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[TractorTruck]

Forks are also useful for removing unwanted growths. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[DocHeb]

Those are pretty cool - I would like to have some in Blue please to match my New Holland. Where did you get the forks?

Just as a note, please try to resize photos to 640 x 480 or smaller before posting as images within a post. Larger pictures distort the formatting in the rest of the posts within the thread, requiring scrolling to read. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Another alternative is to use a link Showing Cool Homemade Versatile Forks

 

[California]

Po' Boy's free pallet forks:

I'm collecting several piles of bricks Dad had stacked in diverse places.
My neighbor noticed and offered some old pallets to stack them on.

The attached photo shows my zero-cost 'pallet forks' that served
to get the pallets home across a quarter mile of rough ground.
Just a couple of 2 x 4's run through the pallets.

I'm going to try loading each pallet with a 10 inch stack of bricks,
and bring them to a single stack of loaded pallets.

I'm having a great time with my 'new' (1980) Yanmar 240. Great toy!

 

[treesmiths]

Hi,
Nice design! I need a brush rake and was thinking of modifying what you have done by using 1/2 x 3" up on edge instead of the 2x2's that you have. Also space the "tines" about 8 or 10 inches apart and have at least 6 with a cutting edge welded on top, back from the leading edge 10 inches or so to cut roots as I go. Do your 2x2's project out about 18 inches from the bucket? Or? Would you make them longer/shorter if you had to do it over? Are you happy with the bolt on or would you switch to a clamp on rig? I wonder if I should add replaceable teeth at the cutting angle on the 1/2 x 3?
Thanks in advance, Prentice

 

[treesmiths]

Hi,
Great job! What did you use for the 1/2 round at the top connection - pipe? That looks like it could be a real weak spot if I didn't make it beefy enough.

 

[swa240z]

The "half-round" top connection is 3/16" plate that I heated and bent. I also used 3/16" bracket to reinforce it on top. That is pretty much the same design that is used on the JD buckets.

top connection picture

Steve

 

[BB_TX]

Prentice-Yes, the 2"x2" extend about 18". If I did it again, I might make them 24", but they work pretty well for what I use them for, mostly carrying brush, logs, and downed trees. I like the bolt on method. It is just as quick as a clamp on. I usually just hand tighten the nuts since the force is upward. The advantage is that there are no obstructions in the bucket. I can fill the bucket with short logs, stumps, brush, etc. and dump it with no problem.

 

[milkman]

Forks

 

[milkman]

Forks 2

 

[milkman]

Forks 3