This may be my first post here. I am from Australia, have a 10 acre hobby farm, mainly horse pasture. I have a B3300SU with 150 hours and a light duty Austalian made Burder Titan loader with a 4in1 bucket. Had a look through old psts, found lots about clamp-on forks but nothing about these attached to a 4in1 bucket. My bucket is not quick attach. Have been looking at these low cost Chinese forks, the smallest ones rated 450kg/1000pounds. My loader is rated 550kg (but that would be with a standard bucket, I only have the 4in1). Can anyone recommend for or against fitting forks to this? I intend only occasionally to move small pallets up to say 300kg, and of course collect fallen branches, and maybe help with home renovations. Thanks, Chris
Are clamp-on forks viable on a light duty 4in1 bucket?
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Welcome to OTT Chris. When I was looking at getting some pallet forks, I thought about the clamp on forks but decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and get regular forks. The reason I did is because I worried about what they might do to my bucket. Even though I have a standard bucket I still worried about it. Luckily I have the QA bucket so I can easily switch between them. Since you don't have the QA bucket, I would be extremely careful when using them.
I'd be afraid of bending/bowing the bottom of the 4n1 bucket with clamp-ons, more so that a regular bucket.
I have Titan clamp on forks and they are great. Get the stabilizer bar if you decide to get them. They are cheap in price but do a lot for you. Common sense will save your bucket.