Recent content by ArtMech

It's heavy, weighs 1 tonne. Attached to the lift arm balls in the middle of the stem. The protruding parts are only two forks. It is able to lift and bring 0.5 T off the ground. With the wheels mounted at the bottom of a stem it would carry 1.5 T. Very important for me is that it occupies not...

I just took the pics of my tractor for you. I'm sure you knew such adaptations :) You may see two long vertical cylinders just beside the stem. It's taken from old commercial forklift, that's why I call it a forklift.

Not quite like that. Yes, the aux port I use for a grapple cylinder on the pallet forks. But in case of a forklift I use that port for two long lifting cylinders of it. I don't have a possibility to tilt the forks up or down in either attachment with a hydraulic top link. Instead of it I made...

Just to make it clear. I have two attachments - (1) 3pt pallet forks with a grapple (shown in a video some posts ago) and (2) 3pt forklift. Both are with standard professional forks, what means they are made of hard steel. Since my tractor is equipped with just one hydraulic port I wouldn't be...

All you have written is correct. I'm working with a 3pt forklift many years. I know its features and dangers very well. I never drive a tractor with it high lifted except carefully when loading/unloading. But thank you for reminder. I appreciate very much when someone reminds me something what I...

While using a 3pt forklift I can lift a very heavy load. If necessry I can put removable wheels on the bottom of it. It helps to increase lifting capacity up to 1,5 metric tonnes. And indeed - on a flat surface.

You guys have come up with so many good ideas. And your pics are eloquent. I really have a problem with a firewood storage. I sometimes do not cut the dry trees, leaving them for next season because my outdoor warehouse is too small. Yes, several totes would solve that. Could I lift them one...

Thank you very much for taking the time to do the calculations. My tractor (M9000) lifts 6173 lb at the ball joints. That means it will definitely lift a tote cage full of firewood with a 3pt hitch pallet forks I have.

I recently had similar symptoms with a Husqvarna 359. The air filter had not been replaced. I replaced it and it came back to life like when I bought it.

Does anyone know why tree trunks grow moss? I know, it's normal. But lately it seems that moss growth has accelerated and is total. Everything grows moss, trees, rocks, concrete, metal, rubber products, plastic... You leave something outdoors for a month, another, and it already grows moss...

We technicians here also often use your measurements. For example, plumbing measurements are all in inches. Threads are both. Feet, inches, everything is familiar to us here. We also have measuring devices in both scales. But when it is not at hand, it is not.

Hahaha... I probably need to hire a mathematician specifically for TBN to convert the dimensions to American sizes. Sorry, I haven't done that yet. :unsure::LOL:

I have a video that I decided to share. The work shown here was dangerous, because the tree - an elm, which had to be cut down, was the tallest in the forest, the thickest, and also a two-trunk one. I had simply never cut anything like that. Just thinking about how to cut it took me a week :)...

But the pallet forks wasn't enough. I've always dreamed of having a log/rock gripper. Although I don't know exactly what it's called even in my native language. Maybe it's a grapple? I had already started thinking about how to make one myself, but I had the opportunity to find one made by a...

About a year and a half ago, I made pallet forks from a standard frame with forks. This video shows how it looks: