sailorman
Platinum Member
May have been covered already but I can 't find it. Anybody made fel forks for light work without welding ? Like pickin' up light brush piles or movin' 10 - 12 2x4 's or 4-5 sheets of ply wood.
Later I picked the knocked down metal posts for road signs. Every year in the spring after the snow thaw, there are a supply of them on the road due to the snowplows knocking them down around here. I did the same thing as wood but bolted them together. this is much stronger then wood and I was able to lift whole lot more too. I used this homemade forks for brush, plywood, shingles, pallets.
Sorry no pics of the wood ones but i can rig couple of them up quickly to show if needed. Ill have to take pics of the metals ones when it light outside.
Either way, its cheap and easy way to go.
I'm thinking you could easily copy something like what I did (I copied someone else) and bolt it together rather than weld. I welded.
Fun project to build.
Here is a good post on the subject.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/11625-post-your-pictures-forks-11.html
Joel