Started making a rear pallet fork for the tractor from my scrap metal collection.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

Homemade scrapmetal #Palletfork complete. Seems I got the measurements right, picks up and drops pallets from the ground perfectly. Either length- or sideways.

Very pleased. This will be so useful for hauling stuff around the farm.

Slight limitation in how high I can lift them, but it's sufficient. Might modify it if the need for more height arises, but it's a yard hauler, not a forklift.

Now I just need to get more pallets

#Homestead #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Tractor #ScrapMetal #SalvagePunk

[krahabors@toot.lv]

@yngmar You have two choices: build pallets from rusty steel or from concrete beams

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@yngmar
It would be interesting to see how much it can lift, and what determines the limitation for you.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@Maker_of_Things I'm sure we'll find out at some point. And then weld it back together, subtract 1 kg and put a sticker on it

Or replace bent fork

[kastasmykolas@river.group.lt]

@yngmar the president of pallet-forks. And not only in terms of the color

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@yngmar
I was thinking that the hydraulics, or the counterbalance might also come into play.

Though you can always add more weight at the front until the rear wheels collapse!

[ubo@social.tchncs.de]

@yngmar @Maker_of_Things

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@KasTasMykolas I was careful not to get any on my face. Don't want to get invited to Epstein island.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@Maker_of_Things You forget what tractors are built to do. Have you seen the weight of a large plow?

Or the load on the frame when using a front loader lifting 600 kg (the original loaders rating, iirc).

Counterweight is on the job list, in the form of winch and lead

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@yngmar
Haha, I have also seen videos of tractors snapping in half.

It does never cease to amaze me how much load little tractor front wheels will take!

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@Maker_of_Things Frame or axle overload can happen as well as fatigue. But this tractor is built extremely strongly, you should've seen the loads it was wrestling when I pulled those concrete pylons out of the garden.

IIRC, the rear hitch on our Iseki is rated for lifting 800 kg. The Iseki rototiller it originally was sold with weighs 250 kg and it lifts that up like nothing. The rear hydraulics can't be overloaded, they have a pressure relief valve, it'll just not move when too heavy.

I'm only concerned about my welds snapping off, that's all

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@yngmar
I am taking note.

Given we are clearing out and packing to move to a Welsh smallholding, this is research I can justify.

[yngmar@social.tchncs.de]

@Maker_of_Things Yeah, it sounds like you guys got a burst of spring energy as well

[jeniparsons@mstdn.social]

@Maker_of_Things @yngmar ooo when and where?

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@yngmar
Yes, I think it comes with the realisation that we could actually do this!