I finished making my bucket forks for my Mahindra 4110. I had an old set of forklift forks that I had to modify somewhat to be tall enough for my purpose. I also bolted the hooks on top of the bucket with a plate on the bottom side also. This was just in case that I needed to remove them for some reason. The shaft through the forks is 1.5". I still have a lift height of better than 8ft. with the forks level. The best part is that I don't have to get off of the tractor to engage or disenage the forks. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Bucket Forks
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bmac
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Very nice.
billycalexander
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with this setup have you had problems with the forks catching on the ground (when you try to back out from under a pallet) and rotating upwards on their pivot point?
Taylortractornut
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I built a set like that for my Ford hoe and sometimes when the cacth it can be agravating, especially trying to load logs with it. They stay nearly level when dumping so i welded a small u shaped hook in the back of the bucket to hook a chain in. the chan has a turn buckle and a 1 inch steel bar that is about five feet wide that sits in the radius where the fork meets its upright. Works good that way.
Yes they can hang and rotate up sometimes. I have marked my level indicator so that I know when the forks are level on the ground. This seemed to help some. If I were going to use them a lot I would use a ratchet strap form the bottom of the forks around the bucket and to the top bar. But the main reason for this design was to engage and disengage quickly.