Pallet forks - operational issue

[tassmannn]

Im with Ratpie - practice ! You will get it. I have a 5000 Series deere and use my forks more than the bucket. Another fix is to just build some boxes for the firewood and use 4x4 or 6x6 under them so the fork issue is no longer a big deal.

A little off topic Captjack, but I have a similar tractor, and was wondering if you know of where to find a grading blade for the loader?

 

[DieselBound]

Put the back of the forks in the ground, then raise tips a few inches, then go in.

Yes, or... drop the tips down (with heels up) and go forward until you're at the target, drop the heels down and then slide in. One wants to have the heels slightly higher going in so that the tips are angled down a bit more to keep from snagging on the undersides of a pallet (my wood crates have metal channels in the center and I'd tend to hit those unless I pointed the tips down). This works on loose surfaces that you are OK with gouging up a bit.

I don't know about other folks, but I have next to no areas that are nice and flat. I'm forking stuff that if it is on a flat spot the tractor isn't! Fortunately the worst for me is I gouge some sod. As I'm starting to accept that I'll be gouging ground I've actually gotten better and am gouging less

I'm still waiting to do front camera V2. Need a better mount on the new camera (hint: get one that doesn't have a fixed base on it, that way you can create your own base- fixed bases are flimsy and easily trashed, after which case there's no easy way to remount).

 

[Turbys_1700]

I just ordered a back up camera for my truck off E-bay. If I am happy with the performance of it I may just go ahead and order a couple more for the Buick and Workmaster. For $20 I don't see much of a downside other than the ship time from Hong Kong.

 

[DieselBound]

I'm laughing because while they might not cost much there's still work to installing them. I just installed most of the wiring for a backup camera in my car (was installing a new stereo so I decided I'd do a rearview camera); and because I wanted to turn it on other than just when backing I decided to wire it up to a spare dash switch: need yet to pull the rear bumper to pass the wiring out. Seems I always have a stream of stuff being delivered, all of which is cool until I realize that it all means work :laughing: