Pickup-Mounted Metal Bender

Pickup-Mounted Metal Bender FARM SHOP Tools Warren Farley didn t have enough room in his small garage for a stationary metal bender so he built one that fits into the receiver hitch on back of his pickup The unit consists of a 4-in sq vertical steel tube welded to two 12-in sq metal plates and uses four 18-in long arms and a 36-in long handle at the end to do the bending A 4-bolt adjustable clamp on the tube attaches to an adjustable hitch plate on the pickup He used 3/4-in thick 2-in wide steel to build the arms and drilled 5/8-in dia holes through them which accept grade 5 bolts that hold the arms together I built it after I bought a small stationary metal bender from Harbor Freight It only cost $80 but couldn t even bend 2-in material says Farley I ended up spending nearly 4 times that to build my bender but it s portable and is built a lot heavier It ll bend steel up to 3 in wide and 3/8 in thick or maybe thicker and with the long handle it s very easy to use It weighs about 200 lbs so I use a small 2-wheeled cart to move it around It s all I can do to lift it into the back of my pickup á Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Warren Farley 280 State Street Jackson Ohio 45640 wrfarley@roadrunner com

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