What did you do with your Cub Today?

[jbrewer]

I really like the "lift" or wrecker duty idea.

If only I was a fabricator! Do you have a thread somewhere here with details of how you implemented this?

Well done!

[Rex B]

I may ve posted earlier about it but I can't find the thread.
But it's pretty simple.

I'm using the 2" receiver plate from Extreme.
https://xtrememotorworks.com/Receiver%20Hitches.html

Along with a receiver step from Harbor Freight. I had to cut off 1.625" so the extender would fit into the shallow receiver.
https://www.harborfreight.com/automo...tep-97685.html

And the crane. I bought mine used from CL. This one might work:
https://www.harborfreight.com/12-ton...ane-60732.html

These pickup bed cranes all have a swivel base. I started out with one, but it was hard to control so I eliminated it. Much better.

It's a bit floppy Left/right due to the loose fit in the receiver. Lifting the 3-pt drawbar fixes that. I intend to add some "outrigger" blocks to bear on the drawbar for better stability. If no 3-pt you could probably come up with a pair of stabilizing struts.

Here's a better photo

[Rex B]

You might notice in the first two pics there is a receiver hitch mounted under the winch on the front bumper. That did not work, at least for the crane mount.

With a much stronger mount it would be useful in some cases to have a front receiver. Stabbing a small trailer into a tight parking spot for example. Or using the crane to stab an engine. Moving that machine as shown in the first post would have been ideal for a front crane if the cabinet had not had casters.

Still thinking about that.

[Tony h]

Walked down s section of driveway trimming pff branches that will hit the tractor as I snowplow. Its getting close to whitestuff.