Pallet fork rail notch measurements

[countrybumpkin]

Hey MWB I seen were you had built a carrier that you posted a diagram of in another post and was wondering how it has held up and work out for you.

 

[mwb]

Hey MWB I seen were you had built a carrier that you posted a diagram of in another post and was wondering how it has held up and work out for you.

It works very well. It is often used for moving and loading logs, no problem. It is installed on a Kubota L3400.

Here is the quick sketch of the carrier. The flat stock that the forks hang from is 1/2", notched on the top for the fork lock pins. To save weight the QA connection was fabbed from some flat stock rather than a complete plate. I have not included all details, gussets and such but the general idea is here:

 

[countrybumpkin]

Great, I hope to get mine finished by the first of next week. I plan on working on it Friday evening and then finish it Monday, along with my brush grapple if the cylinder comes in.

 

[J0be269]

CB,

Here is some info on the one I built. I still haven't taken any pics of the finished product, but it looks just like the 3D models. The spacing on mine ended up being 9, 17, 25, 33, & 41" O.C.

The drawings to build this are also attached with a complete parts list. Cost me about $100 in steel and $20 in paint plus consumables. Pay no mind to the attachment points as yours may be different, mine was built to fit a Kubota LA364 loader. My loader can lift around 1000 lbs at the pins, which according to computer models should no be a problem with this design (about 9 tenths of one one thousandth of an inch deflection in the center of the fork rails at full load) Notice the angle and the 3/8" x 1" flat bar used to stiffen everything up.

If you have any questions let me know. Oh and from what I found out afterward, the one I built is a couple inches taller and wider that the one I was going to buy from Kubota, but I don't think that matters.

Total weight of carrier is 125lbs as drawn.

 

[mwb]

Nice job. I don't have a rack on mine yet. I have been meaning to make one that's removable because I made a grapple to fit the forks also.

I will probably get around to making the rack after I drop something on the hood.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Thanks JOBe269, looks really nice, and the info is great.

 

[BHD]

I will probably get around to making the rack after I drop something on the hood.

don't worry about the hood, if you have the loader raise up tall, it most likely will not be the hood but your body that gets smashed,

build the rack or guard when you build it, it may be to late to do it later,

 

[J0be269]

don't worry about the hood, if you have the loader raise up tall, it most likely will not be the hood but your body that gets smashed,

build the rack or guard when you build it, it may be to late to do it later,

This is very true. If it's anything wider than the loader arms, they it will just slide down the arms like a ramp and right into your lap. Even with the rack you have to be careful. If I raise my loader all the way up without rolling the forks any it would do nothing but protect my curl cylinders from whatever is fixing to fall into my lap.

 

[mwb]

This is very true. If it's anything wider than the loader arms, they it will just slide down the arms like a ramp and right into your lap. Even with the rack you have to be careful. If I raise my loader all the way up without rolling the forks any it would do nothing but protect my curl cylinders from whatever is fixing to fall into my lap.

I am very well aware or this; the point of my post was that it's one of those things I have been meaning to do - and to compliment your design.

 

[pat32rf]

Mine are pins, instead of notches, but also on 4" centers (I think) I did make sure that there is one spacing that is right for lifting a skidoo from the rear.