"See-Through" Bucket Fork

See-Through Bucket Fork TRACTORS Loaders I don t know what I d do without it says Chad Travis Drasco Ark about his made-it-myself see-through bucket-fork     It measures 5 ft wide at the bottom 6 ft wide at the top and 2 ft high on back A series of 3-ft long forks sharpened to a point and spaced 6 in apart fit into slots on front The back side of the unit is made from metal grating that s welded to a frame made from 2 by 3 tubing     A 6-in wide 3/8-in thick metal plate goes all the way across the bottom then tapers upward on both sides at an angle to support a pair of short tines located about 1 ft above and 1 ft outside the forks     The rock bucket can be used together with a home-built hydraulic-operated L-shaped squeezer clamp which pins onto angle iron brackets welded across the top of the bucket Made from 3-in sq tubing the clamp comes with a 3-spiked steel jaw that s used to hold objects in place      The grating on back of the bucket makes it easy to see what I m doing says Travis It works well to scoop up most anything except sand and gravel In fact my solid-sided bucket sits idle most of the time I ve used it to scoop rocks limbs logs scrap iron tires and so forth Over the years I ve moved more than 2 000 tons of rocks with it      I do commercial bush hogging and don t go anywhere without my rock picker I ve taken out a lot of cedar trees under 5 in in diameter I use the forks to rip the trees out roots and all I ve also used it to dig out a lot of hedges      It works great for forking up tree limbs and brush Even without the squeezer clamp the brush gets caught under the bucket s outside tines so it won t fall off It also works well to fork loose hay and manure in a pasture where I feed round bales     Travis uses the squeezer clamp to block up logs when cutting firewood I slide the forks under the log and clamp down on top I can raise the log to a comfortable height and cut wood without having to bend over     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Chad Travis 574 Greers Ferry Rd Drasco Ark 72530 ph 870 668-3400

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