built me some brush forks

[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