Forklift Mast Mounts On Old Farmall "M"

Forklift Mast Mounts On Old Farmall "M" MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Forklifts 31-1-34 Noel Hicks, Palmyra, Ill. "modernized" his Farmall "M" by equipping it with live hydraulics and then mounting a forklift mast on back. To keep the front end from lifting off the ground, he fills up the scoop on the front of the M. "The forks can lift 3,000 lbs. up to 8 ft. high with no problem," says Hicks, who paid $100 for the forklift mast. He replaced the cylinder seals and hoses. The mast is mounted solid to the tractor drawbar and to the tractor itself. He cut off the subframe that had secured the mast to the Ford tractor and then made a new bracket that attaches the top part of the mast to the tractor's rear axle. The mast has four hydraulic cylinders. Two are used to tip the mast forward and backward, one is used to shift the forks from side to side, and a big 5-in. dia. cylinder is used to raise and lower the forks via a pair of roller chains. "I've done a lot of different jobs with it," says Hicks. "I've used to put in clay tile that came on pallets and weighed 3,000 lbs. I also use it to handle pallets of corn and soybean seed. When I lift heavy loads, I have to put concrete blocks or wheel weights in the loader bucket to keep the front end from raising off the ground." To provide live hydraulics, Hicks installed an M&W live hydraulic pump on the tractor that mounts between the distributor and timing gear on one side of the tractor. He also installed a power steering system on the tractor. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Noel Hicks, 32601 Mt. Zion Rd., Palmyra, Ill. 62674 (ph 217 484-6337).

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