Forks Loader forks on 3pt iMatch

[beenthere]

Thanks. These forks are the floating or sliding kind. They slide back and forth on the heavy rod at the upper part of the frame. The forks came with a locking collar that has a locking set screw to hold each fork from sliding on the rod. I didn't like that arrangement so left the collars off when I assembled the forks.
Instead of the collars, I added large washers on either side of each fork, and then made spacers out of pvc pipe, cutting about an inch out of the side wall of each one. These spacers can be seen in the above picture (3rd one), and snap in place between the washers to make changing the spacing of the forks just a matter of removing a spacer, then snapping it back on the rod after sliding the fork over.
The various tasks I use the forks for, and the different settings for different pallets, make changing the fork position a fairly frequent event. May be digging out rocks one moment, picking up brush piles, carrying logs, moving pallets, or digging flat limestone rock - whatever that means different positions for the forks. I don't think I could survive with fixed-position forks.

 

[bugstruck]

Nice job! Not much a little ingenuity can't conquer. Sparked idea # 14??? You guys... /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Now I just need to develope a few more skills. I ordered the welding book this morning. It's all your collective fault you see. If my wife had any sense she'd take this computer away from me. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif