Skid Steer Loader Forklift Attachment Fabrication

Fabricating a custom forklift attachment for my mini skid steer loader. This is for loading anything I need, primarily however for relocating the firewood crates I'm about to build that I'm gonna use in conjunction with my homemade firewood processor. Why this little GEHL 1620 loader? It is small enough so it can fit in my workshop / machine shop and in the barn so I can work on it or unload cargo that I mainly need in the workshop. Also when I start demolishing the barn floor I can use the same loader with hydraulic hammer attachment to break the concrete and later use the bucket to clean up the concrete. I sorely remember doing this work by hand in my machine shop. The forks I use in this video for the forklift attachment are bought. They are old but unused. To create the forklift attachment I'm welding together one big and two smaller pieces of heavy duty steel sheet, adding some attachment points and that's about it. Now this loader is more versatile and with no heavy expenses. This project cost me around 200 EUR altogether.

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Soundtrack:
Pomade - Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library)

Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter