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Where else but McMaster Carr.
Perhaps 91043A035, but don't quote me on it (i.e. look it up yourself if you're going to do it).
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Where else but McMaster Carr.
Perhaps 91043A035, but don't quote me on it (i.e. look it up yourself if you're going to do it).
I use it to push dead vehicles in the garage.
Yes, ruin IMO. If it was a good idea wouldn't they come with a hole in them. You are weakening the fork by putting a hole in them. I think it would make it easy to break or bend the tip. Someone in this thread already said they bent theirs.
BrokeFarmerJohn
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I use it to push dead vehicles in the garage.
Yes, ruin IMO. If it was a good idea wouldn't they come with a hole in them. You are weakening the fork by putting a hole in them. I think it would make it easy to break or bend the tip. Someone in this thread already said they bent theirs.
I was gonna make a joke about having to push the dead Chevy in the barn till I seen the video. I will just keep my mouth shut I guess lol
That Chevy was the first thing I pushed with it. I have pushed a little bit of everything with it.
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I've never bent a fork. I've stood my forklift on the front axel lifting from the tip of a single fork. I was trying to lift 15,000 pounds. It picked it up once I moved the load back. I lifted 8000 pounds with my other forklift. Putting a hole a few inches from the tip isn't severely weakening anything. Forklifts and tractors aren't even in the same ballpark when it comes to lifting. Even the baddest skid steer can't hold a candle to them. If I've yet to bend a fork with with a forklift I think they'll survive tractor use. Adding bucket hooks and light bars are considered by most to be a good idea. Why don't tractors come with them?
There are different classes of forks. Most SSQA forks are class 1. A forklift capable of lifting 15k would not have class 1 forks.
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Agreed, but forks of adequate duty to begin with aren't going to bend because of a hole in them. A single fork off that forklift weighs as much as my whole SSQA set.
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I have this unit for the rear Titan Tractor Trailer Hitch & Ball Drawbar Gooseneck CAT 1 Spear Receiver 3 pt
And one similar to this for the front, but I can move the receiver up and down the front. It appears they no longer carry the model I got from them.
Titan Skidsteer Trailer Receiver Mount Plate Hitch Bobcat Case Skid Steer REC-MP
I have never had an issue with the ball coming out, but I use the GN lock anyway. To park my baler I have a hitch with the hole and use a long hitch pin that has a handel to line everything up. Sure makes parking the equipment a breeze.
And one similar to this for the front, but I can move the receiver up and down the front. It appears they no longer carry the model I got from them.
Titan Skidsteer Trailer Receiver Mount Plate Hitch Bobcat Case Skid Steer REC-MP
I have never had an issue with the ball coming out, but I use the GN lock anyway. To park my baler I have a hitch with the hole and use a long hitch pin that has a handel to line everything up. Sure makes parking the equipment a breeze.
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I have frontier forks for my FEL, there rated at 5,500lbs, my loader will only lift 1700-2100lbs, I feel I could almost saw one in half before I bend it. Not saying it's not possible but I feel it would be very hard to do.
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This unit arrived via FedEx today. I'm very impressed. It is well made. Pins screw into the lower bar, no nut. All hitch pins came included. Good welds. Yes, it is a simple product but everywhere else I looked they cost twice as much. This was $55, free shipping! Arrived in 3 days! Very pleased.
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It came in handy today. I got a doe this morning. I skin in the bay that my trailer sits in. Backed tractor up to trailer, lifted ball into hitch, pulled trailer out. Skinned the doe. Backed trailer right back in. Much quicker than doing it with the truck which is fairly time consuming with just one person. As mentioned by others with more experience, the trailer never caused the lift arms to rise above where I had set them. I think if the trailer was loaded I'd probably put a check chain on there just in case but with it empty, no problems at all.
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I have moved 25,000# boats around with my 3 Point Reese Hitch. I never even latch the ball coupler let alone a chain.
Never a issue even in our soft gravel lot.
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Yesterday I pulled a tandem axle bumper hitch trailer 4 miles one way to load and haul some poles using the 3pt trailer hitch. Never a worry about it. Did latch the ball coupler just in case I had an issue with road traffic.
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If you have trailers to move.:laughing:
But now that I have a large trailer and this hitch, I agree completely.
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What is amazing, is once you have one you kick yourself for not getting it sooner. Helped a neighbor today to get his trailer parked for winter. He and his wife were fighting getting it parked correctly. Was quite entertaining until the &^%$*@* started. I put on the front SSQA Titan unit and drove over. After a bit of arm twisting I got him to drop the trailer (35' luxury monster) and let me park it. Took 2 minutes to park in their RV pole barn (longer than that to get his hitch out) and they had been at it for an hour. It was a tight fit with not much room on the sides. They wanted to pay me - I said no way, just pass it on to someone else or their church fund and next time just call. They have been good to us noticing if one of the critters in not doing well. They are good folk and dont like asking for help. Ill be plowing their drive way this winter for free too (they dont know that yet). They are getting long in years. The fringe benefit is I know one of her fantastic pies will show up - payment enough. 
The best of the holidays to everyone.
The best of the holidays to everyone.
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I built this one a few years ago for my tractor. The advantage to this design is that it can be mounted in a matter of seconds, I can change ball sizes easily, it extends a little further from my bucket to aid in maneuvering, I don't have to worry about removing anything attached to the 3-point.
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Saw this on the internet. Going down hill w/o locking the GN hitch.
Hope this wasn't a TBN member.
Hope this wasn't a TBN member.
