In message , "Nightjar
\"cpb\"@" writes
Hire one with a mast that only starts to rise when the forks reach
the top of the closed mast? I had to buy one with that feature to
work inside a building.
Free lift mast. I have one (masted Manitou). The problem is the *L*
shape of the forks. Turning them over gives *¬*.

The forks on mine were hung on cross-bars, so putting them upsidedown
would just have resulted in them falling off. When I had a problem with
the fork uprights being too high - found when the operator (not me)
removed some of the factory lighting - I had to use a stack of pallets
to raise the effective height.

Agriculture steps ahead:-)

Apart from specially made (expensive) hooks, how else would one unload
big bags of seed corn or fertiliser from curtain sided delivery wagons.

The Manitou forks are *trapped* on the cross rails with reversed
flanges. This means they can only be fitted by being slid on the rail
ends. This is a job for the other half of the rugby team.

regards

--
Tim Lamb