Added Pallet forks to my loader

[Menagerie-Manor]

So I've learned you cannot winch logs up a ramp onto my mill in the PNW weather, a 1500lb log just spins. Since attachments for the Vtek loaders are unicorns I fabbed up a set of loader brackets and lucked out with a skid steer pallet forks on sale at Titan shipped for $249. Shifting the load center back almost 3 feet should bump up the capacity a fair bit.

 

[ponytug]

Congratulations! They look like they should really help.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

Congratulations! They look like they should really help.

All the best,

Peter

Just a tad wet there this weekend, we got slammed on Friday and Saturday.

 

[bmaverick]

So I've learned you cannot winch logs up a ramp onto my mill in the PNW weather, a 1500lb log just spins. Since attachments for the Vtek loaders are unicorns I fabbed up a set of loader brackets and lucked out with a skid steer pallet forks on sale at Titan shipped for $249. Shifting the load center back almost 3 feet should bump up the capacity a fair bit.



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Now if I may ask, can you provid a bit of know how and sketches of what you made. I bet others here with VTek loaders are just drooling over your upgrades here.

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

Now if I may ask, can you provid a bit of know how and sketches of what you made. I bet others here with VTek loaders are just drooling over your upgrades here.

Really just a 100% copy of the bucket mounts.

Wasn't a huge process, just traced the bracket profile on cardboard and used an angle grinder to cut up a 2'x2' piece of 1/4' scrap steel plate from the shed. Doubled up the plate at the pins and used a hole saw for the pins. The skid steer attachment are like a blank slate so bolt up was easy.

Didn't do the autocad and laser cut stuff this time, gets a bit pricey...