built me some brush forks

[GeneV]

Hey guys, long time no chat! Finally had a chance to use some of that steel which my Bradley mower shipped in, so I built these debris/brush forks with it. Yesterday's test run went great!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Nice! Especially for just some labor. Can't get better than that! Good job!

 

[WranglerX]

Really good accessory to have...

Did something very similar....

 

[Seven Gables]

Great job on a really handy attachment. Around here all the orchard farmers including myself have basically a bigger version of what you made referred to as a buck rake. It’s main function is Pushing prunings from trees that have been piled down center of rows out to a big burn pile. Angle the rake down with just the tips riding on the ground so they slip under the brush and down the row you go, can move a mountain of brush in a hurry. My rake just quick slips over my front forks a chain holds it on and very importantly supports the load from bending the forks. I also use them to haul stumps /roots. For me they’re indispensable for moving a large volume of debris.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Clever way to reuse a shipping crate - that is a very useful attachment you built

gg

 

[GeneV]

Thanks guys! Here's them being tested out:

 

[GeneV]

Really good accessory to have...

Did something very similar....

What was your previous username? I recognize your forks and the sig line. And those are real nice forks btw.

 

[2manyrocks]

Great job on a really handy attachment. Around here all the orchard farmers including myself have basically a bigger version of what you made referred to as a buck rake. It’s main function is Pushing prunings from trees that have been piled down center of rows out to a big burn pile. Angle the rake down with just the tips riding on the ground so they slip under the brush and down the row you go, can move a mountain of brush in a hurry. My rake just quick slips over my front forks a chain holds it on and very importantly supports the load from bending the forks. I also use them to haul stumps /roots. For me they’re indispensable for moving a large volume of debris.

I like the way the frame for your forks is built with the reinforcement shown in the third picture. Are you using solid hay spears for the forks?

 

[WranglerX]

What was your previous username? I recognize your forks and the sig line. And those are real nice forks btw.

IT was DL Meisen....

 

[Thomas]

Nicely done.

 

[Seven Gables]

I like the way the frame for your forks is built with the reinforcement shown in the third picture. Are you using solid hay spears for the forks?

The tines are 3”OD 1/4”wall pipe with 4 v’s cut out of the end and remaining 4 v’s bent and seams welded to form round point. If one gets bent too much and can’t be straightened there easily replaced as only one bolt holds them in support tube. There made to be weakest link so you can’t tweak the frame. I’ve had that rake bout 7 years and still original tines.

 

[cqaigy2]

Just a single exception.
No fair touching up the welds with the grinder. You have to leave em like they are.


Actually, nice job on the forks, and the video!

 

[2manyrocks]

Video was nice. If there's plastic in your tractor grill, you might consider adding some protection either to the grill or to the fork attachment. There's another member here who made very similar forks, but also welded some vertical bars on his attachment to protect his tractor. Tractor radiators seem to be pretty expensive.

 

[MF RED in MT]

Gene, that's a great job of building your brush forks using materials on hand!

Nice video for the use of the forks, I do the samething moving tree limbs, etc..., to the burn pile.

Anytime I can save a dismount/remount on the tractor is a big win for me.

KC

 

[WranglerX]

Video was nice. If there's plastic in your tractor grill, you might consider adding some protection either to the grill or to the fork attachment. There's another member here who made very similar forks, but also welded some vertical bars on his attachment to protect his tractor. Tractor radiators seem to be pretty expensive.

I did something similar...

 

[2manyrocks]

Yours was probably the one I was thinking about, but I couldn't remember exactly.

 

[GeneV]

Just a single exception.
No fair touching up the welds with the grinder. You have to leave em like they are.


Actually, nice job on the forks, and the video!

Ha! But, but but....I'm a grinder, not a welder!

 

[GeneV]

Video was nice. If there's plastic in your tractor grill, you might consider adding some protection either to the grill or to the fork attachment. There's another member here who made very similar forks, but also welded some vertical bars on his attachment to protect his tractor. Tractor radiators seem to be pretty expensive.

Yeh, you're probably right, some sort of headache rack like Wrangler did.

 

[GeneV]

Gene, that's a great job of building your brush forks using materials on hand!

Nice video for the use of the forks, I do the samething moving tree limbs, etc..., to the burn pile.

Anytime I can save a dismount/remount on the tractor is a big win for me.

KC

Thanks man, and yes I remember your forks from some posts here.

 

[panamaguy]

Hey guys, long time no chat! Finally had a chance to use some of that steel which my Bradley mower shipped in, so I built these debris/brush forks with it. Yesterday's test run went great!



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Nice. See folks it's true,
as we get older we get smarter not stronger. Handy attachment