"Cherry Picker" Looks Factory-Built MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 28-4-20 "It's handy and a real labor saver," says James Newell, Jonesville, Mich., about the "cherry picker" he made out of scrap material and the front axle and wheels off an old dump truck. 49250 (ph 517 849-2602 email: here to download page story appeared in. It can also be locked so it won't swing," he notes.Ĭontact: FARM SHOW Followup, James Newell, 6500 Milnes Rd., Jonesville, Mich. "The bucket can be raised or lowered from the ground or the bucket. I've gotten a lot of use out of it on my own place and also helping neighbors. I came up with the idea because it's so much safer than working from a ladder when trimming trees or working on pole lights and TV antennas, and other such jobs. A neighbor gave me the truck axle, and I got the gas pipe free from a local utility. ![]() ![]() "I bought the hydraulic pump and cylinder new from Northern Tool. "It was far less expensive than buying a new commercial lift," he says. He estimates it cost him $1,400 to build the cherry picker. Pivots on the pipe and boom keep the bucket level at any height. Newell also made a bucket for the boom that attaches to the end of the boom. hydraulic cylinder powered off a battery-operated hydraulic pump lifts the 19-ft. ![]() "It's handy and a real labor saver," says James Newell, Jonesville, Mich., about the "cherry picker" he made out of scrap material and the front axle and wheels off an old dump truck.Ī 3 by 36-in.
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