BEHOLD! THE FRANKENPICKER!

[rc63]

Hi Folks,

I'm in the midst of converting my garage into my dream hobby machine shop. So I had to be creative in what equipment i need to move machine tools around and figure out the best placement. ( shop layouts on paper don't work for me, as I have no imagination with that kinda stuff.) With that being said , I purchased a pallet jack which is super handy for the mill to move around, but... it was pretty useless when my lathe came in from Quality Machine (Matt). So I went to Harbor Freight and purchased a cherry picker for a smokin deal. (179.00 with a extra 20% off!) After my buddy brought his back hoe and set it in the former garage, I needed to move it to the other side and see how that would work. problem was the picker was to wide and to tall to go up the center mid ship so I had to come in from the end. OMG! it sucked! I chipped the bondo on the castings and it was a real PITA to get it where I wanted it. So I got to thinking.... Why not build a hybrid pallet jack picker! And so I did today. I can pull the boom off if needed, and put it back on the picker frame, but really it would do just fine as a cherry picker in its new form. So I present to yall.... The Frankinpicker! BTW, that's my bud Max, super welder>

Thanks!
Bob C.

 

[xalky]

I like it a lot! I have the HF pallet jack and the HF 2 ton cherry picker. You posted this just at the right time. I have some machine juggling to do this coming week and the frakenpicker looks like exactly what I need. The wheels on the pallet jack should make it so much easier to roll things around, rather than the small wheels on the cherry picker. :thumbsup2:

 

[rc63]

I like it a lot! I have the HF pallet jack and the HF 2 ton cherry picker. You posted this just at the right time. I have some machine juggling to do this coming week and the frakenpicker looks like exactly what I need. The wheels on the pallet jack should make it so much easier to roll things around, rather than the small wheels on the cherry picker. :thumbsup2:

I must say it worked really well. I'm glad your inspired. Although it was a down and dirty build, Im sure the design could be improved.


Thanks!
Bob C

 

[Marco Bernardini]

… and now all the Board of Directors of companies producing pallet jacks and and cherry pickers are keeping emergency meetings with this agenda: "Why did not we think of that?".
You'll be responsible for the firing of many CEOs, Bob!
:roflmao:

Jokes apart, this is an excellent idea, and I'm sure many people here will build his own Frankenpicker!
I think to patent the idea would be a waste of money, since we all know how these things work for small inventors with limited budgets (limited if compared to multinational companies like Hyundai, Sumitomo or Komatsu who have their own "lawyers farms"), but I suggest you, at least, to buy the Internet domain frankenpicker dot com, which while I'm writing is still available: if you don't become rich of money you'll become rich of friends

 

[thomas s]

Wow I like it

 

[minugs]

Great idea, I have bought HF stuff in the past and strengthened or modified them to my needs.

 

[Uglydog]

Another idea in my bag of tricks!

Thank you,
Daryl
MN

 

[SWARFEATER]

cool !!!!

 

[Bradman]

Great idea. I did something similar with an old bumper jack but it can't pick up the weight that your idea can. Thanks

 

[rc63]

Thank you guys very much for the kind words! I'm so happy I can contribute. This is what this fine forum is all about.







Bob C