I was pleasantly surprised how heavy and rugged the forks were. I expectless less so I was very happy. They were easy to put on and I proceeded to work brush into a burn pile. The stabilizer slipped down the forks and came off - I'll fix that next time by welding the stabilizers to the forks. I'll still be able to adjust the width but they won't fall off anympre. The stabilizer is made out of light weight steel, it would have been better if it was thicker. The L shaped screw to secure the fork to the bucket is made of, most likely, Grade 5 steel. I bent it on the first use. Eventually, I'll be replacing i hemwith Grade 8 (meteric Grade 10.9) 16 2pitch bolts. Otherwise I would have rate the forks 5 stars. Overall, I'm pleased with my purchase.