Hi Folks, I hope you don't mind me chiming in as I happened to notice your thread.
Charley, I'm very glad to see you're happy with with the frame, enough to take the time to mention it here. That sure is a beautiful tractor and property you have. With those online fork tines being a little rough, I'd recommend two options, either hit them real quick with a cup wheel (10 minute job) or put them to work to get them shined up, maybe doing something like this, :laughing::
YouTube - John Deere 2520 using Artillian Forks to dismantle old stone wall
My own forks have very little paint left on them but as you can see, I use them as often as possible as a design proving test base!
Gizmo, I greatly appreciate you mentioning the safety fence. It has been my plan since the beginning to design one as an add on feature, and is very high on the priority list. There is a design in the works for a removable fence so that it can be attached when moving tall loads and stowed away when it would otherwise be doing nothing but blocking visibility. The challenges of this design is that, as you can see, there isn't a lot of real estate remaining for mounting a fence due to the focus of the frame being lightweight. Another absolute factor is that I want anyone who already has one of these frames to be able to install a fence on theirs with very little modification required. And of course, it has to be at a reasonable cost. All of these requirements are quite a challenge.
Thanks again and congrats Charley!