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ottawarob
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Man oh man, that's impressive!
Bin forks?
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Man oh man, that's impressive!
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I'm pretty jazzed for this very reason! Generally it seems like a pretty cool way to move heavy stuff around. I have a BCS walk behind, each implement is between 100 and 250 pounds, real nuisance to move around. I plan to make a skid for each, and some other stuff for easy moving.
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Understand.
Don't be put off by the length on these either....as I said, I cut mine down from 48". Brother-in-law bought one for back of his tractor and left them 48".....I'd watch him trying to pick up pallets, and looked a LOT more awkward with the 48" length. Since the "angle of attack" is sorta fixed by the top link, that extra 8" gave him trouble. Hard to explain, but once you see what I talking about, it becomes obvious....the shorter forks are simply easier to work with.
Also, since you don't have an easy way, short of loosening the top link after you get a pallet on, you have to watch how much you pick up the rear lift....if you pull the handle all the way up, the pallet will be at a steep angle, like 30-40degrees to the ground, as you have no leveling control like with a front loader. You get a front loader, it's like you went to heaven.....but in the mean time, these forks are a great way to go.
One other thing....if you plan to build your own pallets, use 6" 'runners' instead of 3-4" that standard pallets use.....LOT easier to hit that taller opening between deck boards while looking over your shoulder.
Don't be put off by the length on these either....as I said, I cut mine down from 48". Brother-in-law bought one for back of his tractor and left them 48".....I'd watch him trying to pick up pallets, and looked a LOT more awkward with the 48" length. Since the "angle of attack" is sorta fixed by the top link, that extra 8" gave him trouble. Hard to explain, but once you see what I talking about, it becomes obvious....the shorter forks are simply easier to work with.
Also, since you don't have an easy way, short of loosening the top link after you get a pallet on, you have to watch how much you pick up the rear lift....if you pull the handle all the way up, the pallet will be at a steep angle, like 30-40degrees to the ground, as you have no leveling control like with a front loader. You get a front loader, it's like you went to heaven.....but in the mean time, these forks are a great way to go.
One other thing....if you plan to build your own pallets, use 6" 'runners' instead of 3-4" that standard pallets use.....LOT easier to hit that taller opening between deck boards while looking over your shoulder.
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Have one on order, will post up impressions when I get it. Hoping to get a hydraulic top link soon, to help with tilting the load on the fly (and for box blade goodness too).
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That makes a huge difference, I made one from a regular cylinder and it makes it much easier to pick up pallets and not make a mess.
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Can't wait to get both of these, I was thinking I can probably make a reasonable ballast box that slides onto the forks. Looks like I might be waiting for a while from TSC for them. 4 days in and their order state hasn't moved. :/
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