Quick-Tach Bracket Built For Mini Excavator
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Ian Carolla made a special bracket to easily mount different tools to the swing arm of his SANY mini excavator. The heavy-duty bracket uses two 14-in. long pieces of 6-in. C-channel welded together with one piece of 8 1/2-in. long by 2 7/8-in. dia. round stock on the inside top corner of each flat surface. A 6 1/2-in. by 9-in. piece of 3/8-in. plate steel is welded to the top of each C-channel on the opposite end.
Carolla bolted a pillow block bearing to the plate, which holds a 1 1/4-in. pin from the saddle bearing on the excavator’s arm. “The bracket is very strong and simple to make and works with the 27-in. push mower that I mount to the swing arm for mowing ditches and around ponds,” Carolla says.
He also uses the bracket to mount the spring tine rake he bought to clear debris from ditches and edges of ponds. That tool has 21 curved-steel tines bolted to a piece of 1/2-in. thick by 6-in. wide steel plate welded to a 6-ft. long piece of channel iron. He reinforced the tines with rebar and diagonal anchor bracing on the ends to handle more challenging conditions. The tines are spaced 3-in. apart.
“I could’ve paid more than a thousand dollars to buy a mounting system like this, but making it myself took just a few hours, which saved me a lot of money,” Carolla says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ian Carolla, Carolla’s Compact Construction, Eau Claire, Mich. (carollascc@gmail.com).
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Quick-Tach Bracket Built For Mini Excavator MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers Ian Carolla made a special bracket to easily mount different tools to the swing arm of his SANY mini excavator The heavy-duty bracket uses two 14-in long pieces of 6-in C-channel welded together with one piece of 8 1/2-in long by 2 7/8-in dia round stock on the inside top corner of each flat surface A 6 1/2-in by 9-in piece of 3/8-in plate steel is welded to the top of each C-channel on the opposite end Carolla bolted a pillow block bearing to the plate which holds a 1 1/4-in pin from the saddle bearing on the excavator’s arm “The bracket is very strong and simple to make and works with the 27-in push mower that I mount to the swing arm for mowing ditches and around ponds ” Carolla says He also uses the bracket to mount the spring tine rake he bought to clear debris from ditches and edges of ponds That tool has 21 curved-steel tines bolted to a piece of 1/2-in thick by 6-in wide steel plate welded to a 6-ft long piece of channel iron He reinforced the tines with rebar and diagonal anchor bracing on the ends to handle more challenging conditions The tines are spaced 3-in apart “I could’ve paid more than a thousand dollars to buy a mounting system like this but making it myself took just a few hours which saved me a lot of money ” Carolla says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ian Carolla Carolla’s Compact Construction Eau Claire Mich carollascc@gmail com
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