Lifting attachments with forklift - anyone install lifting points?

[Lower40]

I find it a pain to move my 3 point attachments for storage or loading them on a trailer etc. They normally don't have natural balanced lifting points.

Anyone come up with optional brackets fitted to the attachments that my forks could slide into. I'm sure I could fabricate something...but looking for any ideas already out there.

 

[Sportsman762]

I have built wooden frames for all of my implements that I store in pallet racking. The runners are made of landscape timbers, and the cross pieces are made of 2x4's or whatever I had laying around. Each frame is made for a specific implement. For unstable implements like the tiller I put a ratchet strap over it to hold it to the pallet. Not all implements are able to have a lift ring put on the center of gravity. Also if I used lift rings then I would have to get off the tractor to hook them up. Its much easier to lift the pallet off, turn around, hook up the implement, then toss the pallet back on the rack.

 

[Runner]

I use a front quick hitch adapter and move them with the loader.

 

[jfsawatzky]

I have built wooden frames for all of my implements that I store in pallet racking. The runners are made of landscape timbers, and the cross pieces are made of 2x4's or whatever I had laying around. Each frame is made for a specific implement. For unstable implements like the tiller I put a ratchet strap over it to hold it to the pallet. Not all implements are able to have a lift ring put on the center of gravity. Also if I used lift rings then I would have to get off the tractor to hook them up. Its much easier to lift the pallet off, turn around, hook up the implement, then toss the pallet back on the rack.

I do something similar with oversized pallets that I’ve found, a pallet jack to move the around on the ground and pallet racking and forks. Some pallets I cut down to better fit my implements.

 

[old and tired]

I use my bolt on grapple to pick them up.

 

[JeepHead]

I have forks, a grapple, and hooks on my loader bucket yo move things around. I find a chain and hooks on the bucket work the best.

 

[grsthegreat]

Nearly every attachment i have sits on a wooden or plastic pallet. Easier to store and move

 

[Fields_mj]

Most guys I know set their implements on a pallet of some form so they can easily pick them up with the forks on their loader and move them around. Some use scrap wooden pallets, others use plastic ones, others build their own custom pallets out of lumber or steel. If you're going to install lifting points, I'd try to find a way to do it such that you didn't need to get off the tractor to hook up or unhook from each implement.

 

[wilso]

I had the same issue and ended up using pallet rack uprights to build a custom bracket system. Super sturdy and easy to adjust. Welded sleeves that slide over the forks and bolt onto the uprights. Works great for lifting awkward 3-point attachments safely and keeps everything balanced during transport.

 

[Fallon]

I use a front quick hitch adapter and move them with the loader.
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Same. Built 2 of those. First was the mount for a snow plow. 2nd was to replace the first when I sold that plow & tractor. I use it occasionally, but not that often these days. A deck over trailer makes loading things so much nicer without sides or fenders.

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