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Message: <blockquote data-quote="flyerdan" data-source="post: 116555" data-attributes="member: 2510">You might not need to shim out 2", but you will need some to get the fork tips up when it's rolled all the way back.If you look at the bucket, the back wall and bottom are at an acute angle, probably around 75 degrees. This is so the bucket can be rolled back and not spill when transporting with the boom lowered, as you want to do with forks as well. Chances are that the bobtach would be at 90 degrees to the floor with the bucket off, so you need to figure in some tilt factor, as you can't bend the forks. That's something that can be mocked up in pre-fit to get about 5" tip elevation when it's fully back.Keep in mind that on a forklift the whole mast moves fore and aft, so when you are lifting a heavy pallet with the mast all the way back the center of weight moves toward the back of the machine the higher you go. That is not the case on a Bobcat, in fact it goes forward and raises the tipping potential greatly.</blockquote>