SSQA fork build

joefromga · Jan 14, 2016

That's some sweet welds, bro. Keep the pics coming.

What's your welding rig?

Mysfyt · Jan 14, 2016

joefromga said:
That's some sweet welds, bro. Keep the pics coming.

What's your welding rig?

Thanks! Miller XMT 304 with D75D feeder.

Mysfyt · Jan 18, 2016

More work on the side plates. Welded the sprocket mounts in place and then bored and reamed them for the pins. Also finished boring the left side plate for the support bar and next up will be indexing and drilling and tapping the holes for the cap plates. Getting pretty close to final fit up and welding.

4570Man · Jan 19, 2016

Are you worried about this being too heavy for your tractor to effectively lift? Is it going on the L3901?

joefromga · Jan 19, 2016

What welder are you using?

4570Man · Jan 19, 2016

joefromga said:
What welder are you using?

He already said that about 4 post up.

Mysfyt · Jan 19, 2016

4570Man said:
Are you worried about this being too heavy for your tractor to effectively lift? Is it going on the L3901?

Yes, its going on my L3901. I know the lift capacity will be limited to around 800 lbs give or take, but that will take care of most my needs. I have a 1000 lb manual fork lift in my shop and so far that has handled everything I needed to move around.

4570Man · Jan 19, 2016

How much do these forks weigh? The L3800 which I think has the same loader as your L3901 can lift at least 1000 pounds.

Using the L3240 I lifted a pallet with 100 ten inch concrete pavers. It weighed about a ton.

Mysfyt · Jan 19, 2016

To be honest, I don't know. I'll grab a scale and total up all the parts today or tomorrow and then we should have a better idea. The LA525 loader is rated for 500 kilos (1100 lbs). Your picture is encouraging. Thank you!

countrybumpkin · Jan 19, 2016

I'm really curios too what the finished set of forks weigh, looks like the specs show about 855 lbs at 19.6" from the pins. May just be a good reason to upgrade the tractor to match the forks.

Very nice work.