Bolt-on fork question

[r porter]

i had a set and i think you will be fine as long as you do what you say. mine done the job you want well.

i did upgrade because i wanted to do a lot more after i had them.

chain them!
get the stabilizer bar.

they need both.

 

[Johnkn]

i had a set and i think you will be fine as long as you do what you say. mine done the job you want well.

i did upgrade because i wanted to do a lot more after i had them.

chain them!
get the stabilizer bar.

they need both.

Yep, Mine have the stabilizer bar, seems though that mine want to loosen up after about 15 minutes of operation no matter how much I tightened them down.. I will sell mine and pick up a SSQA set of forks even for my seldom use, I'm too old to be fighting S..... Actually, perhaps not too old, just old enough with learned wisdom that I have NEVER been sorry for spending the $ for the correct lifetime tool.

I use my grapple to move brush/limbs/trees, I could not imagine trying to use bolt-on forks to move brush, etc.

 

[CoyPatton]

Yep, Mine have the stabilizer bar, seems though that mine want to loosen up after about 15 minutes of operation no matter how much I tightened them down.. I will sell mine and pick up a SSQA set of forks even for my seldom use, I'm too old to be fighting S..... Actually, perhaps not too old, just old enough with learned wisdom that I have NEVER been sorry for spending the $ for the correct lifetime tool.

I use my grapple to move brush/limbs/trees, I could not imagine trying to use bolt-on forks to move brush, etc.

If you have ssqa, I would never suggest bolt/clamp in forks. But without the ssqa, it can be a lengthy and sometimes painful ordeal to switch to pallet forks, when pins must be removed and reinstalled. Even replacing pins with bolts is only a moderate time saved. For those light duty jobs often the install on bolt on forks, completion of project and removal of forks is finished before the removal of the bucket is accomplished.

 

[r porter]

the chains kept mine tight all the time. i used a boomer and got them tight.

you could buy a ssqa plate and weld the forks you have to it.

i am thinking of a 3 inch receiver tube welded to the plate and a 2 inch tube welded to the fork to go up in the 3 inch tube with a pin to hold it.

several 3 in could be put on the plate to move the forks wider or narrower. or you could add extra forks for a 4 prong brush mover.