I used to do it your way, problem is, it's a crap shoot. The forks either ruin the skid boards or get under the lower runners and when you lift, they break )if the skid is loaded heavy (like mine usually are).
I use a small clip on round flat mirror, clipped to the guard on the pallet forks to see just where the fork tips are when moving pallets or anything else that can be damaged by the forks.
I just take it off when not needed and stow it in the cab......
That has saved my bacon more than once, especially when moving palletized loads of fertilizer where if you fork a bag, the whole bag drains out.....
It's also handy when de-stacking rounds bales in the barn. I can see clearly, the demarcation between the stacked bales, even when I'm pulling a top bale off of a stack.
Got mine ar TSC and a heavy magnet too. I may just drill a hole (in the guard) at some point and permanent mount a mirror, I use it that much because you can't ever tell where the fork tips are without it, especially if you have a hood...like I do.
