jimmysisson
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- 1993 NH 2120 (the best), 1974 MF 135 (sold, but solid), 1947 Farmall A (bought, sold, bought back, sold again), 1956 MH50 lbt (sold, in 1980, darn it)
I can't seem to find this in Search, maybe someone can direct me.
I've got a sturdy set of forks I use for moving logs and brush. Brush seems to easily slide off when I'm going over bumps so I've been thinking to add a set of arms to hydraulically clamp down on the load. I think I can build a pair, with a cylinder to run each, teed together and run from the remote valve with long hoses, as I run the power angle on my snow plow.
What I wonder is, has anyone used a combination like this? Logs are no sweat, but for picking up and holding onto brush? I have no need of a root grapple, I just want to hold stuff from sliding off the forks. Fork tines are 4' long, tractor is 6000 lbs., loaded rears.
Also, these forks are mounted on a piece of bar stock maybe 1½" dia. They swing free when the "bucket" is dumped, so you can slide each fork sideways adjust the width. When dumping brush onto a burn pile, that free-swing is a pain as forks get stuck in the tangle. Anyone come up with an idea for holding them to the frame without doing so permanently, ie so you could adjust them if necessary?
The pic shows the forks and frame, with arrows where I think I'd pivot the clamping grapple arms, and a little box crudely drawn on top of the frame where I'd pivot the cylinders.
This is in the early planning stage where I could use some advice. Thanks in advance, Jim
I've got a sturdy set of forks I use for moving logs and brush. Brush seems to easily slide off when I'm going over bumps so I've been thinking to add a set of arms to hydraulically clamp down on the load. I think I can build a pair, with a cylinder to run each, teed together and run from the remote valve with long hoses, as I run the power angle on my snow plow.
What I wonder is, has anyone used a combination like this? Logs are no sweat, but for picking up and holding onto brush? I have no need of a root grapple, I just want to hold stuff from sliding off the forks. Fork tines are 4' long, tractor is 6000 lbs., loaded rears.
Also, these forks are mounted on a piece of bar stock maybe 1½" dia. They swing free when the "bucket" is dumped, so you can slide each fork sideways adjust the width. When dumping brush onto a burn pile, that free-swing is a pain as forks get stuck in the tangle. Anyone come up with an idea for holding them to the frame without doing so permanently, ie so you could adjust them if necessary?
The pic shows the forks and frame, with arrows where I think I'd pivot the clamping grapple arms, and a little box crudely drawn on top of the frame where I'd pivot the cylinders.
This is in the early planning stage where I could use some advice. Thanks in advance, Jim