Pallet forks for your loader, (Thoughts)?

Those look nice. You might want to consider burning some chain hooks on it. Sometimes it's just easier to chain down weird shaped logs than find the exact center of gravity to keep them from tipping to the side.

 

Here is the tale of my error(s) with forks.

My Case IH DX33 came with a pin on bucket. I bought a make and model specfic quick attach bracket. OK, so far.

Then the bucket had have the 4 -24" brackets air arc gouged off to weld on the quick attach plate for the above bracket. Still OK?

The plates for the conversion were build for light duty, medium duty and heavy duty. Of course they all have different weights. I bought the middle of the road one. (now I didn't research what would be best considering the lifting capacity of the tractor, the choice was still probably OK, but might have gotten by with the light duty?)

Then I bought the forks, which were of course heavy duty because that is what men do. No consideration of the weight lifting capacity.

The end result is I probably lost at least 100# maybe 150#s of lift capacity due to the weight of the plate and forks.

I am beyond pleased finding a mint 2002 mint PRE EMISSION DIESEL with 398 hours on it.

 

I use my forks a LOT with my bobcat. I built my own carriage and picked up two sets of Bolzoni? forks for $100/pair in very lightly used condition. Awesome forks and very durable. I use them for everything. Moving logs and poles, scrap, brush, digging out stumps and roots, moving pallets and lumber. They take a beating.

Whatever route you go, make sure they can roll back far enough. That is why I made my own, because I needed a bit more rollback angle.

Having two sets of forks for one carriage makes handling brush and firewood rounds easy as cake. It’s like a giant pitch fork.

 

I thought my 805 loader would have more lift than I'd ever need, but once you have it, you use it, and wish you had more.

 

Eggsactly, I have an 844 and wish I had the 1050. If I had the 1050 I’m sure I’d want the next bigger. Logs are heavy

 

Better to have power on tap than be tapped on power.

 

My next set of forks will be hydraulically width adjustable 48” long. Will save a ton of time.

 

Didn’t know there was such a thing! Since I added a third function kit for my grapple recently (prior just ran long hoses to a rear scv) that feature should be plug and play if it’s adaptable to existing fork frame..JD5420 with 521 loader

 

WeldrDave ,

I looked at the pallet forks today when I was walking out to chuck a possum in the woods. The little sucker was eating meal worms my wife puts out for the bluebirds.

Oops I digress as I often do....................

The pallet forks are rated for 2,000 #s which is way overkill, I should have gotten lighter weight ones to increase lifting capacity.

 

There's a few brands that sell them. Titan and Wolverine are the cheapest options. Plug right into your front hydraulic outlets. Your third function valve will operate them perfectly. I have one too for my front snow plow and grapple already. Not having to get off the tractor every time to manually adjust them would be a real time saver.

Incredible 58‘’Skid Steer Pallet Forks -Adjustable Hydraulic

 

Firewood Bandit thanks for posting that as I have a pin on bucket and want to switch to SSQA with a third function it’s on my to due list

 

Why do you not like them? I would think they would be very handy.

 

I know it’s not chained down but if you put the back tire over the rear axle you almost always have sufficient tongue weight. With the loader on front you are probably fine.
My pallet forks have a 2” receiver in the center. If I’m using the FEL a lot I take the forks off but it would be very handy to blow a hole in one fork or have a receiver that slips on the end of the forks to put a ball.

 

I know it is tempting, but I would recommend NOT putting a hole in a fork. It severely weakens them and resale value can vanish depending on the buyer. I use mine to tear out roots and stumps and to move logs/poles, so tip strength is important.

If you want to move trailers a lot, your best bet is to put a ball on a plate and have it dedicated for that purpose.

 

I didn’t say I don’t like them. They are useful but have some limitations. Once I got the root rake style grapple I no longer use the fork grapple.

 

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