Quad bike carrier

[trook135]

Hi all just looking for inspiration really, have 2 farms a fair trip apart and I work alone on the farm can't afford a second staff member any more making fert a bit of a chore, wondered about making a carrier for the quad bike to go on the tractor loader or linkage so I can take the fert tractor and the loader tractor/trailer of fert to the farm I'm working at without a bloody long walk or trying to organise lifts about

Anyone made anything similar? If is to go on the loader it could do with incorporating the bag lifter somehow to save yet another trip

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Electric bike?

 

[tinsheet]

Neighbours made a link box to go on the front linkage of his tractor.
Quad drives in the side of it.

 

[Bloders]

i made a frame for the front linkage for the bike to drive onto.
wheels located in squares of steel iykwim.

we nowuse the pallet forkes set so they are a tight fit between the front and rear axles. reason being when the bike was carried on the wheels, it bounced about on its suspension and was harder to fasten down.
carrying it on the forks under the frame means one stap over the seat and pull it tight and it goes nowhere.

Keep it simple is best

 

[trook135]

Sounds interesting could use a carrier on the front linkage and lift the loader up I suppose?
Forks would be ideal but I have a bag lifter and no forks on the loader tractor!

 

[Bloders]

you can see it here.
pallet forks work much better

 

[Steevo]

Certainly sticks out a fair distance too!

 

[TheTallGuy]

I bet that's fun getting around corners...

 

[Bloders]

wont stick any further out than a bucket on a loader?

 

[Steevo]

wont stick any further out than a bucket on a loader?

You can lift a loader bucket up out of the way though when pulling out of a junction.

 

[Bloders]

You can lift a loader bucket up out of the way though when pulling out of a junction.

its not a problem for us, so doesnt matter. Only one junction here it is an issue and you would not pull out of there with a loader on either, so we take a 200 yard detour. In fact, you cant really pull out of the junction with front ballast.
have you seen the other thread where a lorry has hit a raised loader???

each to their own, ive made something that suits our needs, works well and were happy with it. Saves making a seperate journey for a piece of equipment and in some instances, saves an extra person on a job.

Next time, ill not bother to make suggestions if all anyone can do is find fault and pick holes in other peoples work.

 

[Steevo]

No need to take offence. I was just making observations. There is no one right or wrong way as everyone's situation is different.

 

[davedb]

you can see it here.
pallet forks work much betterView attachment 477064

Tidy job, it would allmost go on the trailer in front of the box wouldn't it? I suppose it would be awkward messing with ramps to get it up there tho

 

[Bloders]

awkward with ramps etc and thats not our trailer, we normally have a different trailer.

 

[Mursal]

Neatest would be to wheelie it up onto a spec lift frame on the front linkage almost vertical, with the back wheels in the lift. Front wheels leaning towards the bonnet. Make the frame just wide enough for a big quad ......
Strap would secure.