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Picking up boulders

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dan from mi

10-05-2000 14:41:15




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i have a ford 971 with a front loader and trip bucket. i need to move some large stones 2 to 3 foot in diameter around my property. my question is does a sling exist that you can rap around a large boulder and then your bucket so you can lift them. some these stones are in place i can not get the loader bucket under to lift. i can get the bucket abover or almost directly above the stone. any help would be appreciated

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RWK in WI

10-17-2000 19:06:11




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 Re: picking up boulders in reply to dan from mi, 10-05-2000 14:41:15  
I have been using an old truck or road grader tire chain to lift rocks. Easy to drape around the stone then use a logging chain to draw chosed and lift. Don't use a good set of chains as you can bend or straighten links. The one I am using now came from my dad over 25 years a



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dan from mi

10-17-2000 21:17:49




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 Re: Re: picking up boulders in reply to RWK in WI, 10-17-2000 19:06:11  
thanx
do you use the tire to drag the stone close or do you also use it to lift the stone also is there a difference between a tow chain and logging chain?
dan



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RWK in WI

10-21-2000 20:01:13




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 Re: Re: Re: picking up boulders in reply to dan from mi, 10-17-2000 21:17:49  
I use the tire chain "basket" to bot drag rocks and to pick them up using a Ford 3000 with a loader or a MM U302 with a loader. A tow chain has grab hooks on both ends. A logging chain has a slip hook or a large forged ring at one end to allow the chain to pull tight and both a slip hook and a grab hook at the other end. You can hook the slip hook to the tractor and shorten the pull chain with the grab hook.

Hope this helps.

Dick Kraus

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B.C.

10-06-2000 07:12:00




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 Re: picking up boulders in reply to dan from mi, 10-05-2000 14:41:15  
Up home in the middle of Wisconsin we used a long enough chain applied in a "basket hitch".

Dig out around the stone so that most of it is accessable.

Use a chain with an open (not a slip) hook on one end. This is what gets hooked back onto the chain as I will try to explain below.

Drape the chain over the top of the rock, and to the other side, below the equator. Run the end of the chain around below the equator, going over the other end of the chain as you progress around the rock.

Hook onto the chain where it first came below the equator. Take the slack out of things by hand as necessary.

If it's applied correctly this hooking arrangement can be used to drag or lift the rock as desired. We would sometimes load the rocks onto a "stoneboat" (skid dragged along the ground) or just drag the damn things to some place out of the way.

Good luck, and be careful.

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dan from mid

10-06-2000 11:20:35




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 Re: Re: picking up boulders in reply to B.C., 10-06-2000 07:12:00  
thanx i'll give it a try



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