Ok. I know it's feast or famine with me posting. But my latest project:
Needing to get in under the bucket to work on the new front bumper, it reminded me of an important part of my loader build that was incomplete:. I had no official safety brace for working under the loader bucket.
So on Saturday I grabbed a piece of pipe and whipped one up. It wraps around the ram, and has thick leather pads to protect the chrome on the ram. It stays in place by gravity, but I added an extra Iocking pin as a failsafe.
I got it painted and added an attention flag last night, so here it is installed.
I don't ever want to forget it's installed, so if done a few things as reminders:
It's painted a color that just looks WRONG:. Deere green.
And I took the hairpin that secures the locking pin and made it into a keychain, and put the ignition key on that keychain. So with it properly installed, the ignition key is missing.
Lastly I put a bright red reminder flag on it, to be left laying in the driver's seat.
Surely those 3 things will help me not forget to remove it before operation.
Bob
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Re: loader boom safety brace
I've been thinking of something like this for work I need to do on the big backhoe. Yours is very well thought and implemented. Another project well done Bob!
My only gripe is the green colour. I'd have chosen yellow! (just kidding)
My only gripe is the green colour. I'd have chosen yellow! (just kidding)
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Re: loader boom safety brace
Well that's the whole point, when I walk up to it and see that there I look at that green color and say, "ewwww!". And that's what reminds me that it's there!
Plus, I don't actually have any yellow paint right now....
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Re: loader boom safety brace
The Cat skid steers have the support mounted to the loader frame so it is always there when needed. The Cat one is painted red, which stands out against the yellow and black. I support the green as a stand out colorthebuildist wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:47 pmWell that's the whole point, when I walk up to it and see that there I look at that green color and say, "ewwww!". And that's what reminds me that it's there!
Plus, I don't actually have any yellow paint right now....
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Re: loader boom safety brace
@thebuildist - Nicely done! Looks factory (Except for the colour ) Good to see you made something that wraps around 3 sides of the rod - sometimes you'll see homemade ones just using a piece of angle iron - always makes me worry about their safety...
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Re: loader boom safety brace
Good job! I’d say that’s a pretty good lock out tag out set up.
How it the leather attached to pipe? I may do something similar in the future.
How it the leather attached to pipe? I may do something similar in the future.
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Re: loader boom safety brace
The way the leather is curled in there it almost holds itself in place. But I also used contact cement.
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