[AT] A favorite tractor attachment

Mogrits mogrits at gmail.com
Tue Feb 3 18:24:59 PST 2015


It is well crafted. If I ever lay down a welding bead as pretty as some of
those, I will hang up my mask forever and be satisfied.

Warren

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Gunnells, Bradley R <
brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu> wrote:

> That is a well crafted attachment. I can see where it would come in quite
> handy.
>
> On a side note I really enjoyed the online album. I perused some of the
> photos in there and brought back some great memories of conversations we’ve
> had on this list in the past. The Gypsy wagon brought a grin. I remember
> the talk about the Wood Mizer. i recall you talking about repairing shoes,
> it was interesting to see some of your equipment.
>
> Thanks for putting those things out there.
>
> Brad
>
> > On Feb 2, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes in spite of my best efforts something goes right...
> > Maybe over 20 years ago I made a 3 point lift fork attachment (picture
> link
> > below) for moving pallets around so I could move stuff around on pallets
> > instead of constantly loading and unloading stuff. I also used to move
> big
> > round bales with it by using a big hook with a chain over the top to hold
> > the bales forward.
> > I was looking for some extra strong materials to use instead of the angle
> > iron like the farm store forks use. Maybe a decade earlier I had bought a
> > well worn John Deere pull type plow just to get the like new set of
> > complete coulter assemblies someone had put on it. I bought the whole
> plow
> > for less than 1/3rd the cost of new coulters. I had torn the plow apart
> and
> > saved most of the steel and scrapped the tired old bases. I used two of
> the
> > plow beams for the forks and they are remarkably tough. I have had some
> > horrendous loads on that thing. Only a couple of pieces did not come from
> > that John Deere plow. The spacer at the top-link was cut from an old
> piston
> > pin from a truck engine. The pipe that sits across near the bottom is
> some
> > common double strength pipe I had and it is there so I can drop the
> bucket
> > from my loader and mount the forks to the loader with the bucket pins.
> The
> > small steel pieces that add support to the pipe were just steel from
> > "something". Everything else was from the plow frame. The third picture
> > shows where I used the thick plow shank gussets to brace the forks to the
> > frame.
> > I have some "accessories" for it and want to make some more. I made it so
> > that the bolt holes in both forks line up. I have a pallet (Need to make
> > some more) that I can put on it and stick a pin in on each side and lock
> it
> > on. I have a 10' horse lot drag that has a frame on top of it so I can
> back
> > into it and lift the whole thing with the forks. I tow it with a couple
> of
> > chains but can back the forks in and lift it to carry it from lot to lot
> > and just drop it and start dragging. I have a heavy piece of "I" beam
> that
> > I want to weld a couple of short pieces of 2" x 4"  steel tube onto so I
> > can back the forks into them and pin it in place so I can do some light
> > grading on the drives. Sort of like a Farmall Fast Hitch but backward.
> > That steel tube is the right size to fit a common dimension 2 x 4 and I
> > want to cut some short pieces of it to use as sockets on a few other
> > implements I have. I also want to make a "sloppy stuff" scraper for it
> > using half of an 18.4x34 tire I used to keep as a spare for my Deere
> 4020.
> > It spends a lot of time on my TO-20 Ferguson because it is so
> maneuverable
> > but after I get one of my 8N Fords going this summer I will likely move
> it
> > to it so that I have the "Position Control to make it a bit easier to
> > maintain lift height.
> > I hope this is making sense, we are adjusting some meds.
> > :-)
> >
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/110429518110019188498/albums/5409917730989419633/6110699768222850738?pid=6110699768222850738&oid=110429518110019188498
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > aka "farmer"
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson46176 at gmail.com
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