Pallet Forks/Markham/JD

[boomer4snow]

JMC, I have their 48" quick attack forks on my New Holland TC40DA, They work very very well, you can get em on Ebay also as they always have an auction or two going on em.

I can pop stumps, move brush and logs, I used em to lift 2 big block 440 motors and tranny's strapped to a pallet (back end got a little light) They fit the QA plate perfect, 1 minute off or on, they weigh about 250#'s well worth the money

 

[keeney]

RE <font color="blue"> "OTOH, the center of mass of your load is most likely to be farther forward with forks. So the lift arms are working at a mechanical disadventage, and can probably lift less.

You also have a greater overturning moment when using forks, so the danger of tipping over is greater. " </font>

My forks are only 36" long, so the center of weight is only 18" from the pivot. Also, most stuff gets carried back against the frame as much as possible.

I have experienced the increased tippping moment once when I went to use them quick without thinking I needed to bother with the ballast block. I was loading old railroad ties from a retaining wall into a trailer. On one particular load (two ties still attached), as I had it raised high in the air and they slid down the forks to be dumped over the side of the trailer, when they got to the end, the tractor got light in the rear and actually tipped forward. I couldn't curly them back (that made the tipping worse). I put a nice scrape in the rail of my trailer as I lowered the FEL as quickly as I could. I had to "manually" unload them. After changing shorts, I took the time to add the ballast before finishing loading the trailer.

My lightweight design has been less then optimal for "prying" operations. I bent the frame a bit trying to pry out an old basketball pole that turned out to be embedded in about a full yard of concrete.

- Rick