Pallet forks for your loader, (Thoughts)?

I re-looked at your pictures and see it now. In that case, you'd be doing your tractor a disservice by not adding a grapple.

 

But it will outlive you so cost of ownership really divided up is like pennies a day.
At least that's what I tell myself.

 

Just don’t jinx it…

 

I need to get or make a grapple for my bobcat. I’ve been using the forks a lot, but they can only do so much. I have the aux pedal, just have to run the lines up front.

 

My opinion I think you should call and complain. They should swap it out with a properly welded one. Maybe the owner doesn't know his guy is tipping a few on the clock.

 

I sure would gripe about that. There is no excuse for proper fit up and lack of welding. Maybe they’ll at least give you a refund and you can weld it up. I would call it a safety hazard if it is like you describe.

 

You buy USA made and expect top quality. The sad truth is Made in the USA doesn’t mean much anymore. They probably pay the welder $20 an hour. If you can’t support a family on the wage, it isn’t a good living.

 

He probly figured he wasn’t building a space ship so it was good enough!

 

Often when companies get bigger and grow, the quality assurance goes out the window. One of the things I’ve always loved about SuperSplit. He stayed small, stayed in his lane, and stayed involved in the day to day.

 

Amish? Maybe it was welded with a OA torch.

 

It always see the irony of people saying today isn’t a good living; not trying to pick a fight just a little perspective. Historical, geographical any at all

 

"Looks good from my house!"

Using cutting head...?

 

As Forrest Gump says, " I'm not a smart man...", so I'm probably doing it all wrong...you know we ain't "justified"...
You have forks for lifting rounds and cutting off the ground...one reason we drilled a small hole in each fork...3/4 bolt with welded washer, holds logs while cutting
Before putting the bolts in...
It's centered about 2 1/2" back, only prying I'm gonna do is getting logs from a pile.
And moving totes is the other thing...
If you don't want to drill the holes, we did use 4x4 blocks and C-clamps...
You know we have the same tractor, so my suggestions are from my experience...
We bought the MTL grapple, fork style when we had the L3130. It works really good for moving big piles of brush
Or picking up/placing rounds
Or grabbing/pushing the ends of logs
After we got the L4802, we were blessed to be able to get another grapple. Researched several brands, came down to Homestead and Catawba. Homestead made in NY, Catawba made in NC. In fact not to far from where EA Attachments is. If I was a betting man, Catawba builds EA grapples. They have been in business a long time.
I guess this is how you want to scare that kid...
The Catawba is my choice if we're cleaning up land, the toothed plates between rippers grab very small brush or trees, pinky size or so, and pluck them out of the ground.
It's not a sissy either, weighs 350# and will rip roots just fine...pecan root
And a pine stump it destroyed...
It was several hundred dollars cheaper than EA, too.
Oh, almost forgot, we had 2 hooks welded on each grapple, for chain and tong work, sometimes a piece is to big for the grapple...

My two cents worth, on half price sale...