Alan
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- Location
- NW Vermont (Milton)
We spent the weekend making up a system to unload our new vee box from the pickup. The K2500 is my son's daily driver and he did not want to be married to the vee box all winter. Can't say that I blame him, that extra hanging out the back makes for a clumsy rig in a parking lot and sure would make it hell to load his 4 wheeler.
We ended up welding some tube to the spreader hopper that lets us slip in some extensions and long legs. We can jack up the box and pin the legs and drive away. One man operation and about ten minutes to either mount or dismount the spreader.
It would have been a LOT easier if we had a loader or an overhead hoist, but this looks like it will work pretty well for a quick and dirty rigging.
We ended up welding some tube to the spreader hopper that lets us slip in some extensions and long legs. We can jack up the box and pin the legs and drive away. One man operation and about ten minutes to either mount or dismount the spreader.
It would have been a LOT easier if we had a loader or an overhead hoist, but this looks like it will work pretty well for a quick and dirty rigging.