Low Cost Brush Forks

[CompactTractorFan]

That's the idea but I'd move the two outside ones out each way till they are against the sides of the bucket like I said in my previous post. By doing that and adding the back brace like you put in your sketch, you will really lock the forks into position.

Yep, I was planning on doing that along with adding the 3rd fork. :thumbsup:

 

[radioman]

you need another one under bucket. use bolts as clamping action so it will hold. I tried it your way with wood before and It works, but soon breaks when I try to do more. Let me post a pic of mine made of metal scrap sign posts later today for ya.

 

[chuckd1277]

Very nice! I did something similar a few weeks ago, it got the job done. :thumbsup:

 

[beppington]

Very nice! I did something similar a few weeks ago, it got the job done. :thumbsup:

I have a clamp-on metal brush fork unit, & its ends are cut the way you cut yours. It makes them just dig into the ground pretty easily. Cut the other way (see my pic in prev post) they'd skim on the ground a little before digging in.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

you need another one under bucket. use bolts as clamping action so it will hold. I tried it your way with wood before and It works, but soon breaks when I try to do more. Let me post a pic of mine made of metal scrap sign posts later today for ya.

I don't really understand what your talking about... Yes, a pic would be helpful...:thumbsup:

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Very nice! I did something similar a few weeks ago, it got the job done. :thumbsup:

Hey, they look nice! :thumbsup:

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Well, I tired to do some modifications. I installed the brace and 3rd fork, but I was not able to angle the ends (due to HF miter box )...Once I started using it, I did not like the 3rd fork so I removed it. Another problem was all the nails I used to attachment the boards seemed to bend and come loose. Guess I'll have to use bolts or screws. Oh, and I accidentally got one of the forks stuck in the ground and the c-clamp broke (HF too ).


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[JDgreen227]

Well, I tired to do some modifications. I installed the brace and 3rd fork, but I was not able to angle the ends (due to HF miter box )...Once I started using it, I did not like the 3rd fork so I removed it. Another problem was all the nails I used to attachment the boards seemed to bend and come loose. Guess I'll have to use bolts or screws. Oh, and I accidentally got one of the forks stuck in the ground and the c-clamp broke (HF too ).


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"The HF C-clamp broke..." Was it made of plastic? :laughing:

My problem here isn't the big branches that I need to move to my brushpile, I have a lot of trees that drop small stuff year around, it is a huge PIB to rake the debris up and haul it back...

 

[chuckd1277]

Well, I tired to do some modifications. I installed the brace and 3rd fork, but I was not able to angle the ends (due to HF miter box )...Once I started using it, I did not like the 3rd fork so I removed it. Another problem was all the nails I used to attachment the boards seemed to bend and come loose. Guess I'll have to use bolts or screws. Oh, and I accidentally got one of the forks stuck in the ground and the c-clamp broke (HF too ).


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I screwed mine together and it was still falling apart by the end of my project. I was lifting some heavy branches near the end. It never did that well picking stuff off the ground unless it was stacked perfectly. I was just loading it by hand and then dumping it on my brush pile with the loader. It sure beat pulling it off my little cart and throwing it up by hand. It also proved to me that I would have a use for them so I won't feel as bad investing in a real set someday or trying to fabricate some metal ones if I get adventurous. :thumbsup:

 

[CompactTractorFan]

"The HF C-clamp broke..." Was it made of plastic? :laughing:

Nope, real Chinese metal. :thumbsup: