Telescopic SSQA?
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I'm guessing the tracked model is more than 65k.
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Thought about that. It would mean moving the ramps every time i needed to make a lift and stability would be an issue.
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as I was performing my normal auction site stalking I came across a "Phil Brown economy lift" set up as a 3 pt attachment fork lift. Has a 6' lift capacity for moving boxes of fruit in orchards on to the trucks. I bid up to the max I was willing to spend on it believing that I could modify it by attaching a SSQA plate to the back. Way more lift than I'd need or feel comfortable in adding. But alas someone wanted it worse than I did. Anyway the photos of the thing gave me some direction as how to proceed in my design.
Then yesterday afternoon a sales gut from Quick Attach calls to see if there was anything I was looking for. Asked him if they had anything to do what I wanted and of course they didn't. I'll need to get it designed and trademarked fast to cash in.
Then yesterday afternoon a sales gut from Quick Attach calls to see if there was anything I was looking for. Asked him if they had anything to do what I wanted and of course they didn't. I'll need to get it designed and trademarked fast to cash in.
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on larger agriculture and industrial websites generally have the normal stuff. but if you get into the small mom and pop companies. they begin to offer a lot more variety.
look up attachments for "fork lifts" there be a lot of different attachments that have come about, due to many business needing a forklift to load/unload trucks. as a result you can find plows, buckets, different styles of forks, etc...
on the agricultural side, you can get into a lot of different style of forks and pushers. to deal with various animals, to dealing with different types of crops.
there is a couple companies that do sell 3pt hitch fork lift attachments.
and there are some FEL attachments for fork lifts that easily allow you to turn the forks upside down.
tele-handlers as someone already showed pictures of. you can find many attachments for them just like you can for a tractor and fork lifts, and skid steers.
most of the stuff i can remember over the years, ended up being google searches and clicking up on "images" to see what shows up.
i do remember a couple DIY builds, were they just pulled the FEL off, and stuck a fork lift to the front of the tractor. for better stability. err i take that back now that i think about it. one of the builds they reversed the seat / stearing wheel and drove it backwards. the front pivot point = to much action left to right and possible tip over.
look up attachments for "fork lifts" there be a lot of different attachments that have come about, due to many business needing a forklift to load/unload trucks. as a result you can find plows, buckets, different styles of forks, etc...
on the agricultural side, you can get into a lot of different style of forks and pushers. to deal with various animals, to dealing with different types of crops.
there is a couple companies that do sell 3pt hitch fork lift attachments.
and there are some FEL attachments for fork lifts that easily allow you to turn the forks upside down.
tele-handlers as someone already showed pictures of. you can find many attachments for them just like you can for a tractor and fork lifts, and skid steers.
most of the stuff i can remember over the years, ended up being google searches and clicking up on "images" to see what shows up.
i do remember a couple DIY builds, were they just pulled the FEL off, and stuck a fork lift to the front of the tractor. for better stability. err i take that back now that i think about it. one of the builds they reversed the seat / stearing wheel and drove it backwards. the front pivot point = to much action left to right and possible tip over.
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Yep that would work, I had one made by Silver Edge, with less lift height, on the 240D:
You could scale it down and build it on a SSQA plate with a bale spear, instead of forks. :thumbsup:
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metalcaster, just came across this old thread searching for 3 point fork lift info.
We need an update, how did you solve the lack of lift height?
We need an update, how did you solve the lack of lift height?