What do you do with your forks?

[jodebg]

Looking into buying a set of pallet forks for my Kubota B7800.

The more I read, the more I realize how many tractor owners use them.

Photos and information about your forks, how they are attached, and how
you use them would be great.

 

[/pine]

I opted for 3ph forks over clamp on FEL bucket forks for a couple of reasons..mostly the weight limits of my FEL and I didn't want to bend up my bucket...

3ph forks greatly reduce the height a pallet etc. can be lifted but being able to put loads on pallets and move them so easily they are a great attachment...

 

[whistlepig]

I bought some clamp on forks for my B7800 to move horse mats. These are 4 x 6 rubber mats that weigh 100 pounds apiece. Trying to wrestle these by hand was like wrestling 100 pounds of warm jello. With the forks I can scoop these mats up and place them where I want. Both our horse barn aisles and run-in shed are carpeted with these mats.

 

[JJZ 109]

Unloading/moving 350 pound rolls of seamless gutter coil, anything heavy can be palletized and moved, brush removal, etc. I've even lifted one side of a towable boom lift to change the tire.

 

[TnAndy]

Brush, logs, lumber (have a small band sawmill), pallets of ANYTHING (and I put everything I can on pallets !), tool lift I built to carry chainsaw/etc, just finished a couple of metal firewood racks that hold about 1/3 cord to make moving wood into my shop easy, acting as a mini-crane, heck you name it.

I'd take a set of forks over a bucket IF I had to choose between the two. If you only have a bucket for your FEL, you're missing out on a lot of the potential for it.

 

[Utopia Texas]

 

[TnAndy]

Exactly, there UT !

By the way, what are those red hopper looking things mounted to that wood table ?

 

[bucktaker]

I have found my forks useful for digging holes I have used them to open several grave sites for my pets

 

[Utopia Texas]

Exactly, there UT !

By the way, what are those red hopper looking things mounted to that wood table ?

Those are 85 year old Meyer Pecan Crackers. Ancient machines compared to the newer computer controlled pecan crackers and they are much slower but still going strong. They still work well after all these years because there are 18 oiler cups on each unit. They crack one pecan per second!

 

[deanwerden]

my pallet forks are on 90% of the time. The bucket is really only good for scooping the forks come in handy all the time. I use them during the winter to bring pallets full if split firewood to the porch