redneck engineering quick fel quick connect

[M5farm]

For any that may be interested I started building a quick connect frame today.
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[branguscowgirl]

Looks like you are stocked up on "toys" in your shop M5!

 

[Gunner]

Please continue with the pictures as you go along. I would like to build one for my tractor. Priced one about 2 years ago..$880 was the best deal I could find. We have a used tractor dealer about 10 miles down the road. He buys and sells tractors and equipment. Goes to a lot of auctions. He has several sets of forks on his yard. You might try to find someone like that in your area. It looked like around $250 per set was what he was getting.

 

[M5farm]

Center brace and end brackets. The way the cylinders are arranged on this loader I decided to cut bracket off of the bucket.

Brackets welded and receiver for spear done
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like a glove.


Hay spear attached. It's gonna have to be longer.

Started at 8 this morning and had this done by 130.
My back hurts.
Now I'm trying to decipher a quick connect.

 

[M5farm]

Looks like you are stocked up on "toys" in your shop M5!

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

 

[skyhightree1]

Good job I like it

 

[M5farm]

Got the quick connect fabbed up.

 

[M5farm]

I decided to give it a coat of paint when I put it up today tonight.
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[sim.-ang.king]

Looks like it should work, and I see you have some custom forks to match. What size loader is that?

 

[M5farm]

Looks like it should work, and I see you have some custom forks to match. What size loader is that?

Its a JD 47 loader. It is from the Late 60's its matches my tractor (74' Model) real well. I loaded some hay (5x5) with it this weekend and It handled it much better with the dedicated fork than it did with my bucket fork. I am very pleased with how it turned out.

 

[M5farm]

A while back We were discussing the quick hooks from John Deere and they were about 12 bucks. I called Friday to get some from our dealer and They are not a stock item (see my rant on parts houses) So I made some out of the hooks Off of the straps that attach to the rub rail on 18 wheeler. If you don't have a forge a torch will work if you wanted to tackle the project.

In the forge getting Cherry red.

I spread it apart and then layed it in the vise

used a pin the same size as the quick connect pins

cooled down and ready to attach to the frame. Once it was welded on I had to tweek it open a little. I am also adding a piece of flat strap to the top for strength

 

[lovehammer]

Awesome fab work.

Very cool.

 

[Hook]

Dang. You have fire!

 

[M5farm]

I usually do my forge work in the winter time. It was 100 deg Saturday and being around the fire made it about 150. I only made 2 sets.

I picked up a set of forks today and they fit the frame I built . I will post pics tomorrow.

Building stuff is my true passion.

 

[Phil in Tupelo]

I don't know, but as solid as that frame looks, I would have considered double spears place on the bottom of your frame. In most cases would double as hay spear without need of small stablilizers and a static fork without adjustments. Good luck.

 

[M5farm]

I don't know, but as solid as that frame looks, I would have considered double spears place on the bottom of your frame. In most cases would double as hay spear without need of small stablilizers and a static fork without adjustments. Good luck.

That's a good idea . I would have still had to have made them removable as this frame is my quick connect frame that connects to the bucket and pallet forks.

 

[M5farm]

Here is the fork frame.

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Just a rectangle frame . Bottom is channel iron with the channel down so the hook on the fork grab it. The top has a 1/2 square rod welded to the top tube for the top of forks to slide on.


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I have made a guard for the top of the frame. It keeps the fork from sliding off . It still has to be painted.

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Connected to the qc frame

 

[Shanghai]

That's looks good
Your pretty dang slick

 

[M5farm]

That's looks good
Your pretty dang slick

Thank you, if'm y'all only knew how much trouble I got in when I was a kid for taking stuff apart and building stuff. I once built a raft out of treated post and drug it back to the pond. That new bundle of post was just setting there. I get tunnel vision when I start something and have to finish it. I was blessed with being able to vision a project. I regret not following that passion years ago.

 

[pricefarm]

Really nice work! You should have just build you a front end loader instead of buying one. I love to build things to but don't have much time to right now Iam like you once I start a project all I think about is getting it done I always have a pic in my head of how I want it to look and just go from there.