Ordered a set of pallet forks!!!

TomSeller · May 21, 2013

Let's see, in the past week I moved a 2000 lb pallet of railroad ties, my two 55 gallon water barrels filled and mounted on a pallet, a pallet of bricks and a pallet of ground cover fabric to place in the veggie field. Having a set of forks sure makes handling stuff like this a breeze.

Guesseral · May 21, 2013

I bought my forks last year, just to have in case because a friend had used his when I was at his house and I thought thoes could come in handy. Now that I have them I can't even imagion not having them, and with quick attach man you can switch in a minute or less. Best tool I ever bought!

DennisFolsom · May 21, 2013

Update with bad news and good news -
As with some other companies, the notice that my forks were "shipped" merely meant that the order had been processed and the shipping label had been sent to the warehouse. I got a call this afternoon from a guy at the warehouse. It turns out that the 42" forks are backordered, and won't be in for about 6 weeks. The good news is that he offered to upgrade me to the the 48" forks for a very attractive price.

I believe my JD 4600 with 460 loader will handle the 48" forks just fine. I would have ordered that size anyway, but I thought the $125 price difference listed in the web site was a bit steep.

The warehouse guy told me that my 48" forks, on a JDQA frame, should be physically shipped tomorrow. I'm a happy camper!

TomSeller · May 21, 2013

DennisFolsom said:
Update with bad news and good news -
As with some other companies, the notice that my forks were "shipped" merely meant that the order had been processed and the shipping label had been sent to the warehouse. I got a call this afternoon from a guy at the warehouse. It turns out that the 42" forks are backordered, and won't be in for about 6 weeks. The good news is that he offered to upgrade me to the the 48" forks for a very attractive price.

I believe my JD 4600 with 460 loader will handle the 48" forks just fine. I would have ordered that size anyway, but I thought the $125 price difference listed in the web site was a bit steep.

The warehouse guy told me that my 48" forks, on a JDQA frame, should be physically shipped tomorrow. I'm a happy camper!

I have the 48" with the high strength bale spear. The forks are a little more weight when you reposition them side to side, but nothing too bad. You might like the extra length when picking off a pallet that slid forward on a truck or was loaded too deep. The added 80 lbs isn't too bad.

smalltown · May 21, 2013

Been following this thread and they seem to be selling a lot of pallet forks to forum members!

deere5105 · May 21, 2013

DennisFolsom said:
Update with bad news and good news -
As with some other companies, the notice that my forks were "shipped" merely meant that the order had been processed and the shipping label had been sent to the warehouse. I got a call this afternoon from a guy at the warehouse. It turns out that the 42" forks are backordered, and won't be in for about 6 weeks. The good news is that he offered to upgrade me to the the 48" forks for a very attractive price.

I believe my JD 4600 with 460 loader will handle the 48" forks just fine. I would have ordered that size anyway, but I thought the $125 price difference listed in the web site was a bit steep.

The warehouse guy told me that my 48" forks, on a JDQA frame, should be physically shipped tomorrow. I'm a happy camper!

After using mine for the past few months I am glad I went with the 48" and now would consider the 60". I too was torn over the extra increase between 42" and 48" but have no regrets on spending the extra money.