Since making the FEL and SSQA mount I've been planning to make a set of SSQA pallet forks, but no rush....until I was going to need them to unload a pallet of a truck at home this afternoon. So a couple of days ago I got started on the frame, and picked up the steel for the forks yesterday afternoon.
Now all that's missing is a coat of paint.
The forks are 100 x 50 x 4 RHS, most of the frame is 40 x 40 x 4 RHS with some 50 x 5 flat, and the forks and frame combined weigh about 41 of (90 lb).
I tested them on a pallet of concrete pavers weighing about 270 kg. Still no ballast, but lifted a foot off the ground ok, and survived with me bouncing up and down on the far end of the pallet.
The forks still need a coat of paint, and I need to add a frame to stop the load from landing on the tractor.
Edit: Thanks @torch for sharing your design. You might recognise some off it here.
Now all that's missing is a coat of paint.
The forks are 100 x 50 x 4 RHS, most of the frame is 40 x 40 x 4 RHS with some 50 x 5 flat, and the forks and frame combined weigh about 41 of (90 lb).
I tested them on a pallet of concrete pavers weighing about 270 kg. Still no ballast, but lifted a foot off the ground ok, and survived with me bouncing up and down on the far end of the pallet.
The forks still need a coat of paint, and I need to add a frame to stop the load from landing on the tractor.
Edit: Thanks @torch for sharing your design. You might recognise some off it here.
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