Looks good except for one thing. It would seem to me (I know it does in the set I built) that your tines are upside down. The 45 on the down side will make them catch and dig straight down into any thing it can't immediately pop out of the ground. If they were turned 180 degrees you could still lift and tilt a bit if you really had to get under something like a quarter lying on the ground. I think you are going to do a lot of backing up and lifting the forks an inch before your next push.
Just my thoughts....
CB
This is the prototype and I knew there'd be room for revisions. The angle can be easily remedied with a few minutes and my metal chop saw. The main framing is 1 inch square steel tubing. The bottom forks are 24" long and the top brackets are 12". I buy all of my metal at Surplus City. Stock is usually low because of the gas industry buying it up all the time. The front cross brace is 1/4" 1 inch flat steel and the spacers between the bottom fork and the top bracket are 3/4" steel tubing. Same for the (bolt) handles. I used weldable nuts, on top of the top bracket with 1/4 "all thread" bolt cut to length and welded to another weldable nut, welded to the handles. Make sure you leave enough room between the handle and the inside of the bucket. I thought about just using nuts and bolts but the handles eliminate the need for a tool out in the woods (since one tool in the woods is enough!).:laughing: If you use weldable nuts, make sure the bolt is screwed into the nut when you weld.
