Rolling Platform For Servicing Big Equipment

Rolling Platform For Servicing Big Equipment COMBINES Accessories 20-1-31 g"Our new portable platform makes it easy and safe to work on big machinery," says Rodney Koser, Elbow Lake, Minn. The 4-wheeled unit consists of a steel platform that rides up or down on a 9-ft. high steel mast, a manual winch that's used to raise or lower the platform, and a 2-part folding ladder that stores on the plat-form. You fold the ladder down, then crank up the platform and set brakes on the back tires and climb up the ladder onto the plat-form. The unit rides on a pair of 18-in. tires in back and small caster wheels in front. "It's a lot safer than trying to make a platform out of barrels and planks or using a front-end loader," says Koser. "You can use it to work on combine engines, big 4-WD tractors, etc. - anything where you need to get up high off the ground. It's small enough that you can also use it inside shop buildings. The platform automatically locks onto latches spaced 1 ft. apart on the mast. It has a removable tongue that pins onto the frame just be-hind the caster wheels so you can tow it like a trailer behind a pickup, with the caster wheels off the ground. "It's not designed to move people up or down. If you want to adjust the plat-form height you have to climb down off the platform and operate the winch, then climb back on." Sells for $1,195. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Koser's Inc., Elbow Lake, Minn. 56531 (ph 612 677-2497).

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