ATV-Mounted Loader

ATV-Mounted Loader ATV'S ATV'S 17-3-32 "I built a loader for my 4-WD ATV so I could use it to move dirt and snow. It can raise a 250-lb. load up to 4 ft. high. Really comes in handy," says Adam Roerick,Tolna, N. Dak. The first-of-its-kind ATV loader is equipped with a 42-in. wide, 16-in. high bucket that's just wider than the wheels of Roerick'sYamaha 350 Terra Pro. The bucket is raised or lowered by a 2 1/2 in. dia., 3-ft. long hydraulic cylinder thats mounted on a bracket between the ATV's front wheels. The cylinder is powered by a pto -driven hydraulic pump (salvaged from an old swather) that's mounted on the pto in back. Roerick uses a control valve bolted onto the bottom of the ATV's foot peg to operate the cylinder. A rope trip is used to dump the bucket. "It raises high enough to dump into a pickup bed," says Roerick. "I push down with my heel to raise the bucket and down with my toe to lower it. I can adjust pins on the loader arms to lock the bucket in three different positions-level with the ground, 1 in. above the ground, or with the bucket's cutting edge in a vertical position for scraper work. I can quickly replace the bucket with a 4-ft. wide blade by removing four pins from the loader arms. "I also use the bucket for spraying by bolting a 10-ft. long boom on the front edge of the bucket. Putting the boom in front lets me spray weeds before the wheels run over them. I also use a 50-ft long hose hooked to a 30-gal. tank on back to spot spray." Roerick made the bucket out of a steel 40¡gal. water pressure tank, cutting it apart lengthwise and welding on added material to beef up the cutting edge. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Adam Roerick, Rt.1, Box4 ,Tolna, N. Dak. 58380 (ph 701262-4765).

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