[grnspot110]

I'll start with the pallet forks for my 300 loader.

I bought the forks & bars off Ebay; http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-36-PALL...ultDomain_0&hash=item53ec2b0cc9#ht_2551wt_952

I think the were $30 cheaper then! I bought a thick-wall 2" tube for behind the bottom bar & a 2" angle for the top bar, but most of the rest was iron I had on hand. The "quick attach" hooks are a split piece of pipe, flat stock with a rear lip & an angle welded on top for extra strength. The lower mounting pins are category II 3-pt pins left from changing equipment over from my 58-520 to the 790 (cat. I). The expanded metal was from an old trailer floor, makes a better back-guard for pushing brush. The one thing I would do different is to push the bottom forward a little to bring the points up a couple inches. ~~ Lowell

 

[Kennyd]

Nice job Lowell!

The one thing I would do different is to push the bottom forward a little to bring the points up a couple inches. ~~ Lowell

I learned that the hard way myself when I built mine many years ago, I added spaces to mine later.

V1:

Then I added:

 

[dieselshadow]

Both of you guy's forks look great! Much handier than using your back!:thumbup1gif:

Without the spacers were you not able to tilt back enough?

 

[Kennyd]

Without the spacers were you not able to tilt back enough?

Correct, for me anyway. When they where a few inches off the ground I could not get them level making it dificult to get under the pallets that I have.

 

[grnspot110]

Mine are right at level on the ground, would like the points of the forks a couple inches higher. ~~ Lowell

 

[grnspot110]

Next came the 5' boom. I used the same quick attach hook method as the forks. The boom is part of a 3-pt boom that I no longer used.

I use it quite a bit for moving garden tractors & parts around the yard! ~~ Lowell

 

[grnspot110]

I was able to pick up a "barely used" JD weight box off CL. I've since modified it to suit my needs. I added runners w/some old RR rail along with a 2" receiver tube for light towing. It's got 600+ lbs of scrap iron in it (including the rails), with a tray (old grainery door) about 8" from the top. 2-plastic conduit tubes on one side for tools & a chainsaw sheath on the other side. I have also added another set of 3-pt pins 5" lower so it doesn't drag when loading it on the trailer. ~~ Lowell

 

[grnspot110]

My wood splitter, I originally built for my 1958-520, using tractor hydraulics & controls. When I bought the 790, I added a control valve to the splitter, connect the hoses to the bucket cylinder quick-couplers. Then tie off the joy-stick to the fender with a tarp strap. It's not a fast set-up, but I work alone so it keeps up with me fine! ~~ Lowell

 

[grnspot110]

My 3-pt offset disk started out as an old JD drag disk that I bought for $50. Took it apart, picked out the best blades (it had set in the ground too long). I used the original frame for the 3-pt frame as much as I could by using the front to back connecting bars, extending them, welded on angles to bolt the gangs in place. After these pic were taken, I cut the gang ends off the extra gangs & welded them to this one, making them less apt to catch on something (me). Only new iron I bought were the 5/8" bars from the top link to the back & a 2' square tube across the front.

I just don't use one enough to justify the cost of a "factory" disk, but need one occasionally! ~~ Lowell