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Handy UTV Pole Saw Carrier
Heavy-duty pole saws are great for trimming back branches and brush around field edges. However, they can be difficult to get where they’re needed. Stanley Whittle found that to be true with his new Milwaukee cordless pole saw.
“I wanted to take it around the edge of hayfields to trim back cab-whackers,” says Wh
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Handy UTV Pole Saw Carrier ATV S Heavy-duty pole saws are great for trimming back branches and brush around field edges However they can be difficult to get where they’re needed Stanley Whittle found that to be true with his new Milwaukee cordless pole saw “I wanted to take it around the edge of hayfields to trim back cab-whackers ” says Whittle “I realized there wasn’t a good way to carry it around on my Polaris side-by-side I looked online but saw nothing so I made a carrier myself ” Whittle fabricated a rack with two pieces of galvanized 1 1/2-in square tubing He picked up the tubing at FarmTek’s nearby Iowa factory and warehouse The company makes all types of hoop houses and more Whittle says their bargain bin is a great place to pick up useful scraps “The rack was about 3 ft long and 18 in wide ” says Whittle “I designed it to straddle the plastic rack on the UTV ” He used the tubing for the upper and lower members of the outside frame steel strap for the ends and a length of angle iron across the middle He likes galvanized as it doesn’t rust even though he had to burn the galvanized coating off areas to be welded “I used 1-in long rubber plugs to fasten the angle iron to the plastic rack ” says Whittle “The plugs have a nut on one end and when you tighten it down the plug expands I use them anytime I attach something to the UTV ” He also ran a strap from the carrier rack’s upper side to the UTV rack’s other side for more support To mount the pole saw Whittle picked up shovel holder clamps at his local farm store and attached them to the lower side of the rack He spaced them about 3 ft apart and then connected the clamp releases with 1-in metal conduit “I can open and close the clamps with one hand when removing or replacing the pole saw ” says Whittle “The pole saw is a heavy telescoping one and the rack makes it easy to carry ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Stanley Whittle 22041 Grandview Rd Elkader Iowa 52043 ph 563-245-2618; twinval@alpinecom net
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