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Be sure and put that red safety device in place when the loader arms are raised and you are working underneath them.
Since you are new to this it will be a two man job. One in the cab raising the loader arms and another carefully sliding the red "cover" in over the end of the cylinder.
If the machine looses hydraulic fluid/pressure the red bar will keep the rod from retracting into the cylinder. Obviously very deadly things can happen if someone is under the boom without that safety bar in place and the boom comes down.
I use a 2" square tube with a 1/4" wall thickness. I cut one on side cut out of it.
It is easy to lay a U shaped support on the cylinder rod.
It is then a one person operation to lay it on the rod and gently put the weight of the loader on it.
I use a 2" square tube with a 1/4" wall thickness. I cut one on side cut out of it.
It is easy to lay a U shaped support on the cylinder rod.
It is then a one person operation to lay it on the rod and gently put the weight of the loader on it.
My backhoe has one now but in the past I used a piece of 2" x 1/4" angle iron cut to 1/4" shy of rode when fully extended set over the top of the rod. If concerned it could be held in place with a zip tie.