Completed A New Project

[rbutterfield]

Very nice fab work on the forks.
I lucked out as well when I built mine.
I stopped by a lift truck dealer who let me scrounge through their scrap hoppers and out came a practically new set that they had replaced recently. Cost was zero.
Gotta love it.

 

[GIJOE]

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Originally Posted by tglass
Do you have a stop to keep the forks from sliding sideways. Mine kept moving without some weight on them. Drilled a hole and welded a nut& bent a bolt to prevent this. Other question is where the fork meets the upright. Had to beef mine up quite a bit to keep them from bending at that point, but other than my nit picking, they look great. Sure save on the back.

No I didn't think about the forks sliding around when unloaded. If I have a problem with that, I'll come up with a fix for that later. Thanks for the heads up on the uprights. In these two pictures, if you look closely, the two 3-1/2" x 3/8" flat bar tabs are cut longer and welded to the side of the square tubing. Hopefully that will be strong enough. I'll keep an eye on it though.

Joe

Forgot to post the two pictures.