What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets?

   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #361  
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #362  
Great! 1" hole should be large enough for a slip hook, I would think?

One inch would definitely accommodate a shackle pin or a trailer hitch ball.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #363  
One inch would definitely accommodate a shackle pin or a trailer hitch ball.

Thanks again. I forgot how handy a trailer ball could be.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets?
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#364  
I bought heavy duty 4' forks and I wish they would have come with holes in the ends for chain hooks. Not sure how hard they will be to drill. I would imagine they are hardened steel.

They are really easy to drill.


Drilling is the only way to go. A torched hole always looks bad.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #365  
I needed a hole in a fork tip, used a hole saw in the drill press. Easy cutting and a nice clean hole.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #366  
I needed a hole in a fork tip, used a hole saw in the drill press. Easy cutting and a nice clean hole.

Wow! You must have a lot better hole saws than I do. Mine barely cut wood.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #367  
Wow! You must have a lot better hole saws than I do. Mine barely cut wood.
Try an annular cutter in a drill press at a proper speed and some good quality cutting oil like Tap Magic. Should be a piece of cake.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #368  
I just looked, it's a Rigid 1", nothing special. I'd have taken a pic except my tablet won't hold a charge anymore and is dead and my camera don't like any of the AA batteries in the house. Ain't tech wonderful.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #369  
Try an annular cutter in a drill press at a proper speed and some good quality cutting oil like Tap Magic. Should be a piece of cake.

That was certainly enlightening. Never heard of annular cutters before and now I am intrigued.
 
   / What else do you do with forks besides lift pallets? #370  
I built a box that I can safely stand in and cut branches while somebody drives the loader tractor. We push brush and logs all the time. Torched a hole in each fork so we can pull/push equipment around with them.
 
 

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