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Started by Bibbyman, February 20, 2013, 07:45:01 PM

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Bibbyman

February 20, 2013, 07:45:01 PM
 

We use our loaders for everything around the mill.   When handling logs the forks often get mud stuck to them.  Then we turn around and move lumber with them.  Sometimes I clean the forks a half dozen times during the day.

I had an idea to built something like a hitching rail to run the forks under and clean them off like a boot scraper.

But I found I could stab the forks into the sawdust pile and rip them up through it.  It often works.
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

#1
February 20, 2013, 08:10:04 PM
Does that sawdust pile count as an upgrade?  :)
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wetdog

#2
February 20, 2013, 08:48:56 PM
The size of that sawdust pile makes me think I'm not sawing enuff

hackberry jake

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February 20, 2013, 08:51:59 PM
The best way to ensure clean forks is to serve  smiley_devil pie. They will all get licked clean.  musteat_1
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YellowHammer

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February 20, 2013, 10:13:12 PM
I jab my loader forks into round hay bales, takes the mud right off, and the cows gather round to watch.  :D
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