I looked at "clamp on pallet forks" but the cost (Amazon.ca) and then the cost to get them here started to make them $400+ and I didn't want to run the risk of bending my bucket.
At Costco one night they had super biggie ratchet straps for $20 or something, so I took those home with a thought.
I took an 8'(ish) pc of 2" galvanized fencing pipe and cut it in half (at a 45* angle, not straight across as you'd normally do) and then into each pipe I mounted 2 bigazz eyebolts I had laying around. One eyebolt at the back of the bucket end of the pipe and one nearly halfway along an inch or two ahead of the cutting edge of my bucket. The "tip" (cut at an angle) of the fork got no eyebolt.
I then placed the 2 pipes a couple feet apart 'aimed' away from me (laying on the ground), so the cuts were way out front.
I put the bucket on top of them, all on the ground.
I wrapped the ratchet strap completely around my bucket, eventually hooking onto the eyebolts. Cinched it down really well.
Voila ! Instant pallet forks for essentially zero money (who doesn't already have some of these 'straps or eyebolts kicking around collecting dust?)...if not, figure $30 in "stuff" and a few minutes cutting a big pipe in half.
The bonus is....I don't think I could/would deform my bucket with this mounting scheme. Are they as good as real forks? No. Are these close? (pretty close...they work!)
I still like the SSQA forks much better, but in a pinch and for an hours worth of mods, these worked for a couple jobs until I could source SSQA forks, easy-peasy !
2 small downsides,. Could not remove my SSQA bucket as straps were wound around everything (oops!) and the exposed threads of the eyebolts hanging down at ground level scrapes along the ground and will dig trenches into your driveway, lawn, whatever.
Overall, I'd call these maybe 75% as good as "real" forks.
I didn't try to torture test them to see how much they'd lift compared to real forks.
I only own a 'BX2380 so I am not lifting anything over a few hundred pounds anyways and I think I'd be good at those weights. LOnger would've been better as I only have something like 3' of actual fork (I never measured it exactly) but for the 3 jobs I had, it was all good.