At Home In The Woods

[Obed]

:laughing: sure looks a little full. I bet if you had your BH back on picutured in background, you might not be that high up . :laughing:

Looks like it's time for you to get a pallet mover for your 3pt. You would be able to pick up more without tires up in air.:thumbsup:
(yup! spending your money again )

Yes or having my box blade attached to the tractor would help. If I had a trailer hitch receiver built into the box blade, I would rarely need to remove the box blade. I miss not having the BB on the tractor as a counter weight.

Obed

 

[PAGUY]

Obed - You could get a ballast box. That would give you a place to keep things like chainsaw and all the accessories that go with it.

 

[clemsonfor]

Or like the other guy suggested 3pt pallet forks. You could probably easily lift close to or over 2000lbs with a pallet mover. There probly $150is dollars??

 

[brin]

I cut and split more wood today. My pallet was a little bit too full.

We are having a cold snap. Temps are in the mid-20s and dropping. We are really enjoying the fireplace!

Obed....Thanks for the picture..You make me feel better...I just bought some clamp on pallet forks for my FEL and was cautioned by TBN members to be careful since they could bend my bucket...but looking at what you have done gives me confidence...

 

[Bkwoods]

Obed...I have a 2 story house as well. My house also has seamless guttering, which makes it tough to put a ladder against it. I use the fel to access roof. I get in my wife or son drives me close then I step out and step on. The fel also is handy when cleaning out the gutters.

 

[scoutcub]

I cut and split more wood today. My pallet was a little bit too full.

Obed -

Looks like a good opportunity to check for tranny leaks.....:laughing::laughing:

Watch out you don't bend that bucket!! Don't ask me how i know.....

 

[Obed]

Obed...I have a 2 story house as well. My house also has seamless guttering, which makes it tough to put a ladder against it. I use the fel to access roof. I get in my wife or son drives me close then I step out and step on. The fel also is handy when cleaning out the gutters.

Bkwoods,
How does the FEL help you clean out the gutters?

 

[Obed]

Obed....Thanks for the picture..You make me feel better...I just bought some clamp on pallet forks for my FEL and was cautioned by TBN members to be careful since they could bend my bucket...but looking at what you have done gives me confidence...

brin,
Keep in mind that my forks are a little different than yours. Mine don't clamp on; they are attached to the FEL using a chain that is wrapped around the bucket to distribute the force on the bucket. The clamp on forks put all the force on one small place on the bucket instead of distributing the weight. I have never worried about bending my bucket with my chained on forks. I have found my FEL bucket is much stronger than my FEL's hydraulics.

Obed

 

[Obed]

Obed -

Looks like a good opportunity to check for tranny leaks.....:laughing::laughing:

Watch out you don't bend that bucket!! Don't ask me how i know.....

I have to say that now I want to hear the story...

 

[scoutcub]

I have to say that now I want to hear the story...

Not much to it, I have a set of clamp on forks that I used to move something heavy....it did move it, but after I finished it I noticed the forks were bent....upon further inspection I noticed the bucket had a wee bit of a smiley face on it....

BTW, place is looking great!


Frank

 

[brin]

brin,
Keep in mind that my forks are a little different than yours. Mine don't clamp on; they are attached to the FEL using a chain that is wrapped around the bucket to distribute the force on the bucket. The clamp on forks put all the force on one small place on the bucket instead of distributing the weight. I have never worried about bending my bucket with my chained on forks. I have found my FEL bucket is much stronger than my FEL's hydraulics.

Obed

Geeeez, I wish I would have thought of that before I bought my forks...Duh ! Maybe I can add some ratchet straps or chains to mine...Thanks Obed...

 

[Obed]

Geeeez, I wish I would have thought of that before I bought my forks...Duh ! Maybe I can add some ratchet straps or chains to mine...Thanks Obed...

Bob,
Yours have the advantage of being a little easier to attach to the bucket. Just depends what your goals are. I have 3 forks so that I can carry brush. With only 2 forks, I had trouble keeping the brush from falling off the forks. Something you might consider is to get a third fork but make sure it is the kind that straps on with chains. You could then put the chain-on fork in the middle to help carry the load if you are going to move heavy logs. Or, you might see if the people who sold you the clamp-on forks also sell the chain-on forks. You could swap yours for clamp-on forks and only have to pay shipping. Just a thought.

Obed

 

[brin]

Bob,
Yours have the advantage of being a little easier to attach to the bucket. Just depends what your goals are. I have 3 forks so that I can carry brush. With only 2 forks, I had trouble keeping the brush from falling off the forks. Something you might consider is to get a third fork but make sure it is the kind that straps on with chains. You could then put the chain-on fork in the middle to help carry the load if you are going to move heavy logs. Or, you might see if the people who sold you the clamp-on forks also sell the chain-on forks. You could swap yours for clamp-on forks and only have to pay shipping. Just a thought.

Obed

I bought them on ebay...so I will contact them and see if they will sell me one more fork...and I was thinking I could still use chains or ratchet straps even with the forks I have by going behind the clamp part on the top of the forks and around the forks on the bottom where they protrude from the fel bucket...that should work..worst that can happen is I will wear out some straps or chain....Thanks for tips Obed...

 

[Obed]

My wife made a rack on which to hang our outdoor hand tools. I helped her drill the holes in the concrete and screw in the tapcon screws with our hammer drill. We put pressure treated spacers between the 2x4s and the concrete wall to keep the moisture off the 2Xs. I'm sure someone would comment about that if I didn't mention it.My wife did almost all the work.

The basement is much nicer now that everything is not sitting on the floor.

 

[dstig1]

We put pressure treated spacers between the 2x4s and the concrete wall to keep the moisture off the 2Xs. I'm sure someone would comment about that if I didn't mention it.My wife did almost all the work.

:laughing: The TBN construction police getting to you, Obed? For something light duty and non-structural like that, it really doesn't matter...

 

[Obed]

:laughing: The TBN construction police getting to you, Obed? For something light duty and non-structural like that, it really doesn't matter...

You may be correct on all accounts.

 

[MotorSeven]

Bkwoods,
How does the FEL help you clean out the gutters?

Like this:

Pallet forks are my BEST-IST buddy

 

[MotorSeven]

I evolved to a steel "Man Cage" since hauling heavy things up on top those wooden ones was not a good idea. The wood cage was good for keeping "the Man" in, but not designed for top loads.
I built the steel cage out of a tractor shipping crate that my dealer gave me FOC:

 

[MotorSeven]

 

[Obed]

M7, I get envious everytime I see all the stuff you make with your welder. I couldn't tell if your man-cage was welded or screwed together but it still reminded my of your welding projects.

You actually motivated me to check the local colleges a few weeks ago to see if I could find a beginning welding class. I struck out; all the classes I found were full-blown one year welding curriculum. I might look around some more. I thought I might take a class just to see if I would be interested enough to buy my own welder.

Obed