multi-tasking?

[Nat]

Seems this is a corporate buzz word, but I use it a little differently. This is a tree grubber/5th wheel camper mover/tool carrier that I made out of scrap stuff that I have laying around. I made one 25 years ago to clear up a tracc of land Vickie and I bought. I couldn't afford to hire a dozer, so I made one of these and with an old WD Allis Chalmers tractor I cleared 5 of the 20 acres we bought. I don't remember what happened to that one so I made another. I have a 3000 Ford tractor and with this I can do several things as I will show in the next several posts. Later, Nat

[Nat]

Here is a pic of it engaging a small poplar tree, about 2" thick. Just lower it to the ground, back up till the tree is in the notch, then raise the lift and back up

[Nat]

Her is a pic showing the tree out and the tap root hanging under it. You just drive to the brush pile and lower the lift while going forward and it comes out.

[Nat]

As you can see in this pic I put a 2" reciever about 13" up from the bottom, so that I can move my trailer around without have ing to hook it to the truck. The tractor has a trailer hitch, but it catches the box blade so I took it off and it hangs on a post at the shop.
You can also see a piece of pipe sticking up from the top with a plate welded on top of that. That is to move my 5th wheel camper around, also without hooking it to the truck. I have to remove my toolbox and then install the 5th wheel hitch, so moving it with the tractor is really handy

[Nat]

Here is a closer pic of the 5th wheel lifted with the tractor

[Nat]

I also made me a set of "down and dirty" forks for the front end loader. The bucket has 2 sets of holes for something, so I used some 2" x2" square tubing and drilled and tapper the forks, so all I have to do is put 2 bolts in each fork and away we go. Removal is just as simple

[GaryM]

Looks like a fine building job Nat. But for myself, I'd be concerned about hooking that fifth wheel that high on a tractor. I'd be concerned about flipping backwards as I tried to go forward. But maybe you have the front of the tractor well ballasted andf we just can't see it in the picture.

Be careful!

[Nat]

Gary, I have a FEL on it so that shouldn't be a problem, but you are right. My 5th wheel weighs around 11,000 lbs and I don't think I want to try to move it without the loader. I see them move rigs loke mine at Ocean Lakes CG at Myrtle Beach with a 3600 Ford and no loader all the time. I have heard of peolpe using their CUT's to move 5th wheels and I worry about it. I leave the front legs down and just pick it up enough to clear the ground so that if anything happened it could only go a couple inches down. It does make that 3000 settle when you raise the lift. Later, Nat

[GaryM]

Nat, glad to hear you're trying to be safe. With the trailer legs just off the ground a little it's probably an acceptable risk.

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