Pallet forks on 3 point hitch

Graveyard1984 · Jan 23, 2019

Has anyone ever used 3 point hitch pallet forks? How well do they work?
During the winter months I stack my hay on pallets after I get the hay moved i have to stack pallets and move them out of the way all summer. Would pallet forks help or just keep moving them by hand. Ive been told they don't work very good

Thanks

marloweg · Jan 23, 2019

i use a 3 point bale fork to move all my pallets they have to be 40 and over wide

DeltaRed · Jan 23, 2019

I have a crude set of homemade forks. width is not adjustable.They could use some 'modifying' and cleaning up. But they work well and will pick up all the tractor will lift.They lift about 3 ft high at most.

paul · Jan 23, 2019

I have a Tebben.

Sure beats trying to move a 200 gallon tote of stuff by hand!

They are not a real forklift with all the handy stuff and short turning radius and looking foreword and so on.

But they work fine and well for what they are.

You need the hydraulic top link that should come with them, you really need that tilt feature.

Paul

paul · Jan 23, 2019

Mine has the hyd cylinder so it lifts ah, 8 or so feet high? The forks can be moved manually to different widths.

Paul

Billy NY · Jan 23, 2019

I think they are one of the most useful implements you can have for a tractor with no loader. I also think the weight is better suited on the back end, as long as the front end is ballasted. I have moved a 3200 lb log with the set in the photo, log was weighed, 4'-0" diameter, still in my yard to be cut up. I can go in the woods and pick up logs from trees I've felled and never get off the tractor. I carry a pallet with my saw and tools on it, lower and drop where I want it and then go to work. I can pick up my rotary mower and move it easily with these. This one is a Woods Du Al universal set of forks with brackets that have 1" holes for loader pins. I looked at this set, saw I could easily make a true category 2 3 point hitch, just by adding the top link mast. Paid 400.00 and spent another 200.00 to add what I needed. Don't mind the wrinkled fender, previous owner did that somehow to this exceptional tractor, now has just over 1300 hours.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 23, 2019

I have one like that just have to be careful when its up in the air with a load.

tomNE · Jan 23, 2019

I had one and sold it. i didn't think it worked well at all. a hyd 3rd link cylinder would be a must!

paul · Jan 24, 2019

Yea, no safety interlocks and if one has a loose 3pt and so on it can be a little squirrelly the higher you go.

Some of that a person can adjust for, if we take the time.

I mostly just pull one tote or pallet off a trailer 2-3 times a year, would be a pain to have a real forklift around for that little use. Kind of a pain to hook up the 3pt deal for just that! Ha. Would be worse to have nothing around tho. My loader tractor is very small and not quicktach more folk are getting good loaders with a a forklift setup.

Paul

Phil Scarborough · Jan 24, 2019

I regularly use MF 135 fitted with a fork lift attachment on the three link. It has all the controls of a regular flt and I use it to load 1ton pallets of strawberries onto a truck. Not quite as convenient as a proper flt, much better than nothing.Tractor is weighted on the front.I can drop the forks in 2 minutes to attach another implement. Tractor is used in a greenhouse, extra tractors would've in the way.

showcrop · Jan 24, 2019

Since you are asking about forks as opposed to a fork lift, for stacking and moving pallets, I think that it would work very well if you have a hydraulic top link but not without one.

DIM · Jan 24, 2019

I have forks on my 3pt. Put a cylinder on third link to tilt. The best thing I ever put on a tractor.

Keith Molden · Jan 24, 2019

They would work fine for that as long as you use a hyd. top link as others have said. Just a thought, hooking a set of forks to a high lift bale mover would really let you lift them higher for stacking. They would fit right on the lift where the bale spear attachment normally is attached. (it mounts the same as any 3 point attachment as the back half of the high lift) I know that is clear as mud to someone who hasn't seen or used one, but I have one I bought at an auction and have not used it for that, but seems to me it would work great. Keith

Graveyard1984 · Jan 24, 2019

I own one thought that idea also

paul · Jan 24, 2019

Same here, I?m sure the scissors bale lift would work well also with a fork on instead of a bale fork.

They are a little harder to put on the 3pt, as they mount directly to the top link much like a post hole auger.

Paul

RobCons · Jan 24, 2019

I use mine on a regular basis. Still have the manual top link. It works just takes a minute. Mine gets used for frieght shipments we get, helping to set wrought iron gates on hinges, picking up small trailers, logs, etc.

caterpillar guy · Jan 24, 2019

A fork lift mast with the forks would be much more practical for stacking round bales up if you are wanting them 2or3 high. A 3 pt will not lift high enough to stack bales or load them on wagons or such from the ground. We use a loader tractor with forks or bale spear on it. For putting in the old cow barn we put them in on the mow floor with a telehandler.

WAYNE-N-TEXAS · Jan 24, 2019

I just use a two prong hay fork.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 24, 2019

Great idea might try it have an extra set of forks and and extra one of those hay movers with no spear on it.

flembo · Jan 24, 2019

Here's my home made set with a 6'x 4' carryall box on it,I use it for carrying firewood and general yard cleanup. It can get a little light in the front if you over load it.

The second picture on the Wagner bucket it was a little risky due to the chain but it worked in a pinch to get something on a pallet out of my truck bed maybe, I should label it don't try this at home.

Olliejunkie · Jan 24, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:27:09 01/23/19) Mine has the hyd cylinder so it lifts ah, 8 or so feet high? The forks can be moved manually to different widths.

Paul

I have one too that lifts around 8 feet. Never knew one could be so handy. Dont know how I did without it so long.

bcdave · Jan 24, 2019

We use rear forks all the time to haul apple bins. We also have a hydraulic lift like a fork lift on the front of one tractor and a fork that mounts on the front end loader on another. We haul bins out of the orchard front and back and to load the truck we pick up a concrete counter weight so we can lift two bins onto the truck. I also use the rear fork and counter weight when using the front end loader. The rear fork seldom leaves that tractor until I put the blade on for snow.
Dave

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