Fork carriage for my Ford 755

[Frank S]

Kent it is never overkill as long as there is no detraction of operational usefulness.
there is always underkill though which usually leads to destruction injury or worse
the forks and carriage are strong enough that I can slide 1 fork all the way over to one side and at 2 ft out from the hock confidently lift anything the 755's loader hydraulics has the power to lift but to do that I would have to rotate and extend the hoe as far back as it will go with a bucket full of dirt. for an old machine it still has a lot of life left in it.
the loaders on AG tractors are there for cleaning out the muck in the feed lots moving sand and gravel piles and general hauling of loose materials tons better than a shovel and a wheel barrow though.
One word of caution about the tractor since I don't know what tractor you have I'm going to assume it is not a row crop tricycle. If you don't have weights on the rear axle have your tires filled with water, antifreeze + a rust inhibitor. the extra 1000+ lbs will be a real help.
those little bobcats are handier than zippers the Keller brothers introduced the first skid steer loaders in 1960 2 years later they made the first bobcat branded skid steer
the 600 came out in 1965 or 66 does your' shave the kohler or the v4 Wisconsin have you adapted it to the quick change carriage if so you may be interested in my skid steer hammer attachment
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...3159#post77558
While you are at it check out my back hoe bucket quick disconnect
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/b...0424#post72458

[KustomsbyKent]

Hi Frank,
Thanks for the links, pretty interesting!
I don't believe my tractor has liquid in the wheels, it is far to light back there. I may make a weight platform for the 2-point. It fortunately has the wide front, so it's pretty stable.
my skidsteer has the original V4 wisconsin engine. My brother and I rebuilt it in our high school engine shop class, so the engine has good internals. It will need a tune-up again though.
It still has the original bucket, with a grapple fork added on. The ends of the forks got broken off when we were young... I'm not sure how that happened, wink, wink! We might have been using it a wee bit too hard!
A quick tach is in the long term plans, but short term is just to get the oil leaks fixed and get some use out of it.
I was originally thinking the axle seals were bad, but as I have the wheels off and up on jack stands, it looks like the oil is coming from somewhere in the center. I'll know more once I get the engine pulled out.
Hopefully later this fall I'll get more time to work on it.
Later,
Kent