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grandpa Love · Jun 20, 2021

Anyone use these? Would work on my Ford 950. 3 ft cylinder. Will it unload a flat bed semi truck? Pallets under 800lbs.

NY 986 · Jun 20, 2021

Never used one of those but 800 lbs sounds reasonable without being able to look at a manual. A 6 foot rotary cutter has to be at least 500 lbs so you are in the ballpark in terms of what the 850 can handle. You will want to ballast the front of the tractor with a couple hundred pounds especially if you are trying to lift several feet into the air. The 850 has a remote cylinder control function?

MJ in the UK · Jun 20, 2021

Hi Grandpa, sold them new in the 1960 and early 1970 until I got involved with rough terrain forklifts. They are allwright for occational use but if you use them for a long period you will end up with a stiff neck and cross eyed syndrome. MJ.

grandpa Love · Jun 20, 2021

One or 2 pallets , maybe twice a month

grandpa Love · Jun 20, 2021

Tractor has remotes

DoubleO7 · Jun 20, 2021

3 foot cyl. ?
3 feet might load a drop deck or double drop but not a conventional flat bed semi trailer.

jm. · Jun 20, 2021

You just have to realize that the capacity is tractor 3 point capacity LESS the weight of the lift. I would say the 800 lb might be there. We have made several out of old forklift mast ,,but that one would be better ion that it in itself is not as heavy .

Geo-TH,In · Jun 20, 2021

Estimate the brake weights about a ton.

Can lift over 8 ft.

Little terramite can easily lift half ton plus. Home made forks. Perhaps the

Terramite clone might work better for you

Terramite loaded this truck. .
I used terramite to unload Kubotas forks off

A semi.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 20, 2021

I have one similar a little heavier built,works OK just keep it flat where you unload and plenty of weight on the front.I'd say your tractor will do the job but need to be real careful,I put mine on my AC 185 with a loader that holds the front end down.The bigger the tractor the better.

sandcastle1 · Jun 20, 2021

Your Ford 950 has a 3 point capacity to lift 1,250 pounds, you are going to reduce that with the height and further reduce it with the fork lift attachment. With the 3 point up in the air versus at the bottom where these are meant to be used, you will have serious stability issues. 3 feet of lift that this has will not get to the deck of a standard flat bed tractor trailer. I would suggest looking for something else to use to unload trucks with. If you are unloading on paved or concrete surface used forklifts are pretty cheap.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 20, 2021

The forklift goes up 3 ft but then the whole forklift can be raised by the 3pt arms.Need to lift the pallet just enough to clear the flatbed and then back up just enough to clear the pallet from the truck and then lower the pallet.

old · Jun 20, 2021

I think it could depend on how high the flat bed semi is. I have one that is about 5 foot off the ground so you would need at least 5.5 foot of lift. It is very old as in made in 1959. Many of the newer ones sit lower but there are still many tall one also

paul · Jun 20, 2021

I have a Tebon brand I got for $1200 at auction, use it with my 5200 or 7700 Ford, cat 2 and need some weight up front of those tractors! Move seed pallets, cant lift a full one need to take 5-6 bags off. It would lift it, but tractor front gets too light even with weights, I have to move very careful even with 5 bags pulled off.

So, that thing will work and work pretty good, but it looks like it does not lift real high maybe, and on my 960 Ford I think I would have to keep the pallet pretty light.

If you get it, hope it comes with, or you need to get a strong hyd top link, really need that to make it work right.

I would be concerned about not picking up a big load, pallets get heavy in a hurry, with a cat 1 tractor as you propose.

Paul

caterpillar guy · Jun 20, 2021

You would be ahead with it on the massey loader if it has a 3pt.

John Deere D · Jun 20, 2021

Force = Area of Cylinder or Ram X PSI (Out put of Remote Hydraulics in PSI)

FORCE is maximum weight of items to be lifted

Force = Obtain Diam. of Ram piston Calculate area.....X.... Out put of Remote Hydraulics in PSI

Bob..

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