Fallon's experience is like mine was in that I thought I would be able to pick up some large feed bags (on a pallet) with a 3pt mounted set of pallet forks. My
B7800 did it, ONCE! Reverted back to tossing around 50lb bags :
I got a set of SSQA pallet forks for the new, NX5510, tractor. No problems lifting things now! Except, yes, like others state, precision just ain't there. Little way that your pallet rodeo is going to look like anything other than a bull in a China shop! I had this big "plan" to stack three pallet crates of firewood. Place I was going to do this was not paved, loose gravel. Before even attempting to work with that environment (still have to build my "firewood shed") It became clear that even stacking TWO of these crates out in the open took the skills of a neurosurgeon! Pretty hard to translate a 1/2" maneuver on the fork end (and past) to the needed motions on the tractor's steering wheel. Oh, and make the surface that you're working off of uneven. Why, one could spend countless minutes entertaining themselves with this! and meanwhile the desired result just ain't happening. I'll come up with "some" compromise, but, tractors really aren't very good at doing precision pallet work.
All said, however, I will still use pallet forks off the front of my tractor to place a pallet of firewood on my deck. The approach to that area is a bit smoother and harder, not to mention the surface that the pallet goes on is level. Here too, I would soon get frustrated if I were to try and double-stack.
And, for sure, for front-end lifting operations have ample rear ballast!