Custom Adapter Plates Handle Several Tools
 ✖  |
“I built skid steer adapter plates for my Magnatrac and Mahindra tractor loader that work really well handling 3-pt. tools for my landscape and excavation business,” says Ian Carolla of Eau Claire, Mich. Carolla says he learned his design and fabrication skills working as a machine operator, fixing broken equipment and building things out of necessity rather than buying them.
“For the Magnatrac, I bought quick attach couplers from Amazon and made the frame out of 3-in. square tubing. The spacing inside the tubing was very close to the cylinders, so I used a torch and cut openings in the back plate to accommodate the cylinders,” Carolla says. “I used my drill press to align and drill all the holes in the same direction. I pieced everything together and welded them in place. Building this from scrap materials rather than buying new saved me around $1,000, which is important since I’m a small business.”
Carolla uses the Magnatrac for leveling land, ripping out fence rows, digging out stumps, and putting in culverts and gutter drains. He also made a thumb for the Magnatrac’s backhoe and uses that for handling rocks and brush.
He made a skid steer attachment plate for his tractor using a 3/8-in. thick steel back plate that he bought at an auction. “It’s probably overkill, but I like to build things solid so they’ll last,” Carolla says. Adding 2-in. tubing between the attachment points provided extra strength for welding a 3-pt Quick Hitch to the front. “It took me about an hour to weld the hitch to the plate and it works perfectly,” Carolla says.
The attachment mounts on his loader so he can use the tractor to rake gravel, clean out ponds, and level driveways with his box blade and straight blade that attach to the Quick Hitch.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ian Carolla, Carolla’s Compact Construction, Eau Claire, Mich. (carollascc@gmail.com)
Click here to download page story appeared in.
Click here to read entire issue
Custom Adapter Plates Handle Several Tools MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “I built skid steer adapter plates for my Magnatrac and Mahindra tractor loader that work really well handling 3-pt tools for my landscape and excavation business ” says Ian Carolla of Eau Claire Mich Carolla says he learned his design and fabrication skills working as a machine operator fixing broken equipment and building things out of necessity rather than buying them “For the Magnatrac I bought quick attach couplers from Amazon and made the frame out of 3-in square tubing The spacing inside the tubing was very close to the cylinders so I used a torch and cut openings in the back plate to accommodate the cylinders ” Carolla says “I used my drill press to align and drill all the holes in the same direction I pieced everything together and welded them in place Building this from scrap materials rather than buying new saved me around $1 000 which is important since I’m a small business ” Carolla uses the Magnatrac for leveling land ripping out fence rows digging out stumps and putting in culverts and gutter drains He also made a thumb for the Magnatrac’s backhoe and uses that for handling rocks and brush He made a skid steer attachment plate for his tractor using a 3/8-in thick steel back plate that he bought at an auction “It’s probably overkill but I like to build things solid so they’ll last ” Carolla says Adding 2-in tubing between the attachment points provided extra strength for welding a 3-pt Quick Hitch to the front “It took me about an hour to weld the hitch to the plate and it works perfectly ” Carolla says The attachment mounts on his loader so he can use the tractor to rake gravel clean out ponds and level driveways with his box blade and straight blade that attach to the Quick Hitch Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ian Carolla Carolla’s Compact Construction Eau Claire Mich carollascc@gmail com
To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click
here to register with your account number.
