3-Pt. Mounted Pallet Jack

3-Pt. Mounted Pallet Jack HITCHES Hitches 28-1-35 "I like to handle material on pallets so I decided to use the 3-pt. on my tractor," says James Vroman, Monett, Mo., about the pallet fork he made out of an old hydraulic-powered pallet jack. The pallet jack was originally equipped with a pair of wheels and a "lift axle" on back with single wheels on front. He cut off the jack handle and fashioned brackets to fit the top link. A pair of pins were welded into the sides of the pallet jack to fit the 3-pt.'s lower lift arms. "I use it to carry pallets full of concrete blocks and even carry a cement mixer on it when I move from one site to another. I also use it to haul stacks of lumber. I have metal bins that I keep sand and gravel in whenever I hand mix concrete. I use the pallet jack to pick up a bin and take it to the job site. "On the next one I build I'll do one thing different. Before welding the two pins onto each side, I'll cut a piece of pipe all the way across and weld the pin onto each end. The pipe will help equalize the load. "You can buy used pallet jacks cheap at auctions or junkyards. Often what happens is that the cylinder seals go bad and replacement ones aren't available, especially on imported models. That's what happened to the jack I used." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, James Vroman, 517 S. Hwy. 37, Monett, Mo. 65708 (ph 417 235-8461; email: james@vroman.com).

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