Moving the Couch with a BX

[oldballs]

May I ask what brand of forks y'all are using on you BX's? I'm shopping now and trying to settle in on a pair. I'm thinking that the purchase should be in line with the size of the machine, but there are still so many different designs.

 

[Tom_H]

I recently bought a new set of those front load washer/dryers. Instead of paying $250 x 2 = $500 total for those little pedestals, I built my own little platform out of scraps for them to sit on. The platform is 19" high and open in front. I planned the platform such that one little dolly with my 2 bh buckets and 1 BroTek ripper will roll under it as well as another little dolly with the free weight plates that I use as ballast.

The dryer wasn't too heavy, but the washer was a good 350 lb. and the top of the platform 21" high. I kept thinking about how to get the thing up there, and then I remembered the new set of debris/brush forks from Paynes. The FEL on the BX gave me very precise control; I feathered it perfectly in line and in plane with the platform surface. Even with the forks and washer all out in front of the bucket edge, I still didn't need rear ballast. It was sweet!

Though I can't elevate things as much, I find my 3ph carryall also to be a great device for carrying big heavy things around. I once moved 3 large metal cabinets on it at one time. It also is handy for my ATV strap down 15 gal. electric sprayer when it's time to apply weed killer.

 

[jas67]

When we got our wood stove insert (about 550lbs), I used my B7100 (w/ FEL) to drive it around to the back of the house, and lift it up onto our deck. I didn't have the forks yet, but the woods FEL had skidloader-style flat bottom bucket that it strapped in nicely. This made the job MUCH easier, as there was 4" of snow in the ground, and it is up hill one story (raised ranch, exposed basement in front) to get around back. There was no way the delivery truck was going to make it up the hill, and we didn't want to have to go up the steps inside the house with a 550 lb insert.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

May I ask what brand of forks y'all are using on you BX's? I'm shopping now and trying to settle in on a pair. I'm thinking that the purchase should be in line with the size of the machine, but there are still so many different designs.

Don't know that mine have a brand. I traded my big forks that had the SS Quick Attach that was for my L3240HST to Barlows for mine that attach to the lip of the bucket as seen in the picture. Not to expensive.

 

[BigD23]

Since we have our tractors, all we need now are obstacles to overcome.

Don

 

[8x56mn]

payneforks.com excellant product

 

[Tom_H]

A FEL is a versatile tool. Way back in the archives, probably in a thread that's been inactive for 5 or more years, there was a list of unusual ways people were using their FELs. One guy had built a little painter's platform on his and could have a partner move and lift him from spot to spot as he painted. Another showed a pic of a full sized utility tractor on a beach and a huge great white shark a guy had "caught" with the FEL of his tractor.

Another old thread was about unusual uses of tractors. I told of a story I read where some guy used his tractor to wind up a catapult or trebuchet so he could hurl stuff. I know this is getting seriously off topic (John and I like to do that sometimes) but there are people who use those things to fling dead cows in cow flinging contests. Seems back in the medieval days they not only flung rocks, but diseased animals were shot over castle walls as a biological weapon. They employed one guy, born with no olfactory receptors, to catch, breed, and shoot skunks over enemy walls.

 

[Cruisin]

May I ask what brand of forks y'all are using on you BX's? I'm shopping now and trying to settle in on a pair. I'm thinking that the purchase should be in line with the size of the machine, but there are still so many different designs.

BXpanded.
Here Pallet and Brush Forks
Good stuff

 

[TheFlatlander]

That looks like a really deluxe seat on the FEL of the Kubota. I thought the seat that came with the BX2660 was really nice. Is Kubota doing that seat warranty exchange thing again?

 

[oldballs]

BXpanded.
Here Pallet and Brush Forks
Good stuff

Thanks folks. The idea to buy brush forks vs simple pallet forks appeals to me, especially for these SCUT's because they would be more versatile. Thus one could load/unload a sofa, a rototiller or various other stuff, as well as smaller brush piles. I just hate to unload the money for two or three attachments. I've been doing all this stuff for 35 years by hand loading and burning and shoving with my Case 448.