| | | quote | | Originally posted by Fierofreak00: Very nice! Now I'm gonna have to steal your idea, and use it on my own. I never would have thought of that and I've been fighting my cherry picker for years! And I just happen to have my own welder too, now if I only had my own garage........ |
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Here's my material list:
2 ea. Sideplates are 3/16" x 2" hot roll x 4" long
1 ea. Bottom plate is 3/8" x 2" x boom width + 1/16"
1 ea. Bolt is a 3/4-10 x 4" fully threaded GR5
1 ea. Nut is a 3/4-10 Nylock
2 ea. 3/4" flatwasher
The bottom washer is tacked to the bottom plate and the top washer is tacked to the nyloc nut, the two washers act as a bearing surface with a small amount of high-pressure grease in between. The nyloc nut allows it to be disassembled at a later date if I choose. I used a jam-nut on the crossbolt since the frame needs to swivel freely. Make sure that you make the sideplates long enough to allow the frame to swivel with full lift on the boom.
The welds are 1/4" fillet, full length top and bottom. Make sure you have good penetration, especially the bottom welds.
You'll note a nut welded to the head of the bolt, that is not neccessary, I had to change my design mid-stream and decided to just leave the nut on.
JazzMan
Red 86 SE
