MossRoad
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
- Messages
- 60,287
- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
I bent my PT425 forks severely several times prying on stuff that was burried in the ground. This is how I do it, in case anyone else wants to bend their's, too....
Find the burried object.
Point your forks straight down and push into the soil as close as you can to the burried object.
If the front of the PT comes off the ground, use the joystick to wiggle the dump/curl function side-to-side as fast as you can.
This creates a vibrating motion that will dig the forks straight into the ground fairly quickly.
As the forks bury themselves, keep applying downpressure, too.
Before you know it, the forks are completely burried up to the quick attach plate.
Now for the bending of the forks....
Apply curl motion to the forks until the rear of the PT425 comes off the ground.
You can tell when the rear is off the ground when you notice the back half of the machine is now next to your right or left shoulder.
Repeatedly dump and curl the forks while slamming the rear of the unit off and on the ground.
Eventually the forks will bend, but you won't get to see the fruits of your labor until you extract them from the ground.
Then you can be proud of your work. Take pictures and post them here for all to admire.
Regards,
MossRoad
Find the burried object.
Point your forks straight down and push into the soil as close as you can to the burried object.
If the front of the PT comes off the ground, use the joystick to wiggle the dump/curl function side-to-side as fast as you can.
This creates a vibrating motion that will dig the forks straight into the ground fairly quickly.
As the forks bury themselves, keep applying downpressure, too.
Before you know it, the forks are completely burried up to the quick attach plate.
Now for the bending of the forks....
Apply curl motion to the forks until the rear of the PT425 comes off the ground.
You can tell when the rear is off the ground when you notice the back half of the machine is now next to your right or left shoulder.
Repeatedly dump and curl the forks while slamming the rear of the unit off and on the ground.
Eventually the forks will bend, but you won't get to see the fruits of your labor until you extract them from the ground.
Then you can be proud of your work. Take pictures and post them here for all to admire.
Regards,
MossRoad