Making a SSQA Mounting Plate

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#13  
That's a good point that I though about. I would have to buy the steel which it would not be worth making myself. Thanks for those links. The RRK free shipping is good. Some of these places charge allot for shipping.
 
   / Making a SSQA Mounting Plate
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It looks like S&H is free on this site also. What would be a good thickness to get for pallet forks? Should I get the full plate or will the partial plate work?

For the price these guys charge for their mounting plates, I would jot bother buying the steel and making my own.

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Thanks MWB. I do have some 2" x 2", 1/4". I like the way you made your forks. I just need to find a pair of forks now.
 
   / Making a SSQA Mounting Plate #18  
MWB-- I just bought a mounting plate from Titan and a pair of used forks. I had plans to make a fork lift just like yours, but the face of the plate is about one inch too deep. I can't weld a 1/2" bar to project above the plate and a 1/2" bar to project below the plate for the 16" depth of the forks. I had planned to use 1/2" X 4" bar stock where you have spec'd 1/2" x 2 1/2" , and run a continuous weld along the top and bottom. In order to accommodate the 1/2" lip at the back of the forks' mounting lips (too many lips here) I will need to space these bars 1/2"- 9/16" out from the mounting plate. Doubling the thickness of the bars seems like overkill, and using bolts just assures that they will interfere with the sliding forks or the QA function. Any suggestions?
 
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MWB-- I just bought a mounting plate from Titan and a pair of used forks. I had plans to make a fork lift just like yours, but the face of the plate is about one inch too deep. I can't weld a 1/2" bar to project above the plate and a 1/2" bar to project below the plate for the 16" depth of the forks. I had planned to use 1/2" X 4" bar stock where you have spec'd 1/2" x 2 1/2" , and run a continuous weld along the top and bottom. In order to accommodate the 1/2" lip at the back of the forks' mounting lips (too many lips here) I will need to space these bars 1/2"- 9/16" out from the mounting plate. Doubling the thickness of the bars seems like overkill, and using bolts just assures that they will interfere with the sliding forks or the QA function. Any suggestions?

That is a little confusing :) but if you use my square tube frame and the flat stock to hang the forks then you can put your mounting plates anywhere on the back. You will need the square tube for torsional stiffness anyway. You won't get a good job just welding the adapter plate to the flat stock (with spacers, etc).
 
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I hadn't thought about torsional stiffness, but I see your point. I took care of it by welding 1 x 2 rectangular tubing to the face of the plate, and adding the flat stock to it. I figured having a ready-made mounting plate would be faster and cheaper than building one like yours, but not necessarily. I'll be using it on my 742B Bobcat to move half ton pallets of pellets, so there won't be much stress on it.
 

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