Pallet Forks - Tips, Tricks & Modifications
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The best trick I figured out with my forks is, when I need to adjust the width, lift the arms up and point the forks down until you see the lower part of the fork float off of the rail. Configured like this it’s much easier to slide the forks because you’re not fighting the fork weight against the lower rail.
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THIS^^^^^ this is how i adjust my forks on my tractor
Really grateful for your channel! Just bought our first compact tractor so we're now an orange family. We got a ton of info from your channel! Thanks from Kentucky 🚜
Clamp on forks are an option for pin on buckets. I used a set with a pin on bucket with a 1720 New Holland. They worked fine. Are they as good as a skid steer mount set. Absolutely not. But if you have a pin on bucket your options are limited. Appreciate your videos a lot Neil. Thank you for the information you provide. It is a great service to the industry.
Waited for Neil to mess up in his bloopers and say "Fork it!"
Used our pallet forks all week stacking/loading cut up trees after the storm. The brick guard is a MUST. Had a local guy end up with a log in his lap while loading a truck. Damn lucky he wasn't badly hurt. Thanks Neil, thanks Messicks!! 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
Thank Neil. FWIW, the set of less expensive Titan forks you sold me a couple years ago have been EXCELLENT. Much appreciate you steering me to quality and value.
Neil is the best. Very knowledgeable and courteous. My dad is looking at a GR-2120 and will keep Messicks in mind for a dealer.
Adjusting the level indicator for the forks is genius! I never thought of doing that!
Take a paint marker and mark a new line for level with ur forks, make it easy to back and forth from bucket to forks without adjusting it
Painting the tips yellow or red can help with visibility. Also you should mention moving trailers with the tip of a pallet fork can be dangerous for smaller tractors especially if not in 4wd as the back wheels could come off the ground and you could start rolling uncontrollably.
I was going to add the same comment. It’s often difficult to see the tips of fork on a tractor - particularly compact tractors. Painting the outer 6-8” of the fork a bright colour really helps find them when peering through the loader frame, grill guard, etc.
Thank you for so many brand neutral videos. As a new to sub compacts user I appreciate your hard work at providing all of your videos. I am going to have to journey out to Lancaster county to visit your your Mega store. Be safe.
We have the same skid loader pallet forks, I welded a short piece of pipe to the backside of the vertical brick guard supports to hold hitch pins.
Nice Messick's branding on the pallet forks Thank's
Getting the right length of fork is always good too. We only had 3' ones at first but once we got 4' ones things are so much easier to handle (especially round bales). Now we don't use the 3' ones much but they have tip holes and work nicer for that.
Great tips. I will have to look into the level indicator myself. Thanks.
To buy or not to buy? I’ve come to a fork in the road... 🤔
Great info on pallet forks!!
Pallet forks so far have been the single greatest bang per buck attachment for my Kubota L2501 other than a root grapple.
Just bought me a set of pallet forks and ive already used them a ton
Good info. Just reminded me I need to change the air filder on the bx
Keep the bloopers coming on the end of all your videos.
I like the slick surface and 2x2 receiver on my Artillian frame.
@6:15 Do all New Holland skid steers come standard with cardboard seats? 🤣
Sometimes it comes in use full if you need just a little bit extra height to flip the forks over. If you slide them to the center you can remove the fork and flip it over to get an extra foot or so. Also can be nice to remove one of the forks for certain jobs.
Depending on what the fork needs are, there absolutely nothing wrong with clamp on. If you’re doing minor stuff a few times a year, there’s no need in spending the cost for a coupled fork attachment when clamp on works perfectly fine for the application.
True, if you get decent ones -- and Neil qualified his comments at the beginning: this is for dedicated, daily, heavy duty moving tasks!
Yeah, he said all that.
Nice looking classic Dodge truck in the background :)
Weld two grab hooks on the sides of the brick guard frame,
All my sets of forks, look identical to your "Messicks" sets, with the d-ring in the middle.... Neil- ill trade you a "Milwaukee Tractor" fork frame for a "Messicks" brand?!?! 😁
Neal, You May want to add a disclaimer about applying any type of heat or modification to a fork is an OSHA violation and in the Forklift industry is highly discouraged. Modification to the fork frame is the best option. The only other addition I would add is the forks are considered bad when and if the heel of the fork is below 90% of the total thickness.
Not sure if it was here or not, but I saw a tip somewhere to put different color tape or paint rings on the loader level indicator for use with the bucket or forks, cause there can be a difference between.
Great information about a topic I see very little about online!
Paint the tips Kabota orange. Sure helps with knowing where they are.
Yo Neil...Another informative great vid! Like almost all Ur vids R exceptional...thanx for loads of tips, tricks, & useful info! I bought a Kubota SSV 65 Skid steer recently its the bomb!!! Take Care & keep the vids comin!
Ross
First thing I did was pulled the small drill press out and drilled a 5/8" hole in the tip.
Nice and informative. Is this considered a “Three Minute Thursday”?
"Three times three Minute Thursday"
Andrew Baker LOL, that’s what I was thinking.
So, take a couple Thursdays off then.....? 🤔
Not all Thursday videos are 3 minute thursdays. :-)
Mike Gustafson I’m busting on Neil, we all appreciate his time and effort in putting out content even though he runs over in time on figurative Three Minute Thursday and maybe a building needs new shingles.
love my forks I use them way more than that stupid wicked grapple. lol
Great video as always
Great tips Neil!
Short, clamp on forks are better for debris in my opinion, it’s easy to dump things back into the bucket.
👍 thanks for the tips
Hole in the end of the forks is almost a necessity. Do any companies sell them that way?
Guessing not due to liability. Soon as the hole is drill/cut they are clear because you "modified" it.
Good video 👍I look forward to them
What do you recommend for a sub compact. Since weight is a bigger issue. I've been using clamp on for now.
Qa and light forks
Cool! Have a forking day! Ha!
Same old story everyone says, once you get forks on your tractor you dont know what you would do without them.
FYI drilling holes or welding on forks is not OSHA compliant. You are not allowed to modify forks from how they come from the manufacturer. OSHA inspectors love to fine for those kind of things if you have that equipment for a business.
It is on the last 100mm of fork. You don't lift with the tip.
Osha smosha. :)
Screw osha
Neil, have you seen any manufacture do this to forks? czcams.com/video/uhxPtdXPA04/video.html. Personally I think this is a one up idea that all of a sudden makes the forks applicable to another 50% of the market. I use them a lot on the 3 pt. Tractor is much more stable and they can still be used on the SSQA.
Those tires are begging to be replaced
Nah they ain’t plenty life in them yet
Greg Shearer yeah if all u do is drive it on paved road but if u use it for plowing snow it’s going to be a slip and slide
Mr. X if a was them a would use a tractor for snow plowing but a get where your coming from
Is that a pallet fork or are you happy to see me?
i put a hole in my fork like that and got called out by my forklift mechanic and my osha/wisha trainer
I was always under the impression the 100mm of tip is allowed to be drilled or welded as it not used for lifting.
@@KingBigBabyJesus It is, both by OSHA and for our brothers up north. Last 100 is ok to modify.
AvE covered that point, and how to make the hole
@@PhotoBobBarker It would be just like OSHA to measure a slightly worn hole to 101 mm and bust you. I have been working in an industry that relies heavily on forklifts to load packaged lumber with. I cannot count how many times we had to replace holey forks. Of course we plug weld them shut on the first offense. Then order new ones. On the strength factor I did see one that was "strength tested" once on night shift. Forklift driver came in and grabbed a torch. I ask what was up and he showed me the fork tip. I walked out to see one fork tip bent down at a right angle at the final 10". He was was going way too fast and hit the far rail of the railroad track hard. I used a rosebud and straightened it up.
U weaken the tip when you drill a hole
It is a balance between function and strength. Most people find this more useful and not a bad trade off even if it requires replacement more frequently. Also, you don't really carry weight with the tips, that is only the to get under items, so it doesn't need a lot of strength.
My 45 year old case 530 forklift is still going strong with holes in both forks.