frontier pallet forks for 2320/200cx?

   / frontier pallet forks for 2320/200cx?
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how much weight am i looking to lift??

Im looking to lift a 55 gallon drum of diesel fuel off my truck for my tractor. I did a quick search on the net for diesel fuel weight per gallon and have found the numbers ranging from 6.8 lbs per gallon to 7.6 lbs per gallon... so if I have 50 gallons in the drum then it would weight between 340lbs - 380lbs not including the drum or pallet. The lift height would need to be between 36" - 44"

Also looking to move pallets of fire wood.... no idea on tha weight (but say the pallet is 4'x4' with 3-4' of wood stacked....
 
   / frontier pallet forks for 2320/200cx? #12  
Purpony

There advantages and disadvantages to the quick attach (QA) forks.
The number one disadvantage is the weight, especially for the smaller tractors like your 2320. The AL1240F may fit your tractor but its 3750 capacity is way over kill for your application. To get that capacity, the forks are heavy. Looks like 380 pounds or so based on one of the other posts. That takes a big chunk out of the 200cx lift capacity.

Depending on your situation, another disadvantage of the QA forks is storage. They will take up a lot of floor space.

QA forks are expensive.

You might want to consider clamp on bucket forks. One of the other posts provided a link to medium duty forks from Paynes. I would suggest the light duty forks (800# capacity) for you application if the shorter fork length (35" vs 42") will work for you. The light duty forks better match the capacity of the 200cx, are 70# lighter than the medium duty and $170 cheaper. The clamp on forks are much easier to store.

The disadvantages of the clamp on forks are that they place the load out further from the front axle than the QA forks and the view of the forks can be obstructed by the bucket making it more challenging to engage the load.
They mark up/dimple the bucket at the clamping locations.

For occasional use I would recommend the clamp on forks, especially for your size tractor. If I had to move pallets frequently, like every day, I would go for the QA forks because I think the improved visibility and stability would be worth the extra cost, weight and storage issues.

What ever type you choose, make sure the tractor is properly ballasted, keep the weight as low as possible, and consider strapping the load to the pallet if you are lifting more than a few inches. With either type you will need to continually adjust the level of the forks as you raise or lower the FEL. A load can easily slide off the pallet if the forks get out of level.

By the way, the forks have many other uses besides moving pallets. I've used mine to move large shrubs that were too large to stay iin the bucket. I also used them to move a jumbled mess of tree branches and vines that my wife had cut from the hedge row. I needed to haul them away in my dump trailer and there was no way to untangle the mess to load by hand. I went under each of several piles with the forks, lifted the mass and moved it to the trailer.

Attached is a photo of a set of Paynes medium duty forks being used to move my snowblower using a JD4310. In this case I did not have the ballast box mounted and I do not have filled tires. I wanted to test the balance of the load so I was very careful. It was very comfortable on the hard, level floor although I would never take it out of the garage wihtout ballast.

jeff

Edit: I had another thought. With either style fork you are limited on reach. To remove the pallet from the bed of your truck, it will have to be right at or very near the rear edge. This may be too much weight for the tail gate so you may have to remove it so that you can pick from the end of the bed. Make sure the width of the QA forks, or the bucket in the case of clamp on forks, is not wider than the tail gate opening or you may have interference issues with the truck body unless you extend the pallet out a little further than the edge of the bed.
 

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   / frontier pallet forks for 2320/200cx? #13  
Purpony: Those pallets of wood are heavier than you think I suspect.

Pine, one of the lighter woods, weigjhs 20 to 35 lb. per cubic foot. Oak on th eother hand, a much heavir wood and a much betetr FIREwood, weighs 30 to 55 lb per cubic foot. Most firwood is HEAVY, as higher density means the wood burns longer, and that's what people want.

So, your 4 x 4 x 4 foot high pallet of wood, IF the wood were "solid" on it (it's not, if chopped) would be 64 cubic feet of wood! Let's say your actual stacked density is 2/3 of that, or 43 cubic feet. If you have a high density firewood on it, that's 1500 to 2400 pounds!!

And remember, that's only 2/3 stacking density. If you stack more effectively, it gets heavier.

Figure that every foot of height of wood on that pallet is about 400 to 900 lb of firewood, depending on mositure content and native density, and stacking density.

Jim G
 
   / frontier pallet forks for 2320/200cx? #14  
Gee, I spoke to a Civil Engineer and he said it was no problem. To make sure I also asked my JD mechanic. He said he does it all the time.
 

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   / frontier pallet forks for 2320/200cx? #15  
Rob-D said:
Gee, I spoke to a Civil Engineer and he said it was no problem. To make sure I also asked my JD mechanic. He said he does it all the time.


What, move a 900# bale with a 2320? Go right ahead and try it then. I'm not sure what you are intending to do with those bales. Most feeders require you to lift and dump them 4-5 feet in the air or more. Maybe if your just rolling them around you will be fine.


I use to have a Dairy Farm and we fed all types of hay. We had large square bales that weighed 2000-3000 pounds. We also had large loaders that would handle these with ease. Moved some with our full size backhoes that speced out to be able to handle them and they felt tippy as could be. You hit a rut or something carrying something that large out in front of the tractor and that weight gets quite a bit of momentum. I've seen some crazy stuff with tractors tipping over so just be careful. My grandfather tipped a tractor over on himself one time. He was lucky as it only broke his back.
 
   / frontier pallet forks for 2320/200cx? #16  
Aesanders,

Go back and look at the pictures!!
 

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