might be fun to see it work down grade, great weld job.

Yeah, there is hardly a flat spot on his property. He's in the process of replacing 600+ ft of driveway up to his house. He should get good use out of that roller.

 

[joshuabardwell]

I don't even want to think about what would happen if that broke off facing uphill! I can't imagine how it turns, since Bobcats don't have steer wheels.

 

[brain55]

I don't even want to think about what would happen if that broke off facing uphill! I can't imagine how it turns, since Bobcats don't have steer wheels.

He keeps the roller downhill. I watched him back it up his curvy driveway. It really seemed to handle it just fine. It pivots on the pin and steers without a problem.

 

[brain55]

I did send him a text this morning recommending that he definitely keep the roller downhill and though I have faith in my welding, if something were to go wrong I'd rather see the roller in his neighbor's pool, than having it harpoon him.

Brian