Retractable Hay Forks

[mffarmall]

I am selling two of my tractors and at the same time wanted to buy some forks for my fel. But I will only lift 6 3x9s and travel a total of 10 ft over the entire year. That is a waste of money to buy them. I found that I had four extra 3 point bars. I was going to leave them on my attachments. In the morning I was looking at all the pins and junk that I had from the tractors that I was going to sell (don't sell it if you use it). The sun was shinning through a hole in the fel. If it was not morning I probably would have needed a beer the way my mind raced to a solution to two problems. I ran to Aces and bought some bults and washers (big washers to support the bucket wall). I bolted down the bars on each side of the bucket and then used a grinding blade to cut off the ends (at an angle). I tried to stab a open bale but the end just bent in. I needed to stop the swivel from moving. I always think of getting out the sledge hammer. But I almost ran over two L solid iron scrap pieces that I cut off something years ago and just move around from pile to pile. I ended up using them to cratle the arms on the inside of the bucket. I was able to lift two trailers and a old iron horse trailer (I mean heavy, the guy I bought it from showed me the 38 dents) I just wonder why someone needed to shoot at his trailer? And I lifted a 3x9. The only problem was that now that I had it on it would be months before I would want to take it off. And the last thing I needed was to drive around with spears on the from of my tractor. I was driving back to the shed and I hit a bump pushed the fel up and as it went up the forks folded up into the fel. So I can leave them on (bungy them down) until I need them then I can just pull them down. I will add pictures. Then can support 1200 pounds as long as I'm not going far or fast.