Anyone use tomahawk skidsteer attachments?

[Wild Bill the 2nd]

Anyone have their rock bucket? How is it holding up? Saw one for $650 new. Not sure if they have different grades of rock bucket. Seems too cheap to be true.

 

[Apsterbobed]

Do you recall what those 42" SSQA forks sold for and are you happy with them?

The bidding ended at $400 but there was an auction fee and I had to go pick them up in New Hampshire, 4 to 6 hours round trip I think. With fees and fuel (I also got a grapple so the fuel was splt) added together about $500 maybe less.

As far as liking them, for what I paid and how much I use them I'm happy with them. If they were some thing I was using alot I would get a better set, but the construction quality is very good. They fit the ssqa nice and tight with no slop, the forks slide nicely on the rail, and all the welds look good. At work we have a set of bradco 48" on the skid steer, they are much nicer (about twice the cost as well) and much more lifting capacity. The tomahawk forks are rated at 2800 lbs evenly distribution witch may turn out to be a little light for my FEL but I don't intend on digging or anything like that. I wish they were 48" but only because I can't see the tips without standing or leaning to the side, I really don't know if the 48" would be any easier to see as I have never tried them. The only real complaint about the construction of the forks is that the ssqa is 90 degrees to the forks and I run out of roll back if I'm working on a down hill slope. All in all I would recommend them as either light duty or for a FEL with a lower lifting capacity. They are fairly light weight as well, I can slide them around and put them on their dolly by hand, I don't know what the poundage is.

 

[sixdogs]

The bidding ended at $400 but there was an auction fee and I had to go pick them up in New Hampshire, 4 to 6 hours round trip I think. With fees and fuel (I also got a grapple so the fuel was splt) added together about $500 maybe less.

As far as liking them, for what I paid and how much I use them I'm happy with them. If they were some thing I was using alot I would get a better set, but the construction quality is very good. They fit the ssqa nice and tight with no slop, the forks slide nicely on the rail, and all the welds look good. At work we have a set of bradco 48" on the skid steer, they are much nicer (about twice the cost as well) and much more lifting capacity. The tomahawk forks are rated at 2800 lbs evenly distribution witch may turn out to be a little light for my FEL but I don't intend on digging or anything like that. I wish they were 48" but only because I can't see the tips without standing or leaning to the side, I really don't know if the 48" would be any easier to see as I have never tried them. The only real complaint about the construction of the forks is that the ssqa is 90 degrees to the forks and I run out of roll back if I'm working on a down hill slope. All in all I would recommend them as either light duty or for a FEL with a lower lifting capacity. They are fairly light weight as well, I can slide them around and put them on their dolly by hand, I don't know what the poundage is.

There are a whole bunch of them coming up at an auction so that info is good to know. Think I could pick up 2,000 lbs with one? it is rated 2800 lbs so would you feel comfortable?

 

[Xfaxman]

sixdogs, you can use the price on eBay as a comparison: Brand New American Made Tomahawk Fork Attachments for Skid Steers Tractors | eBay

 

[sixdogs]

Xfaxman---thank you

 

[ishiboo]

Anyone have their rock bucket? How is it holding up? Saw one for $650 new. Not sure if they have different grades of rock bucket. Seems too cheap to be true.

I have a Versatech, same as the Tomahawk. It's an awesome bucket. In a pinch I picked up a 2500 lb slab of concrete with it once.

It's great not just for rocks, but leveling/sifting/sorting/etc.

 

[Apsterbobed]

There are a whole bunch of them coming up at an auction so that info is good to know. Think I could pick up 2,000 lbs with one? it is rated 2800 lbs so would you feel comfortable?

Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to really load the forks up but I did catch a large root while loading logs and tried to lift it with no ill effects. I would buy them again, any down sides are out weighed by the low price and none of the down sides are that bad (we will see about the low capacity over time). As far as lifting 2000 lbs I wouldn't hesitate to try and have no reason to think they wouldn't work, usually lifting capacity ratings are very conservative for safety. If the manufactures say 2800lbs bending and breaking are still along ways off if you are moving pallets, my fear is getting one fork under an immovable object and either lifting or moving.

 

[Apsterbobed]

I finally got some time to get some wood split today and loaded up my first portable wood pile.

It's a little more than 1/3 of a cord of green maple, I figure about 1500 lbs. This is the main reason I wanted to get forks, to cut down on the handling of fire wood.

The tomahawk forks lifted it just fine. I could see and feel a little flexing as I lifted the wood but not much different from the bradco forks at work. After I moved the stack I checked the forks and rail they attach to and everything still looks nice and square.

 

[Xfaxman]

That looks like a good first test. :thumbsup:

I don't recall any bad reports on Tomahawk stuff.

 

[Apsterbobed]

That looks like a good first test. :thumbsup:

I don't recall any bad reports on Tomahawk stuff.

I looked for some reviews before I purchased and couldn't find much good or bad, so I figured I would give as much info for anyone else looking at tomahawk attachments.