Kubota BX pallet forks

[Just2quickz28]

I saw these this morning and was wondering if any one had purchased them for their BX.

Construction Attachments 42" Compact Pallet Forks For Kubota BX
Construction Attachments 42" Kubota BX series Pin-On pallet forks for LA203 and LA243 Loaders

My concerns are that the weight is about 100lbs more than the bucket weighs. I did find another set of forks made for a compact skid steer that weigh in at around the same weight as the bucket with a blank back.

Micro Pallet Forks for Compact Skid Steers

 

[srossman]

I saw these this morning and was wondering if any one had purchased them for their BX.

Construction Attachments 42" Compact Pallet Forks For Kubota BX
Construction Attachments 42" Kubota BX series Pin-On pallet forks for LA203 and LA243 Loaders

My concerns are that the weight is about 100lbs more than the bucket weighs. I did find another set of forks made for a compact skid steer that weigh in at around the same weight as the bucket with a blank back.

Micro Pallet Forks for Compact Skid Steers

I don't have anything to add, but I would be interested in the cost of the arrowForklift forks as they seem to be the best bet when it comes to pallet forks for our Bx tractors.

 

[amg280]

I use the bxpanded pallet forks that attach to the bucket. Its a good system and works well. My only gripe is that since the forks are so far forward of the lift point, this severely limits your capacity. Then again, the one that bolts directly to the pins adds over 100 pounds. So its all a compromise I guess...

I find the lifting capacity of the BX is little anyways, and often wish I had a bigger loader. I was surprised when my BX did this the other nignt...even though it was the "curl" cylinder that took the wheels off the ground...

 

[Just2quickz28]

I don't have anything to add, but I would be interested in the cost of the arrowForklift forks as they seem to be the best bet when it comes to pallet forks for our Bx tractors.

I got a price from a local dealer on those forks for about $600 including delivery. Thats with mounting for the loader.

 

[Just2quickz28]

I use the bxpanded pallet forks that attach to the bucket. Its a good system and works well. My only gripe is that since the forks are so far forward of the lift point, this severely limits your capacity. Then again, the one that bolts directly to the pins adds over 100 pounds. So its all a compromise I guess...

I find the lifting capacity of the BX is little anyways, and often wish I had a bigger loader. I was surprised when my BX did this the other nignt...even though it was the "curl" cylinder that took the wheels off the ground...

I have a set of clamp on forks for the bucket and find them to be a waste as far as lift capacity. So I wonder how much better the BXpanded forks would be for me.

 

[niemeyjt]

On my B1750 with the KBF200 loader I made a set of forks. I made them a bit too light, but they weigh less than the bucket.

If the BX loader takes about 250Kg / 550lbs, a 100Kg / 220lbs set of forks gives you a 150Kg / 330lbs payload - it does not matter that the forks may lift five times that.

I will take some photos later and post them - I am using it at the moment to fill and move some quarter ton dumpy bags of wood - which the forks are doing nicely.


J

 

[amg280]

I have a set of clamp on forks for the bucket and find them to be a waste as far as lift capacity. So I wonder how much better the BXpanded forks would be for me.

Honestly, since they are using the edge of the bucket as the "pivot" so to speak, I dont think you will see any difference. This not only kills lifting capacity, but makes the load very unstable. I have about a 500 pound ballast. I tried to unload my new landpride RCR1548 out of my truck last night and my tractor with the forks didnt even touch it. Take that how you will.

I am not knocking bxpanded forks. They do work great in the right situation. There attach mechanism is very convenient and I think superior to the clamp on style. I just dont think the BX is really the machine to use forks.

 

[newtothegarden]

Those Micro Pallet Forks on the link are for Mini-Skid-Steer loaders and have the mini quick attach. Not made for Kubota loaders. How much does your bucket weigh? Those Construction Attachments compact forks only weigh 220 lbs. Could you tell us more about your tractor and loader?

I saw these this morning and was wondering if any one had purchased them for their BX.

Construction Attachments 42" Compact Pallet Forks For Kubota BX
Construction Attachments 42" Kubota BX series Pin-On pallet forks for LA203 and LA243 Loaders

My concerns are that the weight is about 100lbs more than the bucket weighs. I did find another set of forks made for a compact skid steer that weigh in at around the same weight as the bucket with a blank back.

Micro Pallet Forks for Compact Skid Steers

 

[dodge man]

I have a set of BX expanded forks also and the BX is pretty limited with them on. I've tried to move some logs and it just wasn't going to happen, they were too big. I imagine the forks the OP listed would be a little better since it moves the lift point back, but still not great. The forks are great for moving brush. You can stack and huge amount of brush on the front of a BX with pallet forks on.

 

[radioman]

I looked at that site Just2quickz28. It looks well built, very handy and safer way of moving stuff. However lets do the math.

On my BX24 the bucket weights 132 lbs. The product weights 220lbs. The loader is speced to lift 235 lbs. 132-220=88lbs difference. so 235-88= 147lbs of "speced" lift capacity. Now, we all know that the BX can handle much more then that, we all done it . But ~150lbs is not much considering the weight of pallet and stuff on it. what you gonna move? few bags of salt/cement/sand/pellets?

For amount of time to pull pins and remove bucket, drive over to forks and fiddle lining it up and connect, its faster to throw stuff in the bucket and move.

Unless you need a 4 ft wide forklift at home, there no point of using the HD forklift for the average homeowner. I'd rather use the bxpanded forks, much faster to mount/unmount.

 

[srossman]

Those Micro Pallet Forks on the link are for Mini-Skid-Steer loaders and have the mini quick attach. Not made for Kubota loaders. How much does your bucket weigh? Those Construction Attachments compact forks only weigh 220 lbs. Could you tell us more about your tractor and loader?

The micro pallet forks can be build for either mini quick attach or with pin on type. I would think that they could build it to work with the Bx style of loader. The Bx loader weight right around 130 lbs or so. So the best bang as far as weight is concerned, are the micro pallet forks since they wouldn't decrease the rated lifting capacity of the bx in any way.

What I would love to see is someone make a mini quick attach for the BX (other than the ATI which is no longer made) that would work with the mini skid steer equipment like the dingo or other small walk behind loader.

 

[Just2quickz28]

I looked at that site Just2quickz28. It looks well built, very handy and safer way of moving stuff. However lets do the math.

On my BX24 the bucket weights 132 lbs. The product weights 220lbs. The loader is speced to lift 235 lbs. 132-220=88lbs difference. so 235-88= 147lbs of "speced" lift capacity. Now, we all know that the BX can handle much more then that, we all done it . But ~150lbs is not much considering the weight of pallet and stuff on it. what you gonna move? few bags of salt/cement/sand/pellets?

For amount of time to pull pins and remove bucket, drive over to forks and fiddle lining it up and connect, its faster to throw stuff in the bucket and move.

Unless you need a 4 ft wide forklift at home, there no point of using the HD forklift for the average homeowner. I'd rather use the bxpanded forks, much faster to mount/unmount.

You are mistaken. the loader lifts 235 kilograms thats 518 lbs give or take, And thats including the loader bucket. So if you remove the bucket and replace it with something around the same weight then you still have 500lbs of lift capacity at the pins.

 

[Just2quickz28]

Those Micro Pallet Forks on the link are for Mini-Skid-Steer loaders and have the mini quick attach. Not made for Kubota loaders. How much does your bucket weigh? Those Construction Attachments compact forks only weigh 220 lbs. Could you tell us more about your tractor and loader?

They may be made for mini skid steer but are available with a blank back. And with a load rating of 900lbs these should be fine for a BX.

 

[Just2quickz28]

The micro pallet forks can be build for either mini quick attach or with pin on type. I would think that they could build it to work with the Bx style of loader. The Bx loader weight right around 130 lbs or so. So the best bang as far as weight is concerned, are the micro pallet forks since they wouldn't decrease the rated lifting capacity of the bx in any way.

What I would love to see is someone make a mini quick attach for the BX (other than the ATI which is no longer made) that would work with the mini skid steer equipment like the dingo or other small walk behind loader.

I do have that ATI quick hitch on my BX. And there is another user that started making something like it who bought these Micro Max forks. I believe his user name is Cap-n-Cray. Maybe he will chime in on these.

 

[amg280]

You are mistaken. the loader lifts 235 kilograms thats 518 lbs give or take, And thats including the loader bucket. So if you remove the bucket and replace it with something around the same weight then you still have 500lbs of lift capacity at the pins.

That is correct, and I would love to sample some pallet jobs I have with that setup, being that much closer to the pins. I bet it probably would be night and day, not to mention you can see the forks alot better.

 

[bx24d]

I had Michigan Iron fabricate me a "pin-on" set of forks. Taking the bucket off is kind of a pain (about 10-15 minutes). I couldn't be happier. I leave the forks on most of the Summer and the bucket in the Winter.

 

[Zick]

I had Michigan Iron fabricate me a "pin-on" set of forks. Taking the bucket off is kind of a pain (about 10-15 minutes). I couldn't be happier. I leave the forks on most of the Summer and the bucket in the Winter.

Any pictures? I'd like to see this.

 

[tommu56]

go on youtube (I don't have access at this minuet) and search for bx23 there is a guy that modified his bucket to be a QA setup.

I'll add link when I can find it

tom

 

[Just2quickz28]

go on youtube (I don't have access at this minuet) and search for bx23 there is a guy that modified his bucket to be a QA setup.

I'll add link when I can find it

tom

Ok heres some links to the ones I have saved

The original BX QA setup thread.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/113942-bx-front-end-loader-bucket.html

Machine Builders Network

YouTube - Kubota BX Quick Attachment

bx versa-daptor w/ forks
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/148458-bx-series-versa-dapter-forks.html

 

[srossman]

go on youtube (I don't have access at this minuet) and search for bx23 there is a guy that modified his bucket to be a QA setup.

I'll add link when I can find it

tom

Edited: removed the link as just2quick beat me to it

Pretty amazing and I really like what he did and would love to do it to my bucket, but I don't have anywhere near the skill to do something like that. If I could buy something that is universal like that for under 800 or 1000.00 dollars I probably would do it. Plus as mentioned before I think it would be great if you get it to match up with the mini quick attach style that is on the Toro Dingos and other walk behind skid loaders. I think that those attachments match up much better to our size of machines than the standard quick attach implements which are designed for much larger tractors.