Finally bought a tractor

[deezler]

Are y'all sure you can even buy titan forks/frames right now? Their site says just about everything is "OUT OF STOCK". Oy, f^&* corona strikes again.

The EA stuff looks good, but let's be honest - it's significantly more expensive than titan.

 

[duramaxsky]

The price you were quoted sounds more like a AP12F fork attachment. The lighter one is the AP10F. They have redesigned it and it gained a few pounds to 198 with 42" forks. Still the lightest one. It should cost between 6 and 7 hundred depending on the dealer. The new one would be harder to add a hitch reciever. It has a center bar. If you find one from last year it will be lighter and easier to add the reciever.

 

[Cruising]

The price you were quoted sounds more like a AP12F fork attachment. The lighter one is the AP10F. They have redesigned it and it gained a few pounds to 198 with 42" forks. Still the lightest one. It should cost between 6 and 7 hundred depending on the dealer. The new one would be harder to add a hitch reciever. It has a center bar. If you find one from last year it will be lighter and easier to add the reciever.

Don’t know which one he quoted, but don’t plan on doing a lot of lifting with it. So Titan with the receiver hitch and under $500 is hard to pass up. Looks to be about 100lbs heavier, but can’t see where I would need the extra weight savings.

 

[fried1765]

Don稚 know which one he quoted, but don稚 plan on doing a lot of lifting with it. So Titan with the receiver hitch and under $500 is hard to pass up. Looks to be about 100lbs heavier, but can稚 see where I would need the extra weight savings.

Nobody ever needs the 100 lbs. extra weight savings, until they try to pick up something that is 101 lbs. too heavy, with their 100 lb. heavier forks .
Heavier rated forks are usually STRONGER forks, and much less likely to bend, or distort.

 

[fried1765]

Are y'all sure you can even buy titan forks/frames right now? Their site says just about everything is "OUT OF STOCK". Oy, f^&* corona strikes again.

The EA stuff looks good, but let's be honest - it's significantly more expensive than titan.

I own a simple 3pt. hitch trailer mover from Titan!
I have two larger attachments from EA, and several others from KK, including a tiller.
EA attachments are definitely heads and shoulders above KK.

I KNOW EA is MORE expensive than Titan, but I suspect that "significantly more" is not a totally accurate statement, considering product quality, and your definition of "significantly".
For quality/durability...... Titan is FAR back in EA's DUST!
Titan is widely recognized as being THE supplier for those who for price alone, choose economy/low end attachments.

 

[duramaxsky]

There is nothing wrong with the Titans other than weight. They just don't offer the 1200 pound rated forks. That's the main difference in the weight. But as was said if you go to lift something and can't get it high enough to load 100 pounds may be too much. It's about 10% of the lift capacity of a 2025R. But you will never bend them. I am sure you know that weight capacity goes down the higher you lift. With the hydraulic pressure set at the high end of spec the 2025R will lift about 1200 pounds a few inches off the ground with the Frontier forks. Only about 900 pounds all the way up. About 1000 pounds to pick up bed height. Those numbers are approximate and the closer to the loader the weight is the more they will lift. With the forks off and the ball mount in it will pickup the front of my loaded dump trailer at about 1500 pounds per my Weigh safe hitch. But that's right at the loader. An evenly loaded pallet moves that center out 24". It won't get 1500 pounds off the ground at all 24" out so no 1500 pound pallets can be lifted. That 100 pounds may make a difference at some point. But if you don't need it you will never know the difference. I regularly find the limitations on mine so it makes a difference to me. I really wanted the 2038R for the bigger loader but I drive a truck for a living and see what a nightmare tier 4 emissions are. I don't want to deal with that crap on a tractor. So I will make do with the 2025R.

 

[fried1765]

There is nothing wrong with the Titans other than weight. They just don't offer the 1200 pound rated forks. That's the main difference in the weight. But as was said if you go to lift something and can't get it high enough to load 100 pounds may be too much. It's about 10% of the lift capacity of a 2025R. But you will never bend them. I am sure you know that weight capacity goes down the higher you lift. With the hydraulic pressure set at the high end of spec the 2025R will lift about 1200 pounds a few inches off the ground with the Frontier forks. Only about 900 pounds all the way up. About 1000 pounds to pick up bed height. Those numbers are approximate and the closer to the loader the weight is the more they will lift. With the forks off and the ball mount in it will pickup the front of my loaded dump trailer at about 1500 pounds per my Weigh safe hitch. But that's right at the loader. An evenly loaded pallet moves that center out 24". It won't get 1500 pounds off the ground at all 24" out so no 1500 pound pallets can be lifted. That 100 pounds may make a difference at some point. But if you don't need it you will never know the difference. I regularly find the limitations on mine so it makes a difference to me. I really wanted the 2038R for the bigger loader but I drive a truck for a living and see what a nightmare tier 4 emissions are. I don't want to deal with that crap on a tractor. So I will make do with the 2025R.

How can you say that?
Just because you have thousands of hours of EXPERIENCE with Tier IV?
Others here will claim that you are all wrong!:laughing:
I won't!

 

[duramaxsky]

How can you say that?
Just because you have thousands of hours of EXPERIENCE with Tier IV?
Others here will claim that you are all wrong!:laughing:
I won't!

You sit for hours waiting for a tow truck a few times because it shut down for emissions resons and you will see. And the **** things don't give any real warning. The yellow light comes on. A few minutes later it starts flashing and the stop engine light comes on. Find a spot to park in 3 minutes. Call the shop and wait for a tow truck to bring you another tractor. They tow it in and most of the time it was just a sensor malfunction. No good reason for it to shut down. well except they catch on fire when there is a problem. Have you noticed all the truck fires lately? You can have that crap.

 

[Cruising]

Delivered today. Got my Ratchet Rake in today also, and my Titan forks should be here next week.

 

[dodge man]

Very nice, I’ve had mine for about 15 months now. Mine was about 21k out the door but no third function and I have the regular turfs. I’d say you got about the same deal as me. I really like how easy the loader and mower deck go off and on.

A WARNING. Don’t take the deck off and on with the loader on. The front draft arm springs up and gets caught by the loader stand and bends parts. Cost me something like $50 in parts. I did it a few times with no problem then wham, bent parts. On another forum I’ve read of it happening to several people. Good luck and enjoy.

 

[Cruising]

Very nice, I’ve had mine for about 15 months now. Mine was about 21k out the door but no third function and I have the regular turfs. I’d say you got about the same deal as me. I really like how easy the loader and mower deck go off and on.

A WARNING. Don’t take the deck off and on with the loader on. The front draft arm springs up and gets caught by the loader stand and bends parts. Cost me something like $50 in parts. I did it a few times with no problem then wham, bent parts. On another forum I’ve read of it happening to several people. Good luck and enjoy.

I saw your post on that topic, so when I was taking off deck with loader on, I looked as my wife backed up and sure enough it hit. So I stopped her, pushed down spring and she backed out. If I didn't read your post, I most likely would of bent mine to. So thank you.

 

[dodge man]

They need a warning about that. I couldn’t figure out what happened until I saw a post about it on another forum. Another tip, when installing or removing the deck, put the pto selector to the rear. The allows the mid pto the ability to to rotate and install easier.

 

[Cruising]

The price you were quoted sounds more like a AP12F fork attachment. The lighter one is the AP10F. They have redesigned it and it gained a few pounds to 198 with 42" forks. Still the lightest one. It should cost between 6 and 7 hundred depending on the dealer. The new one would be harder to add a hitch reciever. It has a center bar. If you find one from last year it will be lighter and easier to add the reciever.

Got my Titan 42 forks in. I weighed them and it came up to 274lbs. So about 75lbs heavier then the Frontier ones. But I also got the receiver also and got it for $475.

 

[duramaxsky]

Get a high heat silicone 90 to keep the exhaust from trashing your loader. It's well worth it. Doesn't cost much. You can find them on Ebay.