Any forklifts based on Cub Cadets?

[Rich S.]

Somehow, after reading here and there for a while on Cub Cadets, I ended up buying a running 127with a rusty ol mowing deck. Then ran into another 123 with a fine mower but a bum engine, which I had to get.
Didn't think any more would show up, but by golly, a 104 with a 3 point lift ran out in front of my empty truck and just jumped all by itself into the empty bed. Then, another 104 that a deceased father-in-law was restoring climbed up into the truck bed to keep the other one comfy. (That's the way I tried to explained it to my wife....)
The 123 and 127 will be good mowers and garden workers.
That leaves the 104s.
What I don't have is a forklift to move small tree trunks and cut boards around with. Thinking about 1500lb lift only to about 4' above the ground and a simple tilt function on the forks.
Has anyone here built one or have some ideas on a Cub Cadet forklift?

Would the front end or the rear end of a CC104 handle 1500lbs plus it's own weight without problems?

Would a trailer mounted forklift mechanism fabricated on the end of a short trailer work ok if the hitch ball was mounted on the 104 front? It would kind of be like an articulated forklift with the drive in the rear section looking at the forks.
Would the 123 be better for this purpose witht eh hydrostatic transmission?
Thanks for your help.
Rich S.

[Rich S.]

Did another search and found some other questions...
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...light=forklift

Did find some pictures of a regular small tractor with forks mounted to the 3 pt lift. One could pick up a pallet on the ground and put it somewhere else on the ground. Did not have any actual lift mechanism than the 3 pt hitch.

Just looking around....

[alabama mike]

Originally Posted by Rich S.

Did another search and found some other questions...
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...light=forklift

Did find some pictures of a regular small tractor with forks mounted to the 3 pt lift. One could pick up a pallet on the ground and put it somewhere else on the ground. Did not have any actual lift mechanism than the 3 pt hitch.

Just looking around....

I built a fork attachment for the back of my Dads IH 574, it used only the 3pt and it moves pallets, etc around with no problems. but were talking a 57 HP tractor. maybe my thinking is wrong but I would think you would want the tractor to weigh more than the load being lifted. 1500 lbs on back of a cub wouldn't work, all you would be doing is lifting the front wheels off the ground. and to make it work you would need a counter weigh on the front, with the amount of weight need and the amount of weight lifting I'm not sure the frame could handle it, just my thoughts, and I've been known to be wrong. check out farmshow magazine, they always have sometype of homemade equiptment, I've seen several homemade forklifts in there.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by Rich S.

Somehow, after reading here and there for a while on Cub Cadets, I ended up buying a running 127with a rusty ol mowing deck. Then ran into another 123 with a fine mower but a bum engine, which I had to get.
Didn't think any more would show up, but by golly, a 104 with a 3 point lift ran out in front of my empty truck and just jumped all by itself into the empty bed. Then, another 104 that a deceased father-in-law was restoring climbed up into the truck bed to keep the other one comfy. (That's the way I tried to explained it to my wife....)
The 123 and 127 will be good mowers and garden workers.
That leaves the 104s.
What I don't have is a forklift to move small tree trunks and cut boards around with. Thinking about 1500lb lift only to about 4' above the ground and a simple tilt function on the forks.
Has anyone here built one or have some ideas on a Cub Cadet forklift?

Would the front end or the rear end of a CC104 handle 1500lbs plus it's own weight without problems?

Would a trailer mounted forklift mechanism fabricated on the end of a short trailer work ok if the hitch ball was mounted on the 104 front? It would kind of be like an articulated forklift with the drive in the rear section looking at the forks.
Would the 123 be better for this purpose witht eh hydrostatic transmission?
Thanks for your help.
Rich S.

Over the years, my experience with fork lifts was that the "counter weight" was equal to the load lifted, excluding vehicle weight.
I would be awful leery, hanging #1000-1500 on the front of a cub not withstanding the overload of the tire rating & spindles .
it is nice to think of little cubs as being capable of anything, but in my opinion it would be a little too much to ask.

[oldironlindy]

Some day I will get my forklift attachment on a tractor. Planning on putting it on a 122. I wanted to have it done by red power round up but I am not getting as much shop time this winter as I would like.

[lugnut]

Fork lift on 126, uses 3000 lb. winch mounted by rear axle ,has pulley at top of mast.Will lift 350 lbs. with 100 lbs counter weight mounted on front of tractor. It will only go up 51" ,which is enough to load and unload my truck and trailer. Hydraullics would go much higher, however $100 for a winch vs. $ 1000 to do hydraullics , this suits my needs.

[ACecil]

You have a very neat 126, and fork lift! Thanks for the pic.

[Methos]

That's pretty cool! Thanks for sharing it!

[johncub7172]

1500lb. is a HUGE amount of weight. My Clark lift truck weighs 10000lbs. and that is what you would need to move 1500lb. of weight.