3-PT Carryall

flINTLOCK · Mar 21, 2007

Does anyone have experience with 3-pt carryalls like those carried by tractor supply or Northern tool, I don't remember which. The one I saw was rated for 1500# capacity I believe and had manual dump. Seems handy for chores like haulin' wood and the like.

RalphVa · Mar 21, 2007

I bought mine at TSC, the smaller, non-dump one, for about $92. I bolted a pallet onto the bottom and some wooden "standards" around the edges into which I slid 2x4s for the sides and back. Bolted some 1bys to the vertical part of the L-shaped frame, which is predrilled.

Attached are a couple of pics. The back side has a couple hinges to allow it to be folded down mid way.

Ralph

flINTLOCK · Mar 21, 2007

Nice modification. What do you think your capacity is??

Joe1 · Mar 21, 2007

I purchased a 3 pt forklift type fork at the local JD dealer. I've used it to transport pallets with bricks and roofing tiles. Primarilly I use it to carry my 25 gallon spray rig which I have on a metal frame held on by bungee cords. (It works well for that and has about a 1,000 lb capacity if I recall which is plenty for my 25 hp CUT.) The advantage of this is that I can get it on and off in 5 minutes and it keeps the spray rig behind me. The disadvantage of this over an FEL mounted set of forks is the limited lift height.

The invoice lists it as a "PAK-FORK". In Novmeber 2003 it cost $149.00 from the JD dealer. There is no Farm Supply within a 1,000 miles and on the California Central Coast, I'm pretty much limited to tractor dealers.

California · Mar 21, 2007

In another carryall thread I described a rear carrier I had just built, showing the design.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/94866-pallet-forks-rear-3-pt.html#post1076414

Here it is again, decked with a pallet and a sheet of plywood, hauling water down to some new trees.

Lifting capacity: I tried five 30 gallon cans of water on the pallet - the hydraulics couldn't lift it but it didn't hurt the forks. Four, likewise. Finally 3 cans (about 750 lbs including the forks and pallet) lifted easily and off I went.

homeinwestIL · Mar 21, 2007

Get one. You will keep finding new uses for it. I used mine to haul water to my garden during the dry summer last year, take delivery of a treadmill this winter when my lane was too messy for a tractor trailer rig, haul my push mower to the mailbox to trim the grass. I plan to get a sprayer and fix a mount for it.

JC-jetro · Mar 21, 2007

I bought mine from TSC for $120. put floor and back using 2x10 CCA. One of the best implement I have since I do not have FEL. works great. I can easily lift 600-700 lbs not including the carry all weight. I do have 3 suitcase weight for the front.

AndyMA · Mar 21, 2007

I've had one for years and its arms are slightly bent. The only way it'll carry 1500 pounds is if most of the weight is close to the verticle bars. There is absolutely no corner bracing and the long arms can easily twist the corner if the weight is far out.

Andy

MadReferee · Mar 22, 2007

If you got welding skills then why not build your own. Great plans can be had for $6.95 from How-To-Plans. I have used these plans to build a couple carryalls and even modified them to made a super heavy duty version.

RalphVa · Mar 22, 2007

I don't know how much mine will carry in weight. I've had the carryall a little more than half full and the FEL brimming full of mulch. Makes a very well balanced rig.

Recently, I had the carryall filled with most of the buckets I have to water some new trees. I had one 20 gallon, a couple 10 gallon, a couple 5 gallon and one 2 1/2 gallon container, all about 2/3 full. What's that: 2/3 x 52.5 gallons x 8.34 = 292 #. The mulch was more than this; I guess, probably closer to 800 # in front and in back, totalling about 1600 #.

With the no-dump, the back has to be loaded and unloaded by hand.

Ralph

Soundguy · Mar 22, 2007

Nice fencing setup!

I'll bet you can paile quite a few posts and roll of wire or two on there. hammer and nail bucket and go!

Soundguy

JC-jetro said:
I bought mine from TSC for $120. put floor and back using 2x10 CCA. One of the best implement I have since I do not have FEL. works great. I can easily lift 600-700 lbs not including the carry all weight. I do have 3 suitcase weight for the front.

JC-jetro · Mar 22, 2007

Soundguy said:
Nice fencing setup!

I'll bet you can paile quite a few posts and roll of wire or two on there. hammer and nail bucket and go!

Soundguy

Yes Sir, I'm making it up as I go. Totally utilitarian use of what I have. I pre-tension the barbed wires using tractor and come along does the finesse tensioning. I further raise the wire to the height I need with 3-pt lift... What else a guy could ask?

P.s. My first real attempt of being a gentleman farmer, got 150'x15' plot plowed out using a middle buster, I'm going to go over it with 5 foot 3-pt tiler and couple of gates and then it'll be between me and the critters "mano a mano"

JWE · Mar 22, 2007

Here is another TSC version. Very easy to build and a very usefull implement.

RalphVa · Mar 23, 2007

I just put castors on the bottom of the pallet structure that I bolted to the carryall. Don't need a dolly.

Ralph

JWE · Mar 24, 2007

Attaching the casters directly to the carry all frame is a good idea in most instances. I originally had casters on the frame but they raised the platform a couple of inches. In my case, one of the primary uses is to transport my chipper/shredder from site to site. The two inches of extra height made it harder to get the C/S on the platform and also made it harder to operate the C/S once I got to the site. Another problem that I had was that the casters were always getting caked with mud. I probably I could have resolved both problems by recessing the casters a bit. Casters or no casters I think the carry all is one of the most usefull implements that I own; and least expensive also.

John

DAP · Mar 28, 2007

flINTLOCK said:
Does anyone have experience with 3-pt carryalls like those carried by tractor supply or Northern tool, I don't remember which. The one I saw was rated for 1500# capacity I believe and had manual dump. Seems handy for chores like haulin' wood and the like.

Here's a pic of mine with modifications ( I added the wood). As Harv would say, "more useful than a shirt pocket" ...

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/attachments/51401d1141138387-yet-another-carry-all-833974-p0003984.jpg