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Read articles →This is a real-world chore video, not a product review: the owner uses a Kioti CK4020 with pallet forks to unload heavy used railroad ties from a truck bed and stack them in his yard. It shows practical technique, rope-and-carabiner tricks for pulling ties onto forks solo, keeping loads low and close to the frame, and staging with cinder blocks. Useful for owners wanting real pallet-fork handling tips, not spec talk.
Posted by the Silent Hill Acres channel, an owner sharing casual, hands-on footage of everyday tasks on his own property.
Put a rope with carabiners around the end of the tie, grab both ends, and slide it onto the pallet forks from the truck bed.
Keep the load as close to the back frame as possible and as low as possible, since carrying it out on the fork tips can shift the tipping point forward.
Yes, the ties, guessed at a couple hundred pounds, were fine for the tractor because it has ballast fluid in the rear tires.
