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Post by kenmb on Sept 17, 2022 8:11:08 GMT -6
Seen one or two 148 loaders on Kijiji or fascist book. Think I will keep my eye out for a nice 4020 over the next year rather than grab the first thing that seems ok. Find some nice 3020s easy enough and one of those would do also but the way used short 13" augers are being priced these days, if I buy a 2nd auger tractor it wouldn't be long before I buy a cheap 13" just because. Looked at a JD 3130 with 148 loader but loader wouldnt lift front tires off the ground so something is up. Some other brand of open station tractor will work also but looking like it's hard to beat a 4020 for proven uptime, parts availability, price and having others around here familiar with using one.
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Post by Beerwiser on Oct 7, 2022 10:08:25 GMT -6
Anyone have pallet forks for their loader? I think I am going to grab a set today, just wondering if I should get the 48" or the 54". Both are rated for 5500lbs which is plenty for my needs. Also how is to see the forks on a loader? Only ever used them on a skid steer.
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Post by northernfarmer on Oct 7, 2022 11:09:21 GMT -6
We have forks for a loader and I have not used them much but the tractor/loader they are on has horrible visibility as in totally blind to see the forks. So I suspect it would depend on the tractor and loader style as to being able to see anything or not. I would literally need a camera to see where the ends of the forks are if it was a pallet on the ground for example that I would have to pick up, that is why the forks rarely go on the tractor. That is my limited experience with forks on a farm tractor.
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Post by kevlar on Oct 7, 2022 11:53:27 GMT -6
We have quick attach forks for our Dresser loader, can’t see the forks but use it all the time, money well spent, my back thanks me for it! Just have to be careful using them, you get used to where they are. There is enough play in them you can kind of feel around where they are without wrecking anything.. for instance you can lower them down until they touch your tailgate then just lift an inch and drive ahead.
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Post by meskie on Oct 7, 2022 14:40:05 GMT -6
We have a set of pallet forks for our loader. Can see alright but not great. Don’t use them as much as the ones on our skid steer. The ones on our tractor get used more for moving portable panels around then lifting stuff out of the truck. We have an old forklift in our shop that gets used pretty much everyday for something.
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Post by Beerwiser on Oct 7, 2022 17:52:03 GMT -6
Well just finished putting the forks together, good thing the salesman told me how🙄. I managed to take the empty pallet off the truck without making and new holes in the truck. Visibility is ok, but certainly not like a skidsteer. Even took a pallet with me to get chicken feed, saved me walking 10 feet for each bag lol. For 1700 I think my new toy, I mean work item will be a plus. I actually forgot about moving panels, yeah that will be worth it right there. With the bucket and grapple you are limited to one at a time unless you mess around and get them lined up nicely.
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Post by cropgrower on Oct 7, 2022 18:00:44 GMT -6
 . bought that sellick for 3000$ , got it out of a snow bank in winnipeg ! about 7 or 8 years ago , best thing i ever got for 3000 dollars , normaly load air tank in yard and just lift whole palet of conola seed up to side of tank |
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Post by northernfarmer on Oct 7, 2022 18:23:46 GMT -6
Glad to hear you have some visibility as it must be set up differently then what I have and less loader arm and front of tractor in the way. The only way I know approximately how its tilted is the gauge rod that the JD mechanical leveling loader has. Without a doubt there is a reason why fork lifts and skid steers were invented for use with forks. Never the less when the forks are higher up you certainly can pack on the cattle panels and slog through the crap .. literally.
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Post by Beerwiser on Oct 7, 2022 20:01:44 GMT -6
It is on a kubota with a m45 loader, euro/global mount. I will have to grab some pictures, but with the forks on the ground you can just see the tips if you have them spread wide open. Lift the loader up 6 inches and you are blind, truck height is so so too. The bucket level gauge is a must, had to readjust mine. If I ever come across a deal like cropgrower got I am grabbing it. In the two hours of learning the feel of it I got a whole lot of shit moved in a short time and only two gouges in the ground!
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Post by kevlar on Oct 7, 2022 20:32:51 GMT -6
You won’t regret buying them. We use ours all the time, so much stuff comes on pallets or totes now. Don’t think I carried a single bag of canola up the air tank this year. Also just makes things safer moving stuff around with with something that was designed to do it.
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Post by kenmb on Oct 8, 2022 9:28:48 GMT -6
I put a backup camera on the crossbar of loader on my mxm175. It does not work that well. The 2 problems to address if doing it again is:
1. I bought an actual backup camera from Canadian Tire. And when mounting it looking forward the first time using it one realizes it reverses th image for backup. And so going forward, if the forks need to go right, I have to steer left. Seems simple enough but I screw it up often enough that this is a lesson learned and get a normal camera if doing this.
2. These cameras seem to exaggerate shadows. While I can see with my own eyes pretty well, the camera likes to make any shadow into a black blob. So seeing fork tips in he shadow of the load being lifted gets harder as contrast increases. A spotlight next to camera becomes a consideration to light up area.
My previous compact tractor had a pin on bucket so no pallet forks. New JD is a little larger frame and now have pallet forks for it and so don't need the big loader to move say a 600 lb pallet. Can use a little tractor with full visibility now. Fork lift or skid steer still best, but when making do with what I have then a little tractor that can lift 1000lb pallet does cover most of my needs.
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Post by Beerwiser on Oct 9, 2022 19:47:20 GMT -6
  Here is the view of the forks. I think I need to paint the tips orange, hard to see in the grass. With both forks spread wide open you can see the tip between the hood and the loader, but the pallets I have are smaller than a normal pallet. |
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Post by northernfarmer on Oct 9, 2022 23:01:11 GMT -6
I was wondering where you were looking to see the forks, yes that makes sense as you have some gap there to view as long as the forks are set within that area. I sure don't see why it would hurt to paint the tips, how long the paint would last is another thing but no harm in experimenting with that.
Not that its exactly loader related but your bales sitting there reminded me of what I happened to notice today. I was driving to town and I was looking across a field that was probably a grain crop that they dropped the straw on and all the round bales were spread across the field but they were all ON END. Now what sort of baler puts bales on end, and if not that why would one go around the whole field tipping bales on an end ... never seen anything like it and I thought if that gets rained on it will go right into the core of the bales. Perhaps someone can give an explanation of what the heck that was all about, made zero sense to me.
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Post by garyfunk on Oct 10, 2022 6:03:17 GMT -6
Probably someone that's going to "bale graze" in that field this winter. They put them on end so it's easier to get the twine off. You're right though, a couple good rains or a wet snow and those bales will start spoiling.
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Post by garyfunk on Oct 10, 2022 6:07:38 GMT -6
Got pallet forks for our little nh wm75. It doesn't have a cab so that helps visibility but still hard to see when picking from ground level. What I like is the narrow loader on that tractor fits in a pickup truck box. Easy to reach in without removing the tailgate.
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