11-17-2019, 08:18 PM
(11-17-2019, 07:33 PM)Pete O Wrote: ...
With your hitch frame, it appears that the lower pivot pin is one piece extended across both arms- is that the only thing that prevents the two sides from pivoting to different angles? I'll probably add a cross member between the two.
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"the only thing?" ... Yes and no.
If there is nothing attached then the relatively small bar is all that keeps the two sides in sync. But both the bucket and the fork frames are robust enough that they easily handle the syncing chores.
I am assuming John Deere wanted to save material and weight on the frame so the small bar in no bigger than it needs to be given that, used correctly, the attachment takes the load. Given that I have used the forks to pull palets out of the back of trucks that were far heavier than it will lift (i.e. can get them out and down from the truck but could never get them up and into the truck) and not turned the loader frame into a pretzel suggests JD got some things right.