3-Pt. Boom Pole Gets Boost With Loader Mount

3-Pt. Boom Pole Gets Boost With Loader Mount Editor’s Note: When a reader suggested we check out YouTube videos by OldGuyDIY, we looked into it. The channel is loaded with low-cost, common-sense ideas. While we couldn’t get in touch with OldGuyDIY himself, we wanted to share the project our reader highlighted. YouTuber OldGuyDIY posted a video on how to make a low-cost 3-pt. boom pole easier to use and more effective. He did this by creating a no-weld, wood-and-log chain mount to attach it to his loader bucket. You can check it out through the YouTube link posted below or follow these suggestions. If you don’t have one, pick up a 3-pt. mount boom pole. Measure the inside width of your loader bucket. Cut a 4 by 4 to fit and lay it in the bucket. Set the 3-pt. boom frame in the bucket with the top link against the back of the bucket. Secure it in place with a ratchet strap. Measure from one side of the boom post to the corresponding side of the bucket. Cut a 2 by 4 to fit, then attach it to the 4 by 4 with structural screws. Repeat on the other side. Measure the distance between the boom post and the rails, then cut 2 by 4s accordingly and screw them to the 2 by 4s in steps four and five. They serve as locators to keep the boom centered and prevent it from moving side to side. Hook a logging chain to the bucket edge. Run it underneath the bucket, moving from the back side to the top link pin, then back down and around to the front of the bucket edge. Continue with the chain up to, but just below, the top link pin and around it before hooking it back to itself. According to OldGuyDIY, the boom won’t move towards the front of the bucket or slip to either side. “Putting the boom on the loader gives additional height,” he says. “In the case of my loader, I have a reach of 12 ft. high and 8 ft. out.” He recommends using a counterweight, like a heavy implement, on the back of the tractor. He also cautions not to exceed the boom’s rated capacity.  “It makes life easier, especially if you’re working by yourself,” he adds. “I can pull up to a lawn mower, slip a chain into the boom end, and pick it up to work on it or move it. I can reach across a fence with it and pick up an implement. It’s a cheap way to expand the uses of your tractor and loader.” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup (YouTube: @OldGuyDIY; Boom Pole Mount: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ep5FZieVA). OldGuyDIY

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