I have these forks too, and the other night I moved a pallet with over 1000lbs of metal track about 500 feet. Even with the backhoe on, she was very light in the back so I didn't lift it more than a foot, but I fully expected the forks to break or bend, or the bucket to bend - no problems there at all. I did have to reinforce some welds on the forks since I broke them the first time I used them, but no problems since.