Even more forks! 143Lbs

[KML]

Let me start with: I couldn't have done it without TBN! Thanks for all of the ideas, pictures, and encouragement you've given others! I just started posting but have been lurking and learning for nearly a year.

Here are pics of the pallet forks I made for my JD 2210 and 210 loader. My main goal was to get them LIGHT. The 210 loader only lifts ~700Lbs and adding a 300 Lb set of forks would've really hurt.

The forks are 1"x2"x42" rated at 900lbs. and the pins are 1" w1 drill rod. I can stall out the hydraulics with 1 fork taking the load with no appearant damage so I think they'll be good to go.

Things I'd do differently:

1. Buy the top quick attach from JD for $10.50ea instead of spending 3 Hrs fabricating them.
2. paid my metal supplier to shear the 1/4" sheet to the size I needed instead of cutting them with a torch. They usually don't even charge me for a few cuts (I know, I know..I need a plasma cutter..)



I only have a HF bandsaw, hobart handler 140 welder, a portable oxy acy torch, a vise, a cheap 4" angle grinder, and a die grinder so it takes time OH yah, and a HAMMER.

They seem to work well and I can say they are one of the handiest things I've used, everybody should have a set!

 

[kennyd]

Very nice! Where did you get the forks from?

 

[Dale1995]

Nice looking forks. I am looking to build something just like this. John deere wants $850 for a set of forks! Just a little steep for my blood. Where did you buy your forks? I want to build this same setup for my 2350 with a 200cx loader. It lifts 899 lbs. Where did you get your design? Also you said that john deere sells the quick attach, do you happen to know the part numbers.

 

[mocassincreekranch]

Good job on the build. Looks good. I can't wait to use the one's I just made.

Dale 1995 Try these numbers for the deere parts

W 43359 for the Hook
W 47211 for the pin.

 

[3RRL]

Yeah, really nice job and those light weight forks are great!
Probably good enough for most of the CUT's around here anyway, especially if the rating is 900lbs each. The ones I'm getting ready to adapt to my fel weigh a ton, although my lift capacity is quite a bit more than yours. Even so, I was hoping mine would be a lot lighter like yours.
I like the guard too. Very nice work.

 

[Mighty Dodge]

Well done! You'll wonder how you ever got by without them.

M.D.

 

[mjncad]

Great job of fabrication!

 

[jimgerken]

KWL: NICE JOB !!! They do look light. Damm, now I have another project to do.

 

[Farmerford]

KML:

First class work!

I only disagree with buying the brackets for $10.50 to save three hours work. What is a shop for if you can't work in it for no more than half the minimum wage? Heck, I spent almost that much time Saturday hunting a piece of 4140 5/8" x 4" bar stock that I knew I had last year.

Seriously, great job.

One thought: the maximum stress on forks usually comes when the loader is being curled rather than raised. That is the "breakout force".

Second thought, what do you do with that old easy-trip Danforth anchor near the door. One of those left me high and dry in the Dry Tortugas several years when the wind shifted.

 

[Gizmo2]

Nice Work!
Paint the tips of the forks back an inch or so yellow, easier to see the ends.
Sooner or later I am bound to catch one of my cars with my forks that way I'll know how far in I went.