Pallet Fork Question

[DennisH]

Hi

I'm looking for a pallet fork for my 870 JD that has a 300X loader and will use this for light work around the house mainly while doing some landscaping this year. Can't imange I would be lifting anything heaver than 1000 lbs.

I ran across this pallet fork localy and the seller is asking $400, cheapest I have found is about $650 new.

What do you think about this?

 

[YesDeere]

Is that John Deere quick attach? Can't tell.


It also looks like it is not a fixed fork but a floating style. I lucked out and found a frontier set for 400 that are fixed and qa I also looked for a long time

 

[murphy1244]

Looks homemade, What kind of mount is it?

 

[DennisH]

Agree with the homemade part, the mount is for a 300X loader.

 

[murphy1244]

Offer him 300.00

 

[sdkubota]

Although the corner braces probably added strength, they also introduced a lot of heat into the bend area which isn't good. A 1000 lbs probably won't matter but as far as I am concerned the forks are now ruined. The angle braces also prevent the folks sliding all the way in so whatever you are carrying can vest on the back vertical portions. Probably isn't a bad deal and I might be making a mountain out of a molehill but that is my opinion.

 

[DennisH]

Although the corner braces probably added strength, they also introduced a lot of heat into the bend area which isn't good. A 1000 lbs probably won't matter but as far as I am concerned the forks are now ruined. The angle braces also prevent the folks sliding all the way in so whatever you are carrying can vest on the back vertical portions. Probably isn't a bad deal and I might be making a mountain out of a molehill but that is my opinion.

Good eye, I had not thought of that.

 

[sdkubota]

Not that good of eye because I just noticed the fork appears to not be bent at the bend. Every real set of forks I have seen has the bend noticeable...meaning the fork was a single piece of metal bent to create the 90 degrees. It leaves a noticeable round back of the fork. Those don't appear to have been bent by what I am seeing so perhaps completely welded together???

 

[DennisH]

sdkubota, I think you are correct.

 

[PapaPerk]

I would keep looking. Your machine QA?