Does anyone have experience with pallet forks

Backwoods Savage got my forks from Titan
Can see thru them and free shipping and no tax
They sell on eBay with free shipping no tax also

some people burn a hole in end of fork to install a trailer ball
Titan had a bolt on ball that works great, So easy to move trailer with it in front of tractor

Ball for forks

Forks

 

Once you get forks everything gets put on pallets so you can move it around. I can bring a whole winters worth of wood down to the house in a couple of hours! I pick up logs and keep a stack near my processing area. I put the plow on my truck with the forks. I've moved all sorts of things with my forks, they are one of the best things I've ever bought!

 

I bought a fork frame and forks for my JD and I can switch between the bucket and the fork frame in a minute or less.
Well worth the few extra bucks.

 

I have Woods (Alitec) heavy-duty SSQA forks for my TYM T353. I have things on pallets all over the place and the forks make short work. I would not recommend bolt-on forks, you can't lift as much with them because you are pushing the load center of gravity further away from your tractor. Plus like others have said, they tend to bend the bucket.

 

I understand as wooden pallets are notorious for breaking hard to walk on etc... I am looking into plastic and aluminum one for future cause fuelrod pictureis awesome... would i I had a source like leoht his setup is brilliant

 

I'm one of the never say never crowd. Palletizing my cordwood has been the best thing ever. I even made a set for the rear! One thing I will say, make sure your forks stand upright when they're not connected. I bought my QA forks off of CL and they tip back every time which makes it more of a PITA to hook up. When I "park" them I make sure a pallet, or something is on them to keep them upright. I knew this was an issue when I built my rear forks so I made sure they'd stand up. Unfortunately, my lower link mounts were a little too flimsy and broke after 6 months of hard use. I made nice beefy mounts to replace them and wouldn't you know it, it's just enough to make them tip back when they are unhooked!

As far as not seeing the front forks, its an issue for sure. Last Christmas my wife bought me a cheap rear view camera and monitor. If I ever get any time I plan to mount the monitor in the cab and run the camera off the loader arm somewhere so I can see my forks. We'll see...

 

As most have said if you have SSQA on your tractor it's pretty hard to beat a dedicated set of forks. I have HLA 42" 2000lbs QA forks and use them as much as the bucket. We move large round bales, logs and have lots of stuff on pallets to be moved around.

The bolt on forks are a great idea for somebody who doesn't have a QA loader or won't use them much. It's easy to spend someone else's money but if QA is an option it's the way to go

 

Its amazing the uses you'll find for those fork attachments.
I have to say, if i had a set of forks, I'd be palletizing all my wood!!
I think you should build a loading dock for your skids of wood at the back porch.

Put all your garden tools in a crate and head to the garden, fill IBC totes to water the garden, lift your car up to change the oil
You'll find many uses!

 

Yes what he said and no need to get forks rated to carry more than your bucket is rated to lift
Lighter forks with a similar lift rating won't be as heavy and then you can lift more wood.
The biggest problem for Backwoods Savage is none of his dry wood is stacked on pallets.

 

Yes. Gotta know your limits

 

I'm no fork(ing) engineer, so I could be wrong, but I would think that when they rate the forks for 2000# (for example) that means they can carry 2000#, over bumps n all. Not just a static lift...

 

good point didn't think of that. I was thinking that some forks would be so overbuild and heavy that they would take away from what you could lift.
The forks I posted above will lift a full skid of wet red oak. No bending at all-- 4,000 lb capacity
brenndatomu I guess front tires would absorb a little shock also

 

Canadian boarder VT If you were closer I would drop a load of for you.


The heavy duty plastic pallets are great I stack all sorts of things on them, we even have them under our hay stack to stop the bottom bales from rotting.



They sorta look like the bottom of a upturned milk crate, Dennis.

If you guys have any large food manufacturers close by that would be the best place to source plastic pallets. Especially if they import raw ingredients.



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