On 2011-11-06, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:12:46 -0600, Ignoramus14302
wrote:

I have taken a few pictures of my indoor forklift.

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Nissan-Forklift/

My first question, do you think that tires need replacement ($700) or
not? Pressing new tires is $700.

My second question is about the side shift. I looked at it and it is
clearly not connected to the forklift in any way. There is two
hydraulic nipples on the reel mount and no lines going to the
forklift.

Why can this be so, realistically, and do you think that it is an easy
DIY job to fix? Do you think that they unhooked it because it was
leaking? Or what would be the typical reason?:

thanks

i

I wouldn't put $700 into tires if it was me. You're only going to use
this 1 - 2 hours a week right?

I think that it is close to an hour per day so far. It has only been 2
days, so I cannot tell with certainty. Probably 4-6 hours per week.


Why don't you try air pressure to move the forks side to side. You can
see if something is bent that way. I doubt somebody would disable this
valuable feature over a minor leak but you never know.

Good point.

My view on fork lifts - use them as you bought them. Then get another
when it dies. Or you might buy another entire lift for $700 and use it
as the donor machine. There are a LOT of old fork lifts out there.

I like this, intuitively, but I like screwing with stuff, which I
think is not always a good habit. I will try to wait with wheels. I
think, though, that new wheels will make it easier to ride it on
gravel. But then again, if I fix the brakes on the Cat, it will not be
that necessary.

i