Pull-Type "Sky Jack"
"It comes in handy for a lot of different jobs around my farm," says Arthur Flath, Radisson, Sask., who converted a used warehouse "sky jack" designed for man-lift use into a pull-type cherry picker that goes up to 25 ft. high. He pulls the two-wheeled rig, which is equipped with a stand-in cage, behind a small Ford tractor.
Flath bought the sky jack for $5,000 from a local rental company. The unit was only 30 in. wide and was equipped with small plastic wheels and a pair of outriggers. It had fallen off a truck and was no longer safe to use because the wheels had broken off. He put on bigger wheels (car spare tires) and replaced the original outriggers with four that he made from 2 1/2-in. sq. box iron. Each outrigger is operated by a 2-in. dia., 8-in. stroke hydraulic cylinder. He also added a hitch and mounted a hydraulic pump on it to operate the boom and the outriggers. The pump operates off tractor hydraulics.
The boom is built in six sections and folds up accordion-style for transport. A chain-drive system connects all the sections together and is used to raise and lower them. Flath uses controls mounted inside the cage to raise or lower the boom.
"It comes in handy for a lot of different jobs," says Flath. "I drive it around to my neighbors and use it to change their yard lights. It also works great for cutting limbs off trees and for washing and painting barns. It's a lot safer than using a ladder."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Arthur Flath, Box 207, Radisson, Sask., Canada S0K 3L0 (ph 306 827-4752).
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Pull-Type "Sky Jack" MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 26-2-37 "It comes in handy for a lot of different jobs around my farm," says Arthur Flath, Radisson, Sask., who converted a used warehouse "sky jack" designed for man-lift use into a pull-type cherry picker that goes up to 25 ft. high. He pulls the two-wheeled rig, which is equipped with a stand-in cage, behind a small Ford tractor.
Flath bought the sky jack for $5,000 from a local rental company. The unit was only 30 in. wide and was equipped with small plastic wheels and a pair of outriggers. It had fallen off a truck and was no longer safe to use because the wheels had broken off. He put on bigger wheels (car spare tires) and replaced the original outriggers with four that he made from 2 1/2-in. sq. box iron. Each outrigger is operated by a 2-in. dia., 8-in. stroke hydraulic cylinder. He also added a hitch and mounted a hydraulic pump on it to operate the boom and the outriggers. The pump operates off tractor hydraulics.
The boom is built in six sections and folds up accordion-style for transport. A chain-drive system connects all the sections together and is used to raise and lower them. Flath uses controls mounted inside the cage to raise or lower the boom.
"It comes in handy for a lot of different jobs," says Flath. "I drive it around to my neighbors and use it to change their yard lights. It also works great for cutting limbs off trees and for washing and painting barns. It's a lot safer than using a ladder."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Arthur Flath, Box 207, Radisson, Sask., Canada S0K 3L0 (ph 306 827-4752).
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