Cheap quick tach pallet forks?

[PILOON]

I'd say a lot depends on what your usage is.
I don't farm, no horses just use my CUT for general yard work and mostly snow duties.

Clamp on forks (DIY) serves me just great in that the only thing I've done with them in 5 years is move piles of fallen or cut branches.
Must say that for that usage alone it sure saved me a lot of walking.
Nice thing is that I can simply drive to a depression, dump the branches and usually come spring the snow has compacted the pile ready for the next load.

 

[metalbender]

Built some clamp ons for the old Ford 3000 I started with. No ssqa, so they worked in a pinch. Trying to load something on a pick-up was a nightmare due to lack of control. Slight corrections on the control made lots of movement on the forks. Modded them for quick attach when I got my new tractor. Get some decent ones, many uses crop up.

 

[Jstpssng]

I clicked on your link which brought me to Amazon and showed me everything except pallet forks. However, I am one who bought a cheap pair of Titan non adjustable forks
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which were handy for about a month until I pretzeled the backing plate. They are now sitting up in my scrap pile, although I may modify the tines to bolt into my loader bucket.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I clicked on your link which brought me to Amazon and showed me everything except pallet forks. However, I am one who bought a cheap pair of Titan non adjustable forks
44
which were handy for about a month until I pretzeled the backing plate. They are now sitting up in my scrap pile, although I may modify the tines to bolt into my loader bucket.

Just curious if you were using them to dig something out of the ground, or just move a pallet when the frame let go? Broken welds, or bent metal (or both)?

 

[TnAndy]

I'd bet 90% of new palette fork owners end up using them more than they realized they should.
Get quick attach forks that are a bit heavier-duty than those, you won't regret an extra $100 or so, and then you can join the legions who are abusing theirs in new ways every day!

THIS RIGHT HERE ^^^^^^^.

You'll be amazed how much you'll use forks.....suddenly EVERY THING goes on pallets. They stay on my tractor 90% of the time.

 

[Jstpssng]

Just curious if you were using them to dig something out of the ground, or just move a pallet when the frame let go? Broken welds, or bent metal (or both)?

You mean that I could move pallets with them? I was stacking tree length wood, and one fork gradually started drooping.

 

[RidgeHiker]

We have 42" Woods forks that we purchased with the tractor. So glad did not get the clamp on ones. These are heavy duty and glad we do not have to be worried about damaging them with normal use.

My son used them last week to unload his new 700+ lb hot tub from the shipper. I used it several months ago to unload a 750" chipper. This fall built a large outside wood box to cart around and store firewood. Judging by the chipper some loads were probably close to that weight. Had no idea when we bought the forks we would be doing these things.

Also have a Bucket Spade Tractor and Skidsteer bucket spade shovel that clamps on to either the loader bucket or the forks. Use it on the forks and works very well.

 

[Vanniek71]

I have clamp on Forks from Titan because I didn't think I was going to use them that much.....many cords of firewood later (So easy to just carry around 8-10' trees with forks!), unloading a DIY Mini Split AC system from a semi, moving around brush etc etc etc.. I am looking at buying dedicated pallet forks. They are so much more sturdy and wont come loose like someone said above...I am constantly retightening the clamp on forks and trying to get the stupid stabilizer to stay in place.

Don't get me wrong, clamp ons work, they just aren't the best option when you are using forks much more than here and there.

 

[PILOON]

I DIY'd clamp ons and they have served me very well for the occasional usage that I put them to.
In my case I have mostly used them to move piles of branches so weight capacity is not a concern.
Just to remember that clamp on forks changes your center of gravity so lift capacity is reduced, your 'pucker meter' will let U know.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

I'd bet 90% of new palette fork owners end up using them more than they realized they should.
Get quick attach forks that are a bit heavier-duty than those, you won't regret an extra $100 or so, and then you can join the legions who are abusing theirs in new ways every day!

I converted my old 1715 to SSQA and bought a two prong hay spear and a new bucket at the same time. You are right, the hay spears double as my pallet forks and get used 75% of the time I have anything on the front end.
Regarding the OPs question: Having had both I would go with dedicated pallet forks over clamp on. The clamp on forks definitely limit the carrying capacity of your loader and they are prone to moving and/or moving out of parallel when trying to make minor left/right adjustments when sliding into a pallet. I had two pair of clamp on forks and sold them when I got the hay spears.