Vevor clamp-on forks

[awesome]

Has anyone ever ordered from www.vevor.ca?
I'm looking at this: https://vevor.ca/products/clamp-on-...MIt-WdgOfu7gIVCvezCh2zNQR8EAQYASABEgLUIPD_BwE

150$ with free shipping. It looks too good to be true. I found the same model on ebay for 160$ and at least I know it ships from Canada (so no brokerage fees or taxes)

I'm planning on using them on a B2301.
Any comments about the product or the website itself?
Thank you.

 

[je1279]

Has anyone ever ordered from www.vevor.ca?
I'm looking at this: https://vevor.ca/products/clamp-on-...MIt-WdgOfu7gIVCvezCh2zNQR8EAQYASABEgLUIPD_BwE

150$ with free shipping. It looks too good to be true. I found the same model on ebay for 160$ and at least I know it ships from Canada (so no brokerage fees or taxes)

I'm planning on using them on a B2301.
Any comments about the product or the website itself?
Thank you.

I don't have any pallet forks but everything I've read suggests that you should pass on the clamp on one's and wait to get a light weight SSQA set that will bring the load closer to the pivot pins. Otherwise, you will likely be disappointed with the capacity and out the $150 as well.

 

[85Hokie]

Has anyone ever ordered from www.vevor.ca?
I'm looking at this: https://vevor.ca/products/clamp-on-...MIt-WdgOfu7gIVCvezCh2zNQR8EAQYASABEgLUIPD_BwE

150$ with free shipping. It looks too good to be true. I found the same model on ebay for 160$ and at least I know it ships from Canada (so no brokerage fees or taxes)

I'm planning on using them on a B2301.
Any comments about the product or the website itself?
Thank you.

I bought a pair .... not from them however.
I never got them on my BX - a buddy gave me 30 more bucks than what I paid for them - and I realize that I did not need them as long as the ones i bought......

AS LONG as you know the limitations of what you are picking up ....... those will be fine!!!!!
Regardless of what others might say, it is an easy addition to a bucket that cannot be removed easily!

I am not sure you want to pick up a hay bale ..... or a 1000 lb log ...... but for 95% of what you want to do ..... it will work fine - and not as bulky when putting away.

The forks I bought were the same length - and my friend uses them on his B2301 also - he is happy as hell with them! (I bought them for 150 - he gave me 180)

 

[BigG]

Has anyone ever ordered from www.vevor.ca?
I'm looking at this: https://vevor.ca/products/clamp-on-...MIt-WdgOfu7gIVCvezCh2zNQR8EAQYASABEgLUIPD_BwE

150$ with free shipping. It looks too good to be true. I found the same model on ebay for 160$ and at least I know it ships from Canada (so no brokerage fees or taxes)

I'm planning on using them on a B2301.
Any comments about the product or the website itself?
Thank you.

948/659

Your tractor has a lift capacity of 948 pounds at the pins. At 20 inches in front of the pins it drops to 658 pounds minus the weight of the bucket minus the weight of the forks and very quickly you run out of lifting power. Just be aware of the lifting power you will lose. You lose 14 pounds of lift for every inch you put the weight in front of the pins.

 

[awesome]

yeah, I do understand the limitations of such forks. It mostly just to be able to transport light but bulky loads like branches or the kid's toys etc...
But I just wanted to know if these specific ones would be worst than others. I'm also worried that it could warp my bucket. But I guess that the forks would bend before anything would happen to the bucket.

 

[je1279]

I can't speak to these but as long as your only looking to do light duty lifting, it sounds like bolt on forks will work for you. I'd bet on the bucket failing before forks with a heavy enough load though.

 

[Tughill Tom]

I got a set from Titan and they work just fine. Your machine will let you know the lifting limit. I've moved a lot of stuff with them including my 600 lb 14 ft long snowmobile to put away for summer storage without an issue an old safe not so much couldn't get it off the ground.

 

[BigG]

I got a set from Titan and they work just fine. Your machine will let you know the lifting limit. I've moved a lot of stuff with them including my 600 lb 14 ft long snowmobile to put away for summer storage without an issue an old safe not so much couldn't get it off the ground.

You need to take the money out of the safe before you move it. That stuff is heavy.

 

[PaulL]

You need to take the money out of the safe before you move it. That stuff is heavy.

The money is all paper. That's light. It's the gold that's the problem.

 

[dirtydeed]

That's the problem with these setups. everyone looks at the light weight when compared to conventional SSQA type forks...but the fail to include that they are also lifting the weight of the bucket as well.

I'd think you'd end up with the smiling bucket before you bend the forks

If you have SSQA, I'd just get the SSQA set of forks.

 

[Tughill Tom]

You need to take the money out of the safe before you move it. That stuff is heavy.

LOL, I had to cut the top out it to get inside..... NO lie, the only thing in was the combination. Then I pulled it to it's final resting place, a big hole in the ground.

 

[PaulL]

LOL, I had to cut the top out it to get inside..... NO lie, the only thing in was the combination. Then I pulled it to it's final resting place, a big hole in the ground.

Well, you obviously want to keep your safe combination secure, inside your safe is the best place for it.

 

[Justasquid]

I’ve used these type before. I’m pretty sure any brand is going to be fine at that capacity. But as others said, your bucket ( if a light material bucket) will end up smiling at ya. The lower portion of the bucket will bend downward. It doesn’t take much either. If you pick up a moderate load towards the end of the forks, it puts an incredible amount of stress on the bucket. I’ve heard you can place a steel rod between the side walls inside of the bucket and this helps keep the sides from being able to be pulled in, thus preventing the lower portion of the bucket bending down.

also, big pain is not being able to see the forks.

but, they are a cheap alternative and they do work as they are intended. If you only plan on using them a few times a year, it’s probably not worth the cost of an entire quick attach fork set up and it is much better than not having anything at all.

 

[awesome]

That's good info. So the "smiling bucket" is a real concern here then. Maybe I'll try to figure something else.

 

[PaulL]

Lifting light stuff occasionally won't be a problem. It all comes down to being sensible. If you're like me, then once you have bolt on forks you'll have something heavy to lift and you'll think "I have forks, it'll be fine." And then you have a smiling bucket. If you're not that kind of person, then just don't lift heavy things.

But a proper set of SSQA forks would be far more useful over time, and it's not really that much money. If you don't have SSQA already, you can get the pin-on quick attaches still, and pin-on forks. Again not that expensive, and you give up less lift capacity than you do with SSQA.

If you were going bolt-on, and you happened to need a tooth bar as well, a tooth bar would be likely to reduce the chance of that smiling bucket.