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Steve in VA

Steve in VA

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Natural Bridge Virginia
We've all done it; gone up in a tractor loader bucket or lifter someone else. I've priced man-baskets that fit to pallet forks and they're pricey. It's not a tool that you need every day. Given that, I have a number of ICB totes with the galvanized framework and thought "if I remove the plastic tote, the framework would be far superior to riding a bucket". Yes, it isn't OSHA but I can't be the first knucklehead that's thought of this. Anyone done it? Or, has a better option?
Thanks is advance.
 
i have used one for years out of two oak pallets on top each other . aand bolted together with lumber putting top unit 4ft above. this way can lift higher items and still have plenty of lift in the forklift i use it on. it is also strapped to the mast of the forklift has removable side rails so can't step off or fall off. really worked out nice and just made from shipping pallets i get from machinery assembling. i also made safty stops on the forklift mast. WAY BETTER THAN LADDER. go for it.
 
I've thought countless times about fabricating one but I would want to make it as long as possible and I didn't know how long was too long. I sure don't want to turn the tractor over.
 
yea thats fine i just used what i had. pallets out the yang yang.i have some those here also i use for used oil containers.
 
It sounds reasonable, but be aware that if you do that, and someone you have working for/with you is injured or killed in an accident, chances are excellent that you will be sued for everything you own.
 
That is what I did. Removed the tank and use the pallet forks on my backhoe. I just run a strap around the frame to the pallet fork backrest so it can't slip off. I also mounted a few used elevator buckets to hold tools and supplies. I also strap myself in and my wife drives the backhoe for me.
 
Just make sure there arent any sharp edges on the metal. Some of those frames have seams that are pretty sharp.

I built myself a platform from an old cultivator frame. 10 foot wide, railings all around, removable on the front. Works really slick. Used it once to trim trees in the yard. Borrowed the neighbors telehandler. I must trust the wife to let her drive and ride that thing 40 feet up in the air!
 
I built one out of a good solid pallet, have a 3/4 pipe railing about 42 inches up, works great, I really trust it. We use it for trimming shooting lanes before deer hunting, wife drives the tractor and I ride in the basket with my pole saw.
 
I've done that. I try to get a few ICBs every year... very handy as tanks and crates, and neighbours and friends keep borrowing them. One is the man basket... just make sure its tied onto forks and the other I made to hold 9 forklift propane tanks.
 
the tote cage works great we have twoo now heads up the bottoms arent that great after plastic is out we cut up some 1/2 inch ply wood and put the bottum and ran in about 25 just guessing 1 inch hex sheet metal screws with the rubber washers makes alot less slipery we put a light chain around the backrest of the pallet forks and cage just in case works well
loren
 
Glad to hear about the plywood floor. I was heading that way. Also, I was thinking of running reinforcements around the top bars to spread any load and avoid crimping the tube frame. I'm sure the frame was only engineered to hold the plastic tote and that spreads the force a lot. Thanks
 
Steve:

Years ago when I worked in the Mines in Death Valley, CA , we had an old Ford tractor underground that we removed the loader bucket and welded together a man-basket that pivoted between the ends of the loader arms. The basket was 3 1/2 feet tall, fully screened in with expanded metal screening, and the door was double-latching with a safety chain that you clipped across the outside front of the door. It was almost impossible to fall out of that basket, or have the door accidently open while you were leaning against it. The Mine was regularly inspected by the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) and CAL-OSHA , and there were never any problems concerning that man-basket. The basket was primarily used by the Geologists and Surveyors when they hung the Laser equipment from the tunnel 'back' to guide the Continuous Miners (Roadheaders).

Doc
 
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