What do you do with your forks?
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aeblank
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Holy crap. I'd have a little better "basket" to stand in, that's for DARN sure.
TomSeller
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Reminds me of when I worked on steel beams in construction hundreds of feet in the air before the days of safety harnesses. You picked your fall onto another beam at every moment. That guy just needs to sit down.
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Forklift forks are HEAVY! Tractor is a Kubota B2710 (27 hp). Using these forks on the FEL would sure cut into my load capacity. 0ne fork is quite a bit heavier than my 5-tine brushfork.
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TomSeller
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Aren't you worried about twisting your loader frame some day lifting to the side?
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No not worried while there's no counterweight.
TomSeller
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Well you do have a good brand and it is holding up well. There are some loader frames that would not stand much side lifting. I always square up in case I hit a hole on the same side with a load in the air, it can create tremendous torque on the frame.
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He just likes to lift one rear wheel off of the ground, look at his Avatar!
And this: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...tepped-off-almost-tipped-over.html?highlight=
TomSeller
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He just likes to lift one rear wheel off of the ground, look at his Avatar!
And this: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/314547-stepped-off-almost-tipped-over.html?highlight=
I think Sodo is just having fun taking pictures like that, no harm.
In general though I suggest people square up their load so they are more stable and keep the load as low as possible. Even a tractor on it's side is no fun, much less a roll over.
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I wouldn't actually "move" a load like that on un-even ground.
With the loader up high and a $4,000 snowmobile that could have "shifted" the load, or other unknowns, ***that one*** wasn't fun.
I concluded (some days later) that the proper action would have been to add some rear weight to the tractor. For example a 4x4 jammed into the 3-point somehow, and hang a weight on it to bring that wheel down. THEN lower the loader.
All the dialogue was fun though! Also nobody mentioned that wrecking that danged 150HP snowmobile would be the most certain method to increase my "motorized safety quotient,,,,"
He just likes to lift one rear wheel off of the ground, look at his Avatar!
And this: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...tepped-off-almost-tipped-over.html?highlight=
With the loader up high and a $4,000 snowmobile that could have "shifted" the load, or other unknowns, ***that one*** wasn't fun.
I concluded (some days later) that the proper action would have been to add some rear weight to the tractor. For example a 4x4 jammed into the 3-point somehow, and hang a weight on it to bring that wheel down. THEN lower the loader.
All the dialogue was fun though! Also nobody mentioned that wrecking that danged 150HP snowmobile would be the most certain method to increase my "motorized safety quotient,,,,"