Homemade Steel Forks Mounted On Loader Buckets

Homemade Steel Forks Mounted On Loader Buckets TRACTORS Loaders 31-2-41 I mounted homemade steel forks on my loader bucket and use them to move utility poles and trees after they've been cut down. Makes it easy to lift the trees so I can trim them. If I want I can place a 4 by 8-ft. pallet with a closed plywood top over the forks, and loosely chain it to the bucket so that I can dump the load without the pallet sliding off the forks. Makes a nice carrier for leaves and brush. I use the same pallet to help get rid of beaver dams on my property. I rip out part of the dam by hand, then place the material on the pallet and dump it somewhere. The beavers won't reuse any material that's already pulled out and will eventually move on. I used old school bus tires to make a pair of easy-to-build stairways to the top of a steep hill. I used a bumper jack to hold the beads apart and then filled the tires with sand. It took a 5-gal. pail of sand to fill each tire. The tires make it easier for workers to access the pole if they need to replace a fuse or transformer, etc. To hold the soil on the rest of the hill, I used discarded metal display shelving that's supported by pipe railings driven into the ground. My Kubota L3710 tractor doesn't come with a toolbox. To solve the problem I mounted a mailbox on back of one side of the tractor. It worked so good that I bought another mailbox and mounted it on the other side. Each mailbox measures 19 in. long by 6 in. wide by 8 1/2 in. high and sets in a strap iron "saddle". (Charles Steigmeyer, 11093 N Mac Rd., Irons, Mich. 49644 ph 231 266-5916)

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