I'm thinking I'm going to get that more expensive style I sent that replaces the bucket. I noticed they have a bunch of different versions of that depending on what you want doz
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2015, at 9:44 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The clamp-on forks are useful but with two drawbacks: (1) you can't see > what you are doing when the bucket blocks your view and (2) you will bend > the bucket if you overload them (the loader is stronger than the lip of the > bucket). > > Still they are quite useful for the money. I got a set just to unload > palletized deliveries to my farm. The driver just pulls off the road, moves > the pallet to the back of the truck with his pallet jack, and I slip the > forks under he pallet to unload. You may want back ballast (like a mower or > box blade) to lift heavier stuff with the loader. For several reasons, you > don't want the back wheels to leave the ground. > > While visiting my brother-in-law's farm in Virginia, he introduced me to a > new term: "tractor envy". > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:47 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin >> Subject: [MBZ] tractor >> >> I think this tractor is one of the best things since sliced bread. Today > at old okie >> acres I used it to load up a HUGE tree that blew down that I cut up. > Later at >> home I used it to move 124 around. While the FEL wont lift the front of a > 124 >> off the ground, it will lift it up enough then I can push it to where I > want. I >> managed to screw up the already broken front bumper air dam a little more >> with the front bucket. So I am now thinking about buying some bucket > forks >> which I could use to load engines that I am fixing to start moving, and > when >> moving cars can get the forks up under front of the car and lift. >> >> I am looking at these clamp on type like this which are cheap: >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Pallet-bucket-loaders-tractors- >> steers/dp/B002ITHNWY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1433555093&sr=8- >> 4&keywords=bucket+forks >> >> But thinking I should pony up more money and get this setup, which the >> bucket detaches from the FEL and you attach this, looks like it would work > a >> lot better >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Titan-Pallet-Attachment-Deere- >> Loaders/dp/B00A1D103W/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1433555181&sr=8- >> 13&keywords=bucket+forks >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com