hoogy
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Looking for a set of bucket forks.. What do you all recomend. I have a 23 hp MF
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scuvnut
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Whats your application?
LD1
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With that small or a tractor I think you would be wasting your money.
Pallet forks put the load way out in front and you wouldn't be able to haul near as much as you could if you just load up the bucket.
I'm not sure what your tractor is of what the lift capacity is, but a 23HP sub-compact machine in general has about 600-700lb capacity at the pins, which is about 400-500 at the bucket edge, which would only be about 200-300lbs on a pallet in front of the bucket.
Pallet forks put the load way out in front and you wouldn't be able to haul near as much as you could if you just load up the bucket.
I'm not sure what your tractor is of what the lift capacity is, but a 23HP sub-compact machine in general has about 600-700lb capacity at the pins, which is about 400-500 at the bucket edge, which would only be about 200-300lbs on a pallet in front of the bucket.
hr3
Veteran Member
Not a waste of time... I have a 24hp bota 7610.. kinda small bucket..but with forks I can carry one of my pallets of cut split and dryed firewood over to my bulkhead with no problem...and if i ever get my grapple parts cut out I'm sure they will be handy for them too...
scuvnut
Silver Member
You can use them, but it will be a bit limited.
There are a few types of forks -
1. Ones that attach to your bucket with thumbscrews
2. Ones that attach to your bucket with small binders
3. Ones that attach with both of the above.
Before I changed to my current tractor, on which I disconnect my bucket and attach a quick tach set of forks, I had a TC33 and I had the third type I mentioned. I like them because the thumb screws are perfect for light duty stuff like brush, whereas I could add the binders for heavier loads. Small loads of firewoods and pellets will be within your capacity, but don't expect to be lifting a whole lot more.
The problem with forks that go on the bucket is that the load is in front of the bucket, which greatly reduces the rated lift capacity of the FEL. However, for what you want to do, it should work ok.
Go to ebay and do a search for "tractor pallet". Alot of options will come up - most with free shipping and fairly reasonbly priced
There are a few types of forks -
1. Ones that attach to your bucket with thumbscrews
2. Ones that attach to your bucket with small binders
3. Ones that attach with both of the above.
Before I changed to my current tractor, on which I disconnect my bucket and attach a quick tach set of forks, I had a TC33 and I had the third type I mentioned. I like them because the thumb screws are perfect for light duty stuff like brush, whereas I could add the binders for heavier loads. Small loads of firewoods and pellets will be within your capacity, but don't expect to be lifting a whole lot more.
The problem with forks that go on the bucket is that the load is in front of the bucket, which greatly reduces the rated lift capacity of the FEL. However, for what you want to do, it should work ok.
Go to ebay and do a search for "tractor pallet". Alot of options will come up - most with free shipping and fairly reasonbly priced
