41 fire breathing HP, 7400 pounds, and a top speed of 12 mph, it's Miss Kitty!

93gsxturbo said:

codrus (Forum Supporter) said:

5 miles and you used a trailer?  This is GRM, you're supposed to walk-n-drive it home!  If it goes 12 mph it should only take about 25 minutes. :)

 

This is the reply of a person who never has operated a solid tire forklift on rough roads.  

We used to have two shops, down the road a bit from each other.  If you had to move something the option was either load it in a truck and drive it and offload it, or run it down there on the forks.  Running down there on the forks was awful.  Rattle your dang fillings out.  

Running a fork truck over rough roads is also a LOT of load on those axles. Having to replace axles or bearings on a fork truck is not cheap.

I will third how much people don't appreciate how heavy fork trucks actually are. I shake my head when people in our parking lot carelessly zip past when I'm unloading a malt order from the back of a truck. Hey jackass, all my attention is on making sure I don't hit anyone or anything with the 2,200lbs of grain I'm holding 6ft in the air. You'd best wait the 30 seconds for me to finish up so you don't hit me and ruin your day.

I unloaded a pallet of door panels from a freight truck today. My back doesn't hurt a bit. It has already paid for itself. 

And it is a 3 stage mast. Lift height 15'6"

GameboyRMH said:

Never really thought about it before but I wouldn't have guessed they were even half that heavy, makes me think again about the guy who used to absolutely hoon one around a factory my dad worked at...

Remember, if a forklift seems to have a problem with body roll, it's not from a soft suspension. 

Also rather interesting to see what automotive engines also appeared in forklifts. Our shop forklift has a Mazda F2.

DSMlink, a 14b, and a set of Evo 8 560cc injectors could get you pretty forking fast.

Yes, I know it's not exciting but I'm pretty stoked about it. 

This pallet is about 900 pounds. My business partner used to break them down in the freight truck and unload them by hand. 

It's a sub-5-minute job with the forklift. I did order a set of fork extensions to handle these longer pallets. They should help. 

This will probably be the last post unless something significant happens.