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I have the same setup, and I'm interested also. Anyone running this setup with spacers?

Ended up using a piece of 5/8" rod of 4140. Harder to cut and drill, but should be better. Haven't used it yet, will post back later.

To keep everyone up-to-date... I just tried a piece of 11/16" rod, wont fit, at least without drilling the clevis hook holes. Which I am not a fan of. So I am sourcing a piece of 5/8" oil-hardened tool steel.

Some questions I am seeing through the thread... Weight Capacity: I had 16 blocks about 50# each equally spread on a 48x48" skid. It could lift it, but would stall, although at a high enough position to get them onto a truck bed. I still think the 3/16" wall tubing is overkill, unless you...

Yeah, had the 5/8" rod handy and free. :-) But since 98% of the time they are on the outside, I went with it. The forks go ~1-2" below the bucket. Designed on purpose to drag on the ground to get a pallet without dragging the bucket. I did think about welding an angle iron, with the vee...

I'll let them know next time I see them. :) Nothing added onto the bucket other than the Bolt-On clevis/hook mounts. I am kind of OCD in the modification area. Limit myself of non-reversible mods. (drilling, welding,...) Love using factory mounts whenever possible. Yes, that was standard...

I did bend the 5/8" rod once when I flipped the bucket up while raised. The forks went over the top and bent it. Operator error? ;-(

None at all, but I'll go take a pic and confirm. But not surprised, I designed it to help prevent that. The moment diagram puts a nearly straight load "into" the bucket lip. The top mounts take a nearly straight load "out" of the top bucket. I added a picture to see it better. The fork is...

Yeah, the bucket lip ones looked enticing, easy and cheap. Hated the moment they would put in the bucket lip though. Ruin the flat line when plowing then. :)

Had a local shop (Shock Welding) do them for me. Didn't trust my skills in that department!

Where did you source these?? Thanks!

Taking a lot of cues from this website, I designed a fork system that augments my bolt-on hooks. I already had the two outside set of hooks from Ken's when I decided to do this project. But for it, I had to add the middle set. The middle clevis needed to be modified to allow the 5/8" rod to...

You can transport propane horizontally. Just needs to be secured. Note, the internal pickup can be either vertical or horizontal. You must use the tank in the same orientation as the internal pickup.

Actually, ballast will not change the front axle loading. Just keeps traction on the rear tires.