Advice on 3 pt pallet fork

[perryjosh64]

Folks looking for advice on 3 pt pallet fork/lift option regarding standard rear lift pallet welded forks vs one with adjustable arms. I have a 1964 Ford 2000 tractor with a 1250lb max lift capability (if my info is correct). Looking to get a 3 point pallet lift that I can duel purpose for moving hay rolls when needed and moving trees/logs while clearing land. Easier to move multiple logs and pile them up vs tying chain around and dragging them. The ability to move the pallet arms out for a wider lift sounds great for balance and distributing weight but concern with weight torquing or damaging the arm joints since they are not welded? Both list about the same lift capacity of 2000 lb. Asking if anyone has experience with the adjustable arm models and if you had any issues with them? Any advice is appreciated.

 

[Tgrasher]

Welded myself a set about 25 years ago, 32" wide so they would slide into most pallets. Use them mainly on a 1956 Case 300 to move anything they will hold onto. Cutting my firewood logs is so much easier because I can lift the logs up out of the dirt to cut them. I can haul two 16" logs, 8 to ten feet long, but they are dead trees. Never needed them to be any wider.

 

[mhb@ufe]

Folks looking for advice on 3 pt pallet fork/lift option regarding standard rear lift pallet welded forks vs one with adjustable arms. I have a 1964 Ford 2000 tractor with a 1250lb max lift capability (if my info is correct). Looking to get a 3 point pallet lift that I can duel purpose for moving hay rolls when needed and moving trees/logs while clearing land. Easier to move multiple logs and pile them up vs tying chain around and dragging them. The ability to move the pallet arms out for a wider lift sounds great for balance and distributing weight but concern with weight torquing or damaging the arm joints since they are not welded? Both list about the same lift capacity of 2000 lb. Asking if anyone has experience with the adjustable arm models and if you had any issues with them? Any advice is appreciated.

I had a set of adjustable ones on my old style 4000 and always left the set out and they were only 36 inches wide. I did make up a hydraulic top link which made them much more user friendly.

 

[old-9]

I had a set of adjustable ones on my old style 4000 and always left the set out and they were only 36 inches wide. I did make up a hydraulic top link which made them much more user friendly.

Times 2 on the hydraulic top link !!!!!