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YotaAtieToo said:
I've been curious about those grader attachments, with the tires in front.
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Saw some guys blading county rd a while back. Had a grader pulling shoulders and doing the main work. An a skidsteer with the lil grader blade following along cleaning up all the driveways an lil time consuming stuff. I laughed when I first saw it, but those boys got a lot of work done in a day:smokin:
 
Steve300xcw said:
Saw some guys blading county rd a while back. Had a grader pulling shoulders and doing the main work. An a skidsteer with the lil grader blade following along cleaning up all the driveways an lil time consuming stuff. I laughed when I first saw it, but those boys got a lot of work done in a day:smokin:
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Was that the one with the wheels? Or the box blade you run in reverse?

I could see the reverse box blade working good for that also.
 
CarterKraft said:
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They just have some cables wrapped around them.
So if you cut with something make sure they will be OK when they hit a 5/16"-3/8" steel cable.
We cut them no problem with a sawzall. We lay them down to drive dozers on when crossing sensitive concrete.
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Picked up a few sets for free fiddy. Gonna cut them up and lay em out this weekend. Some were already cut in half. Looking at them there's no cables, just steel plies like a tire.

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So the sawzall was a fucking waste of time regardless of blade used.

This particular track has one steel belt and no cables so the winning move was the steel cutting blade on the worm drive circular saw with the depth set somewhere between 3/4 and 1, just enough to cut the belts. From there a utility knife works wonders. This shit is heavy. 4fters weigh like 50lb or more. My buddy thinks they'll be too floppy. He hasn't seen them yet. :laughing:

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Fuck that was a pain in the ass. Fits better in the truck bed now. I'm tempted to weigh it. That'll make a whopping ~50ft of two-track. Might get the job done. Might turn out I need closer to 100 to cross the muddy spot this is supposed to bridge.

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Dethmachinefab said:
Isnt the belt made of cables?
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I was expecting a couple real cables in there somewhere, like 3/8+ :laughing:
 
I need to set of forks for my machine. The only thing I see in auction yards or marketplace are Chinese. Anyone have feedback on these?
 
Bacho said:
I need to set of forks for my machine. The only thing I see in auction yards or marketplace are Chinese. Anyone have feedback on these?
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Buy em and run em. If they break then fix them. I got a couple brand new sets right off the boat from China from an auction $500-$550 a set if I remember right. Haven't used them a ton yet, but the price was definitely right... Local place had some new ones for sale that were probably the same identical thing for $950ish. So I essentially bought both of mine for about the same cost as a single one from there.
 
CarterKraft said:
They're cheap :laughing:
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There’s a guy in the marketplace that has what appears to be a new carriage and forks from a daewoo forklift. It looks pretty easy to weld a quick attach plate to those and have what would appear to be a whole higher quality for about the same price as that Chinese garbage. But on the other hand, I don’t really appreciate what differences I might really run into and it seems like I have better things to be doing.
 
Probably just the tool bar type/quality.
Likely the tine steel and or temper.

These are locally made (USA) attachments. Made in Texas so not helpful...
starindustries.com

Skid-Steer Forks and Frames | Skid Steer | Star Industries

Explore our Skid-Steer Forks and Frames with Universal Quick-Tach. Robust welded steel construction, ITA-style locking for secure lifting. Learn more!
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This is another USA made company.

idigtexas.com

IDT Pallet Forks - Std Duty

Move pallets, lumber, or nearly anything else. These forks are rated up to 4,000 lbs. Std Duty pallet forks are 100% American made. With a simple attachment like this, you want to make sure you're getting high quality American made steel. The tines are 4" wide and 48" long and are completely...
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Bacho said:
I need to set of forks for my machine. The only thing I see in auction yards or marketplace are Chinese. Anyone have feedback on these?
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Just bought am XHD bucket, HD Root grapple, and a set of 5500 lb forks from Loflin Mfg. They had a vendor in Richmond that sells their stuff but I think its made down closer to you.

www.loflinfabrication.com

Heavy Duty Fork Frame

Heavy Duty Fork Frame Standard class 2 pallet forks CNC machined carriage bar with 3 locking locations for a quality fit Forks are available in 36", 42", 48", 60", and 72". Designed for strength and easy visibility
www.loflinfabrication.com www.loflinfabrication.com

I was adding some chain hooks to the bucket and grapple last night. They make quality stuff. Buy once cry once. Breaking a fork sounds expensive depending on what you are picking up that gets dropped and hopefully nobody around it gets in the way of gravity.

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I have a 4 or 5 sets sitting in my driveway that I picked up at an auction a few weeks ago. I had already won a couple items and knew I was making the drive and the forks were going cheap enough that I knew I could flip them for a couple bucks.

I'm also using one of the import hydraulic spreading carriages on my telehandler. The carriage is labeled for 4k lbs and my telehandler's rated for 4.4k so I figure I'm well within the safety margin on them. :laughing: I think I got it for $800 out the door and you can barely find a regular Class 2 carriage for that around here. The hydraulic spread is super handy.

There are a ton of attachment manufacturers in NC and SC....at least 4 or 5 within an hour or so of me. They obviously aren't making their own forks, and I'd be curious where they source them. I'd bet most aren't domestic.
 
After watching the market for a few years, I jumped on a marketplace deal today;

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Cat 252 (apparently a 2001 per CarterK:homer:) with 5k hrs including forks & bucket intended for personal use farm machine for (way) under $10k.
Operable pilot-controlled machines under $15k don't show up very often around here so I got the seller on the phone and hopped in the truck to drive 2 hrs to it without any concern for research (well I did google the weight spec on it at some point before pulling out of the driveway after telling work i wouldn't be logging in until afternoon.)

It runs and operates as intended, controls & pins seem to be tight with no apparent major leaks, has moderate amounts of blowby; sputtering a spray of oil when the fill cap on the valve cover is removed as high idle speed, however hydraulics seem strong and motor doesn't bog/stall when running through functions at idle/fast idle speed so I have no concerns there.

Known issues:
*loses fuel prime within 10 minutes of shutting down and then you have to crack the injector nuts to restart ( Manual primer arm on the lift pump has no return spring- is that as likely a culprit as it would seem?)
*shutoff solenoid supposedly operates intermittently otherwise needs to be stalled out to shut off.
*and factory throttle cable is broken & has been jerry rigged with a cable tied to cage.
*one of the wheels has some fuckery going on where there's fender washers under the lugnuts.
*I heard a hiss from one of the tires so I'll have to try and plug it

It's the size I was looking for (8k lbs), pilot control as mentioned (I really wanted to avoid stick & pedal control, because at 6'6 with a size 14 foot pedals are usually not the easiest to operate at all, much less comfortably) and tracked would have be cool but don't realistically show up in my ideal price range either. All & all I'm pretty dang pleased with it thus far.
 
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Should be a good machine.

The 252 is a little odd here can't say I've seen one personally.

My dealer doesn't order some of these odd models because ultimately the price difference doesn't warrant having 2 or more machines that are effectively the same class.
 
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