Pallet forks for your tractor

[Jstpssng]

Huh. I've had Titan pallet forks on my JD 3320 tractor for several years, and they've done real well for me. Then again, I just use them here around the house and horse barn. I don't run a warehouse.

Last fall I also purchased a hay spear frame & spears from Titan to handle large square bales (800+ lbs) and am equally happy with the frame/spears and their service - especially with the help they provided over the phone to make sure that I got the spears that I needed.

I'd buy again from them without hesitation.

My backing plate is tearing away where the brackets for the forks are welded, but I moved a lot of wood with them in the 2 years since I bought them. I will probably mount the forks in my bucket and trash the rest.

 

[fried1765]

My backing plate is tearing away where the brackets for the forks are welded, but I moved a lot of wood with them in the 2 years since I bought them. I will probably mount the forks in my bucket and trash the rest.

I can't see that problem EVER occurring with my EA forks!
But then.....my EA forks did cost a good bit more than Titan forks would have.

 

[Peter 315]

You get what you pay for.........

 

[two_bit_score]

Buy once, cry once? Is that the old saying?

 

[sodamo]

Buy once, cry once? Is that the old saying?

Buy once, cry once, smile forever. The value of mine have long outlasted the cost.

 

[two_bit_score]

Buy once, cry once, smile forever. The value of mine have long outlasted the cost.

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[Jstpssng]

I can't see that problem EVER occurring with my EA forks!
But then.....my EA forks did cost a good bit more than Titan forks would have.

You get what you pay for.........

Buy once, cry once? Is that the old saying?

Exactly right. However, once the plate started bending and I knew that it was toast anyways there may have been a bit of excessive abuse involved... they really weren't designed to be digging out logs which were frozen in the ice.

 

[dnw64]

My B3030 came with clamp-on-the-bucket forks. They are very handy. Several hundred percent better than none at all.

But you lose a LOT of lifting capacity because the COG moves so far out front. I didn't have SSQA, so I bought an adapter and a set of SSQA forks and what a difference!

I guess it boils down to your needs, desires and circumstances.

 

[gsganzer]

In my opinion it is silly to not have a pair of pallet forks if you own a tractor. SO many uses, pay for themselves in no time.

I agree. I probably use my forks as much as I do the bucket. I bought one of the Titan pallet fork/bale spear SSQA combo's. My forks are the 42" model. It was money very well spent.

 

[shaeff]

Sawyer Rob's setup is pretty slick, and it's what made me hold off on a potential grapple purchase. I realized most of the stuff I'm doing I need pinpoint precision for. The forks/grapple combo does that very well.

A friend of mine (R.I.P.) gave me a set of forklift forks from his job a few years ago. Heavy duty, I need to modify them and make them quick attach, and also make my loader QA. I plan to build a grapple for this setup and use it like crazy.

I also need to build more roll-back into my setup, it has hardly any in stock form. ('64 MF35 Utility)