Pallet forks for your tractor

Jstpssng · Apr 14, 2020

KennK said:
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 · Apr 15, 2020

Jstpssng said:
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 · Apr 15, 2020

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

two_bit_score · Apr 15, 2020

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

sodamo · Apr 15, 2020

two_bit_score said:
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 · Apr 15, 2020

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

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Jstpssng · Apr 15, 2020

fried1765 said:
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 said:
You get what you pay for.........

two_bit_score said:
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 · Apr 15, 2020

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 · Apr 16, 2020

HawkinsHollow said:
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 · Apr 16, 2020

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)