Since I've gotten my BX, I've been a looking at a good option for adding forks.
While I love my little BX, I can't figure out what Kubota was thinking with their factory option for forks. The 3 piece setup is so heavy that you only end up with ~300lbs of lifting capacity.
The many available options for clamp on forks are lighter, but you still have the weight of the bucket, plus, the weights ends up so far forward from the loader pins that I can't imagine the load capacity being any higher than the factory Kubota option. Maybe even less. .
I took a look at this:
http://www.mytractortools.com/forks.html
but it only works with their own proprietary Q/A. . or so I thought. . .
I emailed Jery from mytractortools, and Jery is awesome!! I expressed an interest in his forks, but said I wanted them for the factory Kubota Q/A, and he agreed to make a set up.
The came last Friday, and they're stellar!!!
The details:
Weight - ~110lbs
Price - $659.00
The weight is really important here. The BX doesn't have a lot of lifting capacity, so keeping the implement weight low, and close to the loader pins is REALLY important.
These go right on the Kubota Q/A, and have a shallow depth from the pin to the backframe, so you maximize your lifting capacity.
Here's some action to back this all up:
In this vid I'm lifting a generator on a pallet from my 5x8 trailer. The generator is a Kubota D1005 w/ a Mecc Alte head, bolted to a steel frame. Total weight (frame and pallet included) is in the neighborhood of 700 lbs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgYMNCc9VrU
Over the weekend, I cleaned up some brush:
and moved a tree:
I have no idea what the tree weighs, but it was VERY close to limit. I had to hold the loader valve for a second or two for it to build pressure to lift it. Note how I extended the hoe to maximize my counterweight and increase stability.
max lift height with a pallet is ~64". (Note the pallet in the pic doesn't have a bottom, so that's why I'm subtracting an inch from the measurement):
General shots:
The second set of holes you see higher up on the frame is for mounting on the 3PH.
These forks are a perfect fit for the abilities of the BX. Not to big, not to small. Not weak, and not overbuilt. Jery was a pleasure to work with, and is a real stand-up guy.
I can't say enough in recommendation of these forks. If you talk to Jery, tell him Rich sent you. Make sure he knows you want them optioned to fit the Kubota Q/A when you order.
While I love my little BX, I can't figure out what Kubota was thinking with their factory option for forks. The 3 piece setup is so heavy that you only end up with ~300lbs of lifting capacity.
The many available options for clamp on forks are lighter, but you still have the weight of the bucket, plus, the weights ends up so far forward from the loader pins that I can't imagine the load capacity being any higher than the factory Kubota option. Maybe even less. .
I took a look at this:
http://www.mytractortools.com/forks.html
but it only works with their own proprietary Q/A. . or so I thought. . .
I emailed Jery from mytractortools, and Jery is awesome!! I expressed an interest in his forks, but said I wanted them for the factory Kubota Q/A, and he agreed to make a set up.
The came last Friday, and they're stellar!!!
The details:
Weight - ~110lbs
Price - $659.00
The weight is really important here. The BX doesn't have a lot of lifting capacity, so keeping the implement weight low, and close to the loader pins is REALLY important.
These go right on the Kubota Q/A, and have a shallow depth from the pin to the backframe, so you maximize your lifting capacity.
Here's some action to back this all up:
In this vid I'm lifting a generator on a pallet from my 5x8 trailer. The generator is a Kubota D1005 w/ a Mecc Alte head, bolted to a steel frame. Total weight (frame and pallet included) is in the neighborhood of 700 lbs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgYMNCc9VrU
Over the weekend, I cleaned up some brush:
and moved a tree:
I have no idea what the tree weighs, but it was VERY close to limit. I had to hold the loader valve for a second or two for it to build pressure to lift it. Note how I extended the hoe to maximize my counterweight and increase stability.
max lift height with a pallet is ~64". (Note the pallet in the pic doesn't have a bottom, so that's why I'm subtracting an inch from the measurement):
General shots:
The second set of holes you see higher up on the frame is for mounting on the 3PH.
These forks are a perfect fit for the abilities of the BX. Not to big, not to small. Not weak, and not overbuilt. Jery was a pleasure to work with, and is a real stand-up guy.
I can't say enough in recommendation of these forks. If you talk to Jery, tell him Rich sent you. Make sure he knows you want them optioned to fit the Kubota Q/A when you order.
