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Re: Forks lifted pretty good for home made ones
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Posted by Indydirtfarmer on November 26, 2004 at 04:40:04 from (66.83.236.250):
In Reply to: Forks lifted pretty good for home made ones posted by Willy-N on November 25, 2004 at 13:32:28:
Any "real world" testing, as opposed to "labortory testing"? You are lifting a dead load of about (just a guess) 800 or 900LBS on the back end of that trailer. Try a 1500(+) LB round bale, then go bouncing across a rough field at 10 MPH. (over a long time---Maybe a couple hundred bales worth) Point being; I helped a nieghbor build his own 3 point disc, starting with an old wheel disc. It LOOKED plenty strong. He could pick it up and move it just fine. It even worked well, when he tried to disc his garden. Then he took it out in the field.... He was discing a 15 acre cornfield. When he got it up to speed, and under a heavy load, the frame just folded like a wet noodle..... You want the ultimate test? Give it to someone else to test. They won't baby it. They'll hammer the daylights out of it. From what I know about building something like that, You WANT it to be pushed beyond it's limits, just so you will see where those limits are. I worked for Honda (HRC-raced motorcycles) They WANTED their stuff trashed. The object was to see what broke first, then upgrade that. No matter what you say or do, someone will try to lift 10 times your "engineered limits". Safe may be 3 times it's intended limit. Practical will be 5 times. Reality will need 10 times that limit....John
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