WarEagleDan
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Has anyone ever bought a set of Fast Forks FEL bucket forks from Ground Works Welding and fabrication? Any problems?
Thanx,
Dan
Thanx,
Dan
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Dan been a Kubota dealer over 20 + years . My and again this is just my experience.. Buckef forks are good one thing.. Tear up the bucket.. IF THEY WERE USED CORRECTLY i am sure you might get some good but most people end up bending their bucket. Also the weight of what you can lift is severly demished becaus you have the weight of the bucket AND the load is out in fron of the tractor more. Look at purchasing a set that you can remove your bucket and use.. Just one mans thoughts.. Good luck Jerry
JM is correct in that they have ruined many a good bucket. They place the load too far out in front of the tractor. The other big issue with them is that the bucket blocks the view of the forks. It is just about impossible to use them without hitting things you don't want to hit.
They also are just common steel. Regular pallet forks are heat treated so the will not bend easy. Just about every set of the bucket pallet forks or bale spears I have ever seen are bent.
I would not own either myself. I would invest in a quick tach attachment for my loader and then buy a good set of forks. It will cost more but will work much better.
When lifting things I don't want to be using half right things. If you drop something on some thing or some one the money you saved on the clamp on forks will disappear fast.
They also are just common steel. Regular pallet forks are heat treated so the will not bend easy. Just about every set of the bucket pallet forks or bale spears I have ever seen are bent.
I would not own either myself. I would invest in a quick tach attachment for my loader and then buy a good set of forks. It will cost more but will work much better.
When lifting things I don't want to be using half right things. If you drop something on some thing or some one the money you saved on the clamp on forks will disappear fast.
I bought a set from a fella at the Owatonna MN spring show (I can't remember the company....) that have a chain that wraps around the bucket & tighen with a load binder. While forks on a bucket are not the gretest thing ever, sure glad I got them.
The chain carries a lot of the weight on the top of the bucket lip, as well as the little hook over the bottom lip of the loader. I think this is a _much_ better design to keep from bending/ wrecking the bucket.
Never used the clamp on style, but as the others say, always bugged me that it looks like it's real hard on your bucket.
--->Paul
The chain carries a lot of the weight on the top of the bucket lip, as well as the little hook over the bottom lip of the loader. I think this is a _much_ better design to keep from bending/ wrecking the bucket.
Never used the clamp on style, but as the others say, always bugged me that it looks like it's real hard on your bucket.
--->Paul
WarEagleDan
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Appreciate the thoughts. I generate a lot of green debris (limbs, brush, etc.) around my little place. It's not heavy, just very difficult to handle. Looked like these forks might make life easier.
Thanx,
Dan
Thanx,
Dan
That is the best thing my chain style work on - pile the limbs in a nice pile and can slide under & grab 90% of them, haul it away. Works real nice for that.
My brother in law got a DR Chipper, which works as advertised, but spwent 3 hours feeding the dern thing and only a small pile of chips, not many branches gone, worn out from bending & pushing....
Put on the forks, scooped & dumped 5 times, and dumped the branches over a ravine, all done, 20 minutes.
--->Paul
My brother in law got a DR Chipper, which works as advertised, but spwent 3 hours feeding the dern thing and only a small pile of chips, not many branches gone, worn out from bending & pushing....
Put on the forks, scooped & dumped 5 times, and dumped the branches over a ravine, all done, 20 minutes.
--->Paul
evilboweivel
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look into a grabble attachment for your bucket
should work a lot better for what you want
good luck
Ron
should work a lot better for what you want
good luck
Ron
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