Forks Kubota BX Pin on fork attachment

[Savk]

I have a BX2200 with a pin on bucket, not a quick attach. I was looking into fork options. I was looking into the Titan forged clamp on style fork but hate to accidentally bend my bucket.
So I'm wondering, without a QA, what are my options? The dealer quoted me $1350 for a QA and fork attachment.
I seen this from everythingattachments but for close to $800?!
Titan has a skid steer fork attachment for $524, I'm thinking about welding brackets to it.
Or has anyone made anything like this? Ideas?

 

[bcp]

I have clamp-on forks and have tried several times to lift pallets that are too heavy to lift. No bent bucket. Ratchet straps, etc, around the bucket would make it even more rigid.

I don't think the BX has enough lift power to bend the bucket in a normal lifting situation. But I wouldn't try to use them to pry out stumps, for example.

These are what I have:
Clamp on Pallet Forks 1,500 lbs Capacity w/ Stabilizer Bar

Bruce

 

[Zick]

You could always make some kind of hanging forks off the bucket like this?
These are mine and they work great!

 

[flatpik6]

No longer have my BX24 but I did have a set of pin on forks that came Bxpanded I think. Worked perfect for my purposes and used them constantly. Pulling up brush and vines, carry cross ties while building a retaining wall, scooping up limbs, etc.... Seems like they weren't overly expensive.

 

[Savk]

Thanks for the ideas, and pics. Bxpanded seems to only list the one hanging style forks now. My local JD dealer had a set of used QA forks, if I can work out a deal, I'm going to see if I can adapt them.

 

[Cat793D]

I would go the whole hog and change to a quick attach .....I recently changed my tractor over to a weld on quick attach and have loved it everytime I use the tractor . I bought the quick attach from Palletforks.com , cut the ears off my bucket and welded the quick attach and off to the races. Welded an attachment mount to the old bucket ....now its quick attach ready , got 48" pallet forks and a 72"root grapple and soon to be delivered a tree shear ....all because I changed over to the quick attach.