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
