gordyo
Charter Member
I need the names of some companies that make aftermarket fork lift attachments that would go on a loader bucket after welding on a set of ears
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Loader Backhoe fork lift attachment
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2004F550
Charter Member
Didn't I see on the other site that you get a quick coupler on the front of the new backhoe? Why not get a set of JRB forks that fit it, then you can swap between the loader and the backhoe? True forks are much better then the clip on forks.
gordyo
Charter Member
2004F550 said:
Your correct the machine does have a JRB quick coupler, and the original plan was to purchase a set of quick coupler forks but that was before I got a qoute a few weeks ago. I can't justify spending well over $5000 just to get a set that will mount on the quick coupler when I have been using an aftermarket set for 15 years on the JD 210C backhoe I am trading in that has worked fine for moving the genie lift that I need to move around campus a few times a month. If I was moving pipe etc. every day, that would be a different story but everything we move around with the backhoe we have now is light. I found an aftermarket set for about $1000 which will work just as well as the ones on my JD 210C I am trading. Unfourtunatly, I would take the forks off the 210c but I traded the machine with the set of forks, thinking I would be getting the forks to fit the quick coupler. Oh well.
$5000???? That sounds nuts!! Is this on the JD wheel loader? My forks were about $600 to fit my skid!
How about the clamp on type, would they work?
How about the clamp on type, would they work?
gordyo
Charter Member
Hi Steve,
Yes, that price was for a set that would work with the 344 loader and with the new JD 310G backhoe.
I have a set of clamp on type forks, but they are just too unstable with the Genie Lift because it hangs out infront of the bucket 12' feet. You have to carry it the long way as that is the way the fork recievers are. I carried it lengthwise across the bucket once and it tipped over and did some damage to it. The manufacterer told us only to carry it the way it was intended even though it sticks way out infront of the bucket. It was a bit scary carrying it with the clamp on Forks. The set that I have now on the 210 that you weld a set of ears on the top of the bucket work better for moving this manlift around.
Yes, that price was for a set that would work with the 344 loader and with the new JD 310G backhoe.
I have a set of clamp on type forks, but they are just too unstable with the Genie Lift because it hangs out infront of the bucket 12' feet. You have to carry it the long way as that is the way the fork recievers are. I carried it lengthwise across the bucket once and it tipped over and did some damage to it. The manufacterer told us only to carry it the way it was intended even though it sticks way out infront of the bucket. It was a bit scary carrying it with the clamp on Forks. The set that I have now on the 210 that you weld a set of ears on the top of the bucket work better for moving this manlift around.
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Something doesn't sound right here. My supplier uses a wheel loader for loading my bricks, he's got two sets of dedicated forks, I can't imagine they cost him that much. I'll stop in Monday and ask him about them.