Boom pole pipe dimension

Richard from SE AZ · Jul 8, 2013

I need a boom pole so I guess I'll make one of those too. What size pipe is optimal for a medium duty pole. I have 1 1/4". Will that do?

old · Jul 8, 2013

I built one years ago using a 2 inch pipe and then since I had it laying around I welded a U bar to the bottom to make it stronger. I have bent it a little bit but I use it to lift to much at times. If you weld a piece of angle iron to the top or bottom to make it stronger you will probably be just fine for say under 800lbs which if pretty much max if your going to use your Ford N series. My boom pole is set up so I can use it on a 3 point or on my loader bucket for extra lift

Texasmark1 · Jul 10, 2013

2 7/8 drill pipe works for me on a 7' pole. Took a piece of #3 rebar and made a loop at the end. It's at least schedule 40 and maybe more. I just slide it over my hay spike, welded a couple of ears on it and a plate on the top of the fork.

Drilled a 5/16 hole down through both and drop a 1/4x6" bolt through it to keep it from sliding off. The plate on top also stops the rear end of it from lifting up and distributes the load more evenly down the spike. Works great and easy on and off.

Mark

showcrop · Jul 10, 2013

Anyone's idea of medium duty can vary a lot. I don't think that I would make a pole of 1 and1/4 more than four feet long. However you can do similar to what Old suggested but much more so, by taking some bar stock of the same length and say, 3/8 by one inch, put a slight bend in the middle so that it will go over a six inch piece of your tubing that you weld on at 90 degrees to your main pipe right at the middle, and then weld both ends and the middle. That strap will carry a lot of weight. All of the old tractor loaders were built this way.

Boom pole pipe dimension

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