One thing that I've seen but don't have is a home made gizmo that locks into the FEL with a couple of flat pieces of channel extending outward. You can slide a wooden pallet onto the channels and have a stable platform to stand on. Currently, when I want to trim trees or fill deer feeders, I stand in the loader and get lifted up to do whatever. It's not really all that good of a perch but, so far, I haven't fallen out or off. I need to get a set of these made. Sooner or later, I'm going to fall out of that loader. I wish I had a picture of that thing. [/quote]
Anyone using the bucket for a platform, take a couple minutes and harness off! Just had a local guy who fell out of a bucket trimming trees and is no paralized from the fall. I would hate to read on here of someone doing this. It takes just a few minutes to be safe. Tree stand harness works fine.
