What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets?

[Xfaxman]

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After that, it's open season so I'll be looking for ideas since I now have the solution.

Here is an idea to keep in mind.

Picking up a cedar tree long ways, with the forks.

I put the forks in the limbs, the bottom of the frame on top of the trunk and curled back.

 

[dickfoster]

Doing suspension work.



Even better are two.

 

[pat32rf]

My forks are made of 1 1/2" round stock (actually old truck axles). A lot of my "stuff" has sections of 2" square stock welded in strategic spots so I can just run the forks in and carry it around, such as my 9' long wood splitter.

 

[sixdogs]

xfaxman--The more I look at your Bobcat, the more I admire it and wish I had a reason to get one.

 

[Xfaxman]

Well I didn't have any reason to keep my tractor after I got my first Bobcat compact telehandler, so sell one of your tractors and get one.

People think of telehandlers as big machines, I need to figure out a way to take some pictures that show how small it is. Maybe could park it next to my truck.

EDIT 8-10-2021:

 

[4570Man]

Well I didn't have any reason to keep my tractor after I got my first Bobcat compact telehandler, so sell one of your tractors and get one. People think of telehandlers as big machines, I need to figure out a way to take some pictures that show how small it is. Maybe could park it next to my truck.

I have seen a V417 on the back of a semi and a different brand compact telehandler at the local rental yard. They aren't nearly as big as I expected. The full size ones on the other hand are huge.

 

[LD1]

My forks are made of 1 1/2" round stock (actually old truck axles). A lot of my "stuff" has sections of 2" square stock welded in strategic spots so I can just run the forks in and carry it around, such as my 9' long wood splitter.

That sounds like a PITA to line the forks up with 2" tube.

 

[mike69440]

Just a Big Pallet

 

[sixdogs]

Just a Big Pallet

How big is that shed and can you take a guess at the weight? That gives me some ideas.

 

[4570Man]

I raised a neighbors shed with mine. He had hauled in dirt and that put the shed below grade. We lifted it straight up and put solid 4" blocks under it and set it back down.

 

[sixdogs]

I raised a neighbors shed with mine. He had hauled in dirt and that put the shed below grade. We lifted it straight up and put solid 4" blocks under it and set it back down.

This is not something I was thinking but I have a tractor and 48" forks that will lift around 3000 lbs. Suppose I can pick up my 8' x 10' typical gambrel roof shed? I would love to.

I'm the OP on this and after having forks for a few months now, I have only picked up one pallet and that was mostly to see what it felt like. Seems it's done everything else but pick up pallets. I love my forks and they are a must have. I would never have guessed that.

 

[sea2summit]

This is not something I was thinking but I have a tractor and 48" forks that will lift around 3000 lbs. Suppose I can pick up my 8' x 10' typical gambrel roof shed? I would love to.

I'm the OP on this and after having forks for a few months now, I have only picked up one pallet and that was mostly to see what it felt like. Seems it's done everything else but pick up pallets. I love my forks and they are a must have. I would never have guessed that.

I built this on an 8x10 platform, added a 2x4 to each side of the middle joist so the forks would have more real estate to distribute the weight.

 

[Birdhunter1]

You will find them as or more useful than the bucket. A coworker doubted me on this statement till he bought a set when he got a sawmill.

My forks are pin-on and I would say they reside on the loader more than the bucket.

 

[sixdogs]

I'm the OP on this and have now had forks for more than a year. It's hard to believe how useful they are. I do lift a pallet of something or other every now and then but mostly lift everything else. Recently I picked up a piece of farm equipment and put it on a trailer. No twisting on the chain and no struggling to get it in the right spot. Plop and it was home free.

Moved a big rock to put in front of the wellhead and it was easy. No torn grass from the bucket and no jockeying for position and tearing things up. I picked up the rock, dropped it where I wanted to, gave it a nudge because the wife said so and --yawn--I was done.

By far, the best use is to move things around that are difficult to move. Rather than cutting up a15 ft evergreen and then hauling it to the burn pile, just pick up the entire tree and be done with it. Or a two row planter that would take 15 minutes to get a tractor ready to hook up. No worry; just pick it up with the forks.

Anyway, if you ever wonder about forks, don't. Just get a set.

 

[dickfoster]

They are great for cycling and doing suspension work as well as pulling engines etc.

 

[aczlan]

Moving the hay baler. One side is on a cart with 4 caster wheels, the jack is on another 4 wheeled cart and the heavy side is on a cut down pallet. Lets me slide it sideways and fit it in with a few inches to spare.
That way, I can fit the mower conditioner, the tedder, the side delivery rake and the baler in a 10'x30' section of the pole barn.

Aaron Z

 

[Xfaxman]

Move the diesel fuel tank (on a pallet)

 

[cat fever]

Makes a good work platform also.

 

[civilian]

Makes a good work platform also.
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Just watch that bale spear.
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Just be aware that pallet should be secured to the fork carriage to satisfy the "safety gurus". Jon

 

[stuckmotor]

I cut off a section of welded wire fence panel about six feet long and turned up the end. Sometimes I weave the panel over the forks and use it to transport loose hay. My forks are 60" long, overkill for many applications but good for this one.