Forks Bucket forks

[milkman]

I needed some bucket forks to move some chunks of wood left from logging, and also to move some utility poles left when new ones were put up. I found some scrap metal and all I had to buy was a piece of chain and some grade 8 bolts, I used some of the linkage from the stabilizer links that I had left after I changed to the telescoping links. Now when it warms up a little, I can paint them orange.

 

[milkman]

Here's another shot. I cut a slot in a couple of pieces of angle iron and welded them to the back of the bucket.

 

[milkman]

Another shot, you can see the angle iron in this shot

 

[milkman]

Last one

 

[pcmem]

milkman,

Excellent job on the forks, way to recycle /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Nice work,
Michael

 

[raynman]

milkman,

Nice job /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif how much do you think you can lift with them /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

I need a set and they look like I could handle building them /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
maybe

 

[milkman]

Raynman.
I can lift all the loader will lift. Of course, the load is further forward than just lifting with the bucket. I lifted a 48 in rototiller out of the back of my pickup with it.

 

[grainger12002]

Nice job, MIlkman,very creative and nice use of inexpensive materials-looks like it should work well. !!!!!

 

[brentbx22]

Milkman what are telescoping links and what are the advanages? can you show me a pic. ware do you get them and how much?

 

[milkman]

They are on the lift arms, there's several threads on the site. If i remember correctly, they were about $60.00 for the parts from Kubota.

 

[milkman]

They make adjusting the width of the lift arms a lot easier, they originally were trunbuckles and i need a wrench to unlock them and then turn them to adjust the length.

 

[milkman]

this is a photo of the arms with the turnbuckles

 

[milkman]

this is a photo of the lift arms with the telescoping links, all you do i pull a pin and adjust the width, then insert the pin in what ever holes line up.

 

[srs]

milkman, very nice job. Should the angle iron have a small lip welded behind the 'all thread' to prevent it from slipping out? Or is there enough tension once you tighten everything up? Again, very nice job. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[KiotiJohn]

<font color="#FF641A">Milkman that's a great job. I'm going to try that chain system to see if I can stabilize the clamp on forks I bought. They don't stay centered really well, wanting to move out to the sides when loading them. Great work. Thanks for the pics. John</font>
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[milkman]

srs:
After I put them on and use them a little I retighten them and they stay tight, they'd have to loosen several turns before they would be loose enough to come off.
One thing I'd like to redo is the piece of angle that hooks over the bucket. I'll come up with some kind of bracket that I can weld on to replace the bolt on.

 

[have_blue]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I needed some bucket forks to move some chunks of wood left from logging, and also to move some utility poles )</font>

Nice project. Clever way of lashing them on and securing them.

Just wondering. Did you ever consider using an eye welded to the lower arm, and hooking the chain to the eye? That way, you could curl the bucket to tighten the chains. Sounds dangerous...could break the weld if you curled too much. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif