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Just Joined the Forklift Club :smokin:

Muckin_Slusher said:
Oh, I got the outdoor stuff covered. :smokin:

I've been using this guy to lift golf carts, seadoos and snowmobiles up to the second floor, but she's a huuuuuuuuuuuge bitch to swing around in a warehouse full of sports cars and expensive boats.

I was specifically looking for a small forklift with no ass.

I WILL have to pay attention to not driving over the floor grate in the warehouse though. I do drive over it with the skid steer, but yeah, that one rear wheel.
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Aww fuck off, now you’re just showing off
 
Dethmachinefab said:
I've got a nice toyota with a bad battery. Was quoted over 5k for replacement battery.
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can't hackfuck your way in there with a hammer and chisel to solder in a bypass across the bad cells?
it's fairly easy, and you lose a few volts but who cares
 
Muckin_Slusher said:
Yep, that's the plan if these batteries are toast.

It's 36 volts, 18 cells. I can charge the bank 6 cells at a time if I have to.

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Well I would get that going.

1) to see if the batteries will hold a charge

2) to see if the systems on the forklift work
 
the 3ph charger can probably be fuckulated into a single phase one
most of them seem to be open-delta so they can cheap out on the transformer, only having two coils instead of three

just feed it normal split phase 220 and look for taps to tailor the output voltage to what it should be
 
Muckin_Slusher said:
Anyone know how the drive and brake works on these?

Are the wheels driven by hydraulic motors or electric motors?

I haven't found the overall height, but if it's less than 6 feet it'll fit under my lowest mezzanine. Also not sure if it's one stage or two or if it's a "lift free" model where the forks go up to the top before the stages move up.
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There should be a dataplate with the heights and weights it can handle, post a picture of that.
As for the drive, I suspect that it will be electric with a solenoid released parking brake, but the dataplate should have a model number that will let you look that up.

Aaron Z
 
[486] said:
can't hackfuck your way in there with a hammer and chisel to solder in a bypass across the bad cells?
it's fairly easy, and you lose a few volts but who cares
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It's got one bad cell that drains it, but it's pretty well sulfated too. It's a shame the lift is nice but not worth a battery. It will probably end up becoming an elevator when I pull the mast and junk the non useful bits.
 
Dethmachinefab said:
It's got one bad cell that drains it, but it's pretty well sulfated too. It's a shame the lift is nice but not worth a battery. It will probably end up becoming an elevator when I pull the mast and junk the non useful bits.
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I've wanted for a while to try charging a sulfated battery backwards
just drain it dead, then charge it backwards and remark the terminals

only one of the plates gets eaten up, so maybe it'd bring some life back to it?
 
Just hook up some deep cycle batteries in series.
You can then find out what is working on it. If you look under the floor pan, i bet the drive motors have a caliper and disc brakes.
 
Dethmachinefab said:
It's got one bad cell that drains it, but it's pretty well sulfated too. It's a shame the lift is nice but not worth a battery. It will probably end up becoming an elevator when I pull the mast and junk the non useful bits.
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Look around. There are still places that will rebuild a battery if you can open the case.

But for shop use? Golf cart batteries! Just make sure you test voltage after you have several wired in series to make sure you didn't fuck it up!
 
my most used lift is a raymond reachfork, battery powered 24v. battery is shotttttttttt. cant even run a proper charger on it, for this thing i found that if i leave it on a low trickle charge all the time the 2hr max i need it at a time it works great.

also being electric... i hooked mine up with a wireless winch remote. this way i can remote operate the lift while in my other forklift.



and my kids love sitting on a pallet with the remote:eek: it goes 17', scares me
 
aczlan said:
There should be a dataplate with the heights and weights it can handle, post a picture of that.
As for the drive, I suspect that it will be electric with a solenoid released parking brake, but the dataplate should have a model number that will let you look that up.

Aaron Z
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like the data plate in the first post?
 
Dethmachinefab said:
It's got one bad cell that drains it, but it's pretty well sulfated too. It's a shame the lift is nice but not worth a battery. It will probably end up becoming an elevator when I pull the mast and junk the non useful bits.
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What capacity is it? I'm in the market for a really lighteight mast (like 1500/2000lb capacity) that I can coblle onto a SSQA plate.
 
Well. Fuck.

Been looking into battery options, and the general internet consensus being that even 8D batteries won't run this bitch, and if they do they won't live very long. It wouldn't even bother me to drag a cord, but where you gonna get a 36 volt 15kw power supply? CV power source from a mig welded mounted on the ROPS? It's too much cobbling for what it's worth. If it was free, or less than $1000 I might.

If it was in my town I'd work on it to prove the batteries can hold some kind of charge, but it's not, and I'm slowly learning that my time is worth more than nothing...

Called the guy back and reneged on my agreement, and I feel like shit about it.

Sceep's right, the thing is scrap.:frown:
 
Muckin_Slusher said:
Well. Fuck.

Been looking into battery options, and the general internet consensus being that even 8D batteries won't run this bitch, and if they do they won't live very long. It wouldn't even bother me to drag a cord, but where you gonna get a 36 volt 15kw power supply? CV power source from a mig welded mounted on the ROPS? It's too much cobbling for what it's worth. If it was free, or less than $1000 I might.

If it was in my town I'd work on it to prove the batteries can hold some kind of charge, but it's not, and I'm slowly learning that my time is worth more than nothing...

Called the guy back and reneged on my agreement, and I feel like shit about it.

Sceep's right, the thing is scrap.:frown:
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meh, offer him $500 until you get it home and test it out, more money if the battery can be partially resurrected

bet it'd run on three/six g31 batteries for just long enough to be useful
the huge battery is to get a full 12hr day at full speed outta the thing
 
[486] said:
meh, offer him $500 until you get it home and test it out, more money if the battery can be partially resurrected

bet it'd run on three/six g31 batteries for just long enough to be useful
the huge battery is to get a full 12hr day at full speed outta the thing
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I’m capable of going through 3 of those batteries on a raymond brand with a clamp on it. the older trucks tolerated it well but the new stuff is trash. too many safety sensors and shit starts smoking if I don’t give it a break every 2-3 hrs
 
Are you sold on electric or three wheels? If you look around you can find a decent older gas/lpg machine for 1k that needs minor stuff(freedom dollars). Might be worth making a trip if you have a trailer that will handle it.
 

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shortbus4x4 said:
Forklifts are awesome. I have a couple of Hysters, one from the late 50s I think and the other is a 1984 model. Here's my oldest one in action.
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I love those Hysters. Really well built and simple. I use a 12k capacity similar vintage at a plant I service.
 
Ok fuckers.

Here we go. Round TWO!

I believe it weighs 7000 lbs and can lift 4000. No side-shift. Two stage mast. Owner says in great shape. I got a buddy going to look at it for me since I'm working.

Can anyone tell me anything about this one?
Transmission? Single speed? Clutch?
Brakes? (I read that Clarks have a wet disc brake on some models)
Year (ish) ?
Is steering hydraulic or mechanical? Powered?

Anything to specifically look at?

I asked my buddy to raise/lower the mast and look for smoothness, lift something heavy, check for forks creeping down, drive it and steer it and brake, check the engine oil and hydraulic oil, check the cylinders for oil residue (leaks at the seals), make sure the forks aren't bent, look at the engine for general condition, try the park brake.

What am I missing?

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MattS said:
Whatever you do don't show up to get it with a wood deck trailer. I have a steel tilt deck that has been used to move a bunch of forklifts mainly because it's my trailer or a rollback. They are really good at putting all the weight in a really small footprint. That rear tire being one of them.
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I hauled mine on a wood deck, I think I put something under the little wheels to distribute the load, like really thick plywood or some steel plate that was a couple of square feet.
and then loaded it so that wheel was on the cross members

Mone made it home without any extra unplanned adventures

but I have seen many a forklift wheel sized holes in trailer decks :laughing:
 
I had 2 Clarks a bit older than that. Good units. From the pics I'm guessing 1 speed as there e should be 2 sticks on the left. More than likely a clutch which was a huge PITA to get as they were no longer made. Parts availability are not awesome for Clarks. If the clutch is good it'll last years. The solid tires you can hold brake to get a kind of posi-trac thing going to get out of trouble. DO NOT LEAVE THE PAVEMENT!

I now have 3 Komatsu with Nissan motors. 2 are pneumatic and one is solid tire all three are hydro driven. the solid tire one is only good on flat paved ground, no snow. It stays inside most of the time. The pneumatic ones will surprise you with how well they can go in the snow. The secret is to have weight on the forks.

If you can wait find something a bit newer and that's pneumatic you'll never look back.
 
I just get the local tow truck company to haul them. They show up tilt bed and winch it up. Well worth the $100 for in town trips.
 
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