fork price check

[NOTV8]

How much does a fork with bobtach cost? I will be visiting a dealer tomorrow to check the CT235 and just wondering what is the going price on this. My list so far if my budget allow it in one time purchase are....
CT235, boxblade or box scraper, fork and scraper blade.
Would you buy all this attachment on the dealer and keep bobcat attachment name or go elsewhere? It's going to be x'mas in May for me

 

[galaxie428]

While having all BC equipment would be nice, I unfortunately do not have an over abundant cash flow so I opted for other brands. The BC attachments that I priced were WAY out of my price range.

On the other hand, if you have extra cash laying around and can afford BC stuff then go for it. You are also more than welcome to send some of that my way if you have more than you can handle!

 

[turbo660]

My dealer told me straight out to go down the road to the nere by farm supply store and get their stuff for half the price of the bobcat stuff.:thumbsup:

Most of the bobcat stuff is just someone elses brand painted black and labled Bobcat anyways.

 

[tmorg1220]

Check with some local equipment rental places, they get rid of older attachments every now and then. I just picked up a set of used forks from my local rental company for $150. The cage at the top was bent a little, but the forks and plate are in great shape.

 

[qed-cat225]

I am told this is "close" to dealer cost
Bobtach and pallet forks: $1264.65

 

[rus_geek]

My local implement dealer has 3500lb (more than heavy enough) forks for around $650. Used are tough to come by, since *everyone* is looking for a set. They usually sell for $500 or more.

-rus-

 

[tinman955]

I see on Bobcats website they updated it where you can build yr own tractor and attachments with list pricing anyways.

I bought mine off ebay as much as I hated to but they are 42" 3000lb new for $525 to my door.

 

[tinman955]

NEW SKIDSTEER PALLET FORKS 42" skid steer attachment - eBay (item 360258622149 end time May-11-10 23:31:14 PDT)

 

[Canada_CT230]

I paid $535 for my Bobcat 3500lb pallet forks. They are in great shape and came off my dealers rental fleet.

 

[lilranch2001]

will any skid steer attachment work on Bob Tach or does Bob Tach only work with Bobcat attachments?

 

[tinman955]

Most will work, I havnt found any yet that doesnt work. Our Bobtach's our of an industry standard I believe.

 

[horticattleman]

I bought the bobcat ones for 750 i believe, but my issue now is they are so dang heavy. My buddy has some "farm store" brand and they are much lighter. I know you say yeah but mine are 3500 lbs. rated. The dang tractor cant come close to that anyway so i figure 2000 lb ones are sufficient.

 

[gumshu]

Check Everything Attachments. They have the CA for $675 delivered and a nice Bradco set for a little more.

 

[Canada_CT230]

I do believe that any skidsteer attachment will work. I know from using Case skidsteers that they are the same. I think Bobcat invented the standard.

 

[NOTV8]

I was at the dealer today and saw the forks. It will be little over $800 on each implements that I wanted... fork (new), boxblade 72" (used) and blade scraper 72" (new). I just did not close the deal due another model looks better :confused3: and told him to make me another price quote.

 

[rus_geek]

The bobtach is a standard skid steer QA, so any skid steer attachment that uses the standard QA will fit. I still come across some older skid steer attachments with the brand-specific carriers, but not many.

-rus-

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Believe it or not when I was searching for forks for my "other brand" machine which has the Skid Steer QA, the "Cheapest good quality" fork set I could find were genuine Bobcat forks from the local Bobcat dealer. I was about ready to head down to pick up a set but I ended up finding a great deal on a set of Caterpillar forks.

When it comes to skid steer stuff, most brands of similar quality are all in the same $$$ ballpark.

 

[turbo660]

I bought the bobcat ones for 750 i believe, but my issue now is they are so dang heavy. My buddy has some "farm store" brand and they are much lighter. I know you say yeah but mine are 3500 lbs. rated. The dang tractor cant come close to that anyway so i figure 2000 lb ones are sufficient.

One thing to remember is they're rated to hold an evenly distributed load across the length of the fork. When placing the rated load on the end of the forks they will bend.

Forks also have other uses then just lifting pallets. they can be used to dig holes or uproot small trees even. Which I bet alot of us do. You can even get shovels/spades that mount to pallet forks just for the purose of digging. And when digging with forks light duty ones will bend VERY VERY easy. Even a set of 4000# forks will bend on a machine with a 2000# lift cap. trust me I know.

 

[ss4010]

Check Everything Attachments. They have the CA for $675 delivered and a nice Bradco set for a little more.

I second that. The CA's are quite nice and tip the scales at 210lbs. Mine were delivered to the Freight terminal in town in 3 days... Across the country no less. Ted's crew at Everything Attachments also get the thumbs up. Very responsive.

Steve