watkincm
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I use pallet forks, skid steer attached to my loader, to move pallets of firewood to my OWF.
The operational issue is that the hood of my tractor and the loader arms obscure any view of the forks when they are low to the ground, making positioning of the forks essentially guess work.
The main problem is I cannot tell when the forks are parallel to the ground which means I can easily destroy a pallet.
Each pallet holds a quarter cord of firewood making them HEAVY... and a pain to rebuild/restack.
Tried painting the tips of the forks "dayglo" orange but didn't help much. The loader levelling rod is not much use either since the forks "float" off the back frame and while the frame may be vertical, the forks may not be ground parallel. Considered several notions involving spirit levels attached to various points but couldn't figure out how to see them clearly either
Anyone out there have any bright ideas about how I can more accurately gauge the position/angle of my forks ?
The operational issue is that the hood of my tractor and the loader arms obscure any view of the forks when they are low to the ground, making positioning of the forks essentially guess work.
The main problem is I cannot tell when the forks are parallel to the ground which means I can easily destroy a pallet.
Each pallet holds a quarter cord of firewood making them HEAVY... and a pain to rebuild/restack.
Tried painting the tips of the forks "dayglo" orange but didn't help much. The loader levelling rod is not much use either since the forks "float" off the back frame and while the frame may be vertical, the forks may not be ground parallel. Considered several notions involving spirit levels attached to various points but couldn't figure out how to see them clearly either
Anyone out there have any bright ideas about how I can more accurately gauge the position/angle of my forks ?