What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets?

[xzcVAbc5]

Agreed. My HF furniture moving cart works, but barely...

Same here. I thought I was clever making an adjustable width cart out of wood to set my forks on. It's never been adjusted after the first time and doesn't roll very well. Should be pretty simple to make the fork dolly in the picture.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Then there's the Hot Tub. Built a base with fork pockets.

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

I have 20 years of pics of it!! :laughing:

The PO was a Canadian,, his company moved him to Roanoke VA,,, he brought it along for free.
THEN,, he got ready to retire,,, and found moving the tractor back would be on HIS nickel!! :confused2:
The price to move it was going to be about a dollar a pound,, the 584 weighs 10,000 pounds.

He quickly decided to sell,, I quicklier decided to write the check.
He lived 29 miles from me,,, and his wife asked "How are you gonna get it home??"
I told her,,, "Right down your driveway!",,,, I drove it home that day.

Cool tractor and cool story

 

[dickfoster]

I have 20 years of pics of it!! :laughing:

The PO was a Canadian,, his company moved him to Roanoke VA,,, he brought it along for free.
THEN,, he got ready to retire,,, and found moving the tractor back would be on HIS nickel!! :confused2:
The price to move it was going to be about a dollar a pound,, the 584 weighs 10,000 pounds.

He quickly decided to sell,, I quicklier decided to write the check.
He lived 29 miles from me,,, and his wife asked "How are you gonna get it home??"
I told her,,, "Right down your driveway!",,,, I drove it home that day.

Now that tractor looks like a TRACTOR.

 

[sixdogs]

Now that tractor looks like a TRACTOR.

Are those original tires, by any chance?

Also, more pics would be nice.

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

 

[sixdogs]

Is that the wife up in the basket?

 

[Industrial Toys]

That is a beautiful IH tractor. When quality and a nameplate meant something.

 

[CADplans]

That is a beautiful IH tractor. When quality and a nameplate meant something.

I wonder if the dealer is still in business??

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have never heard of them. It can't be that old, with the area code listed.

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

Is that the wife up in the basket?

Yes sir

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

I wonder if the dealer is still in business??

Google says yes

 

[sixdogs]

Is that the wife up in the basket?

Yes sir

Attaboy. Make them partners in the enterprise --with not too much work--and they don't fuss when you buy more stuff. Worked for me.

 

[motownbrowne]

Are those original tires, by any chance?

Also, more pics would be nice.

Agreed! Let's talk CADplans into giving that IH it's own thread. I always enjoy seeing pictures of that machine.

 

[Xfaxman]

From ten years ago, rigged the forks for my wife to set on while trimming and marking horse riding trails.

I bolted a piece of plywood on the forks, bungied a pillow to the top of the frame for her to sit on. The gray bag has trail markers in it.

 

[CCWKen]

I made some forks out of old 1" square drive shafting so they're not true pallet forks. It's hard stuff. I couldn't cut it with a hacksaw. They clamp to the leading edge of the bucket and extend out ~24" then to the rear of the bucket for counter support. I use them for moving shop equipment around, digging out cactus and hauling cut tree branches to the burn pile(s).

 

[sixdogs]

Agreed! Let's talk CADplans into giving that IH it's own thread. I always enjoy seeing pictures of that machine.

My vote is for a thread on that tractor. It's unusual in that it's FWA and while there are lot of IH's like that, few are FWA. Plus, every tractor has a story and I'll bet this one does as well.

ovrszd has a similar thing with his Ford 3910 in rare FWA. He's done a couple of nice threads on repairs he's done.

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

My vote is for a thread on that tractor. It's unusual in that it's FWA and while there are lot of IH's like that, few are FWA. Plus, every tractor has a story and I'll bet this one does as well.

ovrszd has a similar thing with his Ford 3910 in rare FWA. He's done a couple of nice threads on repairs he's done.

I too want to see a thread on that tractor. Very cool rig

 

[sixdogs]

I too want to see a thread on that tractor. Very cool rig

While we wait to get the IH in a separate thread, check out the threads done by ovrszd on his very rare Ford 3910 FWA. Very cool reading of fixing a front axle leak that became a big project as well as splitting the tractor to fix an oil leak. The Ford 3910 FWA and the IH FWA in this thread are tomorrow's collectables and today's workhorses.

I also think the Kubota M6800/M8200M9000 as well as the recent M7040 are in the mix as well but that's for another day.

ovrszd--can you post the thread links so we can find them?

 

[9973720wb19]

Back in June of 2005 when I put this together, it was the only loader that I had.

Hauled a lot of brush and dead trees, made some big brush piles. Lift height to the pins is 9' 3".

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Loaded the 16' deckover with fresh cut cedar trees.

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Unloaded them at the burn pile.

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An addition to the forks.

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man! you're really getting your money's worth out of the GroundsMaster....