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[Sully2]

MAtt: About how far do your forks stick out fwd of the lower cutting edge of the bucket??

 

[Sully2]

I built them to stick out 36" + a small amount where the top tube is welded on (4" more I think, but I'm doing it from memory). I wanted to be able to get 36" of fork into a pallet.

Much appreciated!

Im working on sketches for an idea I have of a "do-all...fit-all" sort of thing. Forks as you have..except the bucket ends would be the sort that slide over the FEL lower lip and tighten down with that single screw type of thing! ( Im sure you ave seen that sort of attachment!!) A "washer face" about 3/16" thick on the contact end of the "screw" ...instead of the small bearing surface of the very end of it...and underneath the FEL bucket..another ..say 3 X 3 or 4 X 4 sq "pad" of ..again about 3/16ths for a "contact surface" of that ..??" clamp??" ( The material the bucket on my FEL is made of is THIN!! I dont need to bend it all to ****..if ya get my drift)

Now...In "addition to" the forks ..as you have...Id weld up a "grating"...such as the grating in a welding table!! ( 1/4" thick...as tall as the box member are..1" approx and in a verticle position..."on their edge" so to speak.) AT each end..both front and back..a piece of box member JUST LARGE ENOUGH to slide down over the "forks"...and the grating would be supported front and back ..each side by these "sleeve(s)"

If I wanted to lift a light skid..Id use the "forks"...if I wished to pick up "trash" Id use the "forks/grating? combo

 

[oscer]

Sully2, I was planning on 36" forks also to get more fork under skids or whatever your lifting , Dave Miller, the guy who turned me on to this idea said he made his 28" cause of maneuvering around things. I took his advice and am glad I did,even at 28" they make it hard to get around in tight places.I've never felt like any thing was going to fall off because they were too short,not yet anyway.

 

[JRP]

It looks like you need a chain box. This is square tubing with a strap cross the bottom. This keeps you from accidently dumping your chain.

 

[oscer]

It looks like you need a chain box. This is square tubing with a strap cross the bottom. This keeps you from accidently dumping your chain.

That looks like a good idea I think I saw that pic. somewhere on here before but I had forgotten about it.These tractors are so "compact" its hard to find a place to attach something where it won't interfere with moving parts.