tinman955
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Most will work, I havnt found any yet that doesnt work. Our Bobtach's our of an industry standard I believe.
fork price check
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horticattleman
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I bought the bobcat ones for 750 i believe, but my issue now is they are so dang heavy. My buddy has some "farm store" brand and they are much lighter. I know you say yeah but mine are 3500 lbs. rated. The dang tractor cant come close to that anyway so i figure 2000 lb ones are sufficient.
gumshu
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Check Everything Attachments. They have the CA for $675 delivered and a nice Bradco set for a little more.
Canada_CT230
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I do believe that any skidsteer attachment will work. I know from using Case skidsteers that they are the same. I think Bobcat invented the standard.
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NOTV8
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I was at the dealer today and saw the forks. It will be little over $800 on each implements that I wanted... fork (new), boxblade 72" (used) and blade scraper 72" (new). I just did not close the deal due another model looks better :confused3: and told him to make me another price quote.
rus_geek
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The bobtach is a standard skid steer QA, so any skid steer attachment that uses the standard QA will fit. I still come across some older skid steer attachments with the brand-specific carriers, but not many.
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Spudland_Dave
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Believe it or not when I was searching for forks for my "other brand" machine which has the Skid Steer QA, the "Cheapest good quality" fork set I could find were genuine Bobcat forks from the local Bobcat dealer. I was about ready to head down to pick up a set but I ended up finding a great deal on a set of Caterpillar forks.
When it comes to skid steer stuff, most brands of similar quality are all in the same $$$ ballpark.
When it comes to skid steer stuff, most brands of similar quality are all in the same $$$ ballpark.
turbo660
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One thing to remember is they're rated to hold an evenly distributed load across the length of the fork. When placing the rated load on the end of the forks they will bend.
Forks also have other uses then just lifting pallets. they can be used to dig holes or uproot small trees even. Which I bet alot of us do. You can even get shovels/spades that mount to pallet forks just for the purose of digging. And when digging with forks light duty ones will bend VERY VERY easy. Even a set of 4000# forks will bend on a machine with a 2000# lift cap. trust me I know.
ss4010
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I second that. The CA's are quite nice and tip the scales at 210lbs. Mine were delivered to the Freight terminal in town in 3 days... Across the country no less. Ted's crew at Everything Attachments also get the thumbs up. Very responsive.
Steve
