IslandTractor
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- Joined
- Sep 15, 2005
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- Location
- Prudence Island, RI
- Tractor
- 2007 Kioti DK40se HST, Woods BH
I am still shocked by the prices being quoted for a set of forks and QA for a BX size tractor. You guys are getting nailed as those prices would buy you the same equipment for a 50hp tractor. If I owned a BX, I'd just put on a good quality set of bucket forks and then get a stabilizer bar. The bucket can only lift 500lbs or so at the pivot pins anyways so it is silly to invest in a set of forks engineered to lift 2000-4000lbs. Besides, those QA forks are heavy and would reduce your lift capacity even further. I once owned a Kioti CK20 which has a lift capacity of 1070lbs and then bought a set of standard QA forks that I had to sell because the remaining lift capacity just wasn't useful. Forks put the load out about 2ft from the pivot pins so your lift capacity is much less than listed.
Northern Tools sells a good quality tube based set of forks and they sell the matching stabilizer bar. That is how I'd do it. Total cost about $400 plus shipping. Easy to store and they would allow you to lift considerably more weight than going the QA forks route. I'd buy these: Load-Quip Steel Bucket Forks 1400-Lb. Capacity, Orange, Model# 29211776 | Bucket Accessories| Northern Tool + Equipment and then add this: Load-Quip Bucket Fork Stabilizer Bars — 1400 Lb. Capacity, Model# 29211775 | Bucket Accessories| Northern Tool + Equipment
The stabilizer is useful as a problem with bucket forks is that they get out of parallel but the stabilizer prevents that.
Northern Tools sells a good quality tube based set of forks and they sell the matching stabilizer bar. That is how I'd do it. Total cost about $400 plus shipping. Easy to store and they would allow you to lift considerably more weight than going the QA forks route. I'd buy these: Load-Quip Steel Bucket Forks 1400-Lb. Capacity, Orange, Model# 29211776 | Bucket Accessories| Northern Tool + Equipment and then add this: Load-Quip Bucket Fork Stabilizer Bars — 1400 Lb. Capacity, Model# 29211775 | Bucket Accessories| Northern Tool + Equipment
The stabilizer is useful as a problem with bucket forks is that they get out of parallel but the stabilizer prevents that.