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Sam Womer (PA)
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Here is the setup I built to use on the front bucket of my Case Super E backhoe-loader.The heavy angle sits on the cutting edge and a short chain attaches it to a hook in the middle of the top of the bucket. It easily handles a ton on a pallet. The setup also works on the three point hitch on the back of my 8N. Very easy to build from 4" x 1/4 " angle iron and a pair of forks salvaged from a scrapped fork lift.
They do.
A good fork unit will cost some money. Easiest is if your loader is standard Bobcat quick release bucket, otherwise extra fabrication to fit to your pin locations.
There are cheaper clamp on or chain on forks, but those get a little dicey for real use, put the load farther out in front of your bucket and well, just rely upon a chain or thumbscrew to hold on...... I like mine for brush clearing but they are wobbly for real forklift good work.....
Paul
A good fork unit will cost some money. Easiest is if your loader is standard Bobcat quick release bucket, otherwise extra fabrication to fit to your pin locations.
There are cheaper clamp on or chain on forks, but those get a little dicey for real use, put the load farther out in front of your bucket and well, just rely upon a chain or thumbscrew to hold on...... I like mine for brush clearing but they are wobbly for real forklift good work.....
Paul
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Most places will deliver them right to the roof top and it cost nothing extra for them to do so. But if that is not an option for you yes there are a number of companies that make forks for loaders. Some you remove the bucket and others bolt/clamp onto the bucket. Many farm and home places sell them
Geo-TH,In
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I used rusty 7 inch channel to make my cheap simple forks. These go under bucket, slip over lip and one bolt in back of bucket/fork to them in place. Have holes in different place to adjust spacing. Easy on, easy off, cheap. Made them myself. Getting heavier each year, but no chance of bending them. Geo
Loader forks are handy, clamp on are ok for limited usage from my experience and you cannot see the load on them like you can with a dedicated set of loader forks.
With the lift range of the loader and these being pallatized, consider the work height and the heavy weight close to the edge of the roof, the ground you are on and your foundation.
There are other good reasons to have forks, no doubt, this is not one of them.
Hopefully, like was stated below, you have a supplier that can deliver off a boom truck, and place the bundles where needed at the time you are ready. That is the best means to handle these.
I've unloaded countless truck loads of asphalt shingles by hand when I worked at a lumber yard way back when, we had no boom truck then, other companies did though,
Ladder jack hoist works well too, spot the skids, place the ladder with the hoist on it and send them up.
These become a nightmare if the bundles get loose and start to flop when you handle them, but maybe those were the older types we sold, the modern ones are reinforced more or so it seems.
With the lift range of the loader and these being pallatized, consider the work height and the heavy weight close to the edge of the roof, the ground you are on and your foundation.
There are other good reasons to have forks, no doubt, this is not one of them.
Hopefully, like was stated below, you have a supplier that can deliver off a boom truck, and place the bundles where needed at the time you are ready. That is the best means to handle these.
I've unloaded countless truck loads of asphalt shingles by hand when I worked at a lumber yard way back when, we had no boom truck then, other companies did though,
Ladder jack hoist works well too, spot the skids, place the ladder with the hoist on it and send them up.
These become a nightmare if the bundles get loose and start to flop when you handle them, but maybe those were the older types we sold, the modern ones are reinforced more or so it seems.
notjustair
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Is your loader equipped with quick attach? I have an Allied loader on my 886 with a quick attach for the bucket, bale spear, and pallet forks. The pallet forks go on once bale feeding season is over and rarely come off.
If your bucket is thin you might find that clamp on forks bend the bottom lip. I know a guy that has succeeded in fouling up a Westendorf bucket with forks. He could break a broken window, though. Last time I saw the tractor there was a length of log chain and a come-a-long holding the whole loader on.
If your bucket is thin you might find that clamp on forks bend the bottom lip. I know a guy that has succeeded in fouling up a Westendorf bucket with forks. He could break a broken window, though. Last time I saw the tractor there was a length of log chain and a come-a-long holding the whole loader on.
Geo-TH,In
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Really depends. My roofer wants shingles delivered a few days before he brings his army to go to work. He does tear offs. Shingles would be in way on roof.
Same when a crew build pole barn. Everything things was on the. Had to build barn before shingles.
My contractor installed 14 square of 35 year dimensionals. About 100# a bundle. Starter strips, caps, cut in 4 vents, roof over, carried shingles up ladder, cleaned up mess. DONE BY NOON. NO HELP, BY HIMSELF.
WHAT would we do if we were younger?
Same when a crew build pole barn. Everything things was on the. Had to build barn before shingles.
My contractor installed 14 square of 35 year dimensionals. About 100# a bundle. Starter strips, caps, cut in 4 vents, roof over, carried shingles up ladder, cleaned up mess. DONE BY NOON. NO HELP, BY HIMSELF.
WHAT would we do if we were younger?
NoNewParts
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by the size of the crane and truck that just lifted a pallet of shingles up to my garage roof for the roofers to unload......
I doubt very seriously if a MF65 would handle it..
There is always a way to get bundles up there...my brother and sister roofing a tall barn.
They told me about it...something about a pulley at the top of the ladder, one at the wall base, a homemade wood slider/cart that would slide up the ladder...a long rope.....and a Wheel Horse tractor.
Guess the only glitch was my sister had never driven a dual range geared WH before. Roof is done, they both survived...success.
I doubt very seriously if a MF65 would handle it..
There is always a way to get bundles up there...my brother and sister roofing a tall barn.
They told me about it...something about a pulley at the top of the ladder, one at the wall base, a homemade wood slider/cart that would slide up the ladder...a long rope.....and a Wheel Horse tractor.
Guess the only glitch was my sister had never driven a dual range geared WH before. Roof is done, they both survived...success.
Mark - IN.
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Let me ask you something. If the bucket on your front end loader will go that high, why not put them into the bucket where it would be safer because they would be enclosed on all sides except the front? I could be wrong, but I would have to assume that the extra weight hanging from the front of the bucket would have to put a lot of extra stress on the bucket that wasn't designed for that, not to mention the awkwardness of the bucket not maintaining level as you lift it, unlike a tow-motor/fork lift. To your question, I've seen them advertised somewhere. Maybe TSC or Northern Tool, but I know that I've seen them somewhere.
Good luck, and be safe.
Mark
Good luck, and be safe.
Mark
BarnyardEngineering
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Those clamp-on forks will bend the heck out of your bucket unless you have a VERY heavy bucket.
Hi all, I have a pair of clamp on forks for my JD420-C they are rated at 1600#, fine for what I do around here. I'm pleased with there performance for the price($319.00). But for a roof load probably not adequete unless you break down the load, maybe 1/2 a pallet at a time. Having said that I'm a contractor here in Calif. and all the roofing companys here have a truck with a motorized conveyer that they set the shingles up on the roof with one package at a time. They will also do the same earlier with plywood if you schedule it, if you need to re-sheet over skip sheathing.If you do this yourself be sure to spread the load evenly near the ridge so it 's out of your way
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