Joined the club with an 18,000lb paperweight this week.

[Another Ahab]

That is a 10 ft long bed to bend up they have a big press!View attachment 821754

Nice bed crane:

- Who makes that?!

 

[Reworked LMTV]

Nice bed crane:

- Who makes that?!

Looks like a Harbor Freight.

 

[JD4044M]

It is a Harbor Freight one. Might buy one for this truck and make a mount to fit the holes in the bed.

 

[wandering neurons]

I had a steel plate welded to the top of a piece of 4" square tubing, about 12" long, that fits into the pockets in the bed of my M1081. There is a thick piece of rubber between the plate, and a hole drilled in the post for the pin in the pocket. On top of that, I bolted an Ultra-Tow hydraulic pickup crane, 1000/2000lb capacity. I have an additional length of square tubing that fits into the crane boom with a pulley at the end, that allows me to reach over and remove all of the cab of the M1081 during warmer weather. Finally, I have a long chain-fall pulley that I can use in addition to the hand crank and hydraulic

Getting ready to unload hay bale using hoist


Another shot - I used the hoist to load the logs, the logs then went to the lumber yard for processing for a buddy


Beauty shots of my M1081 with the upper part of the cab removed (Halloween this year)


And a nice sunset shot

 

[Another Ahab]

On top of that, I bolted an Ultra-Tow hydraulic pickup crane,
View attachment 822260

Nice!

You say hydraulic:

- Where are the hoses, running inside the Crane post?

 

[wandering neurons]

The crane is just like a engine puller crane - it has a hand-pump self-contained hydraulic cylinder. instead of the legs and casters on the ground of the engine puller, the post is on a bearing and can pivot 360 degrees.
I glom'ed this photo from the seller's site (Northern Tool part number 52534, if you insist on asking):