On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:46:13 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:


Oh and if the ride is bumpy when you're on a smooth surface replace the
tires. They get to the point where the load on the rubber is high enough
to split them (the rims and floor work like a pair of dikes and the
pressure crushes the rubber till it shears.

Eventually it gets bad enough where the tire rubber comes totally off
where it's vulcanized to the steel ring at the center, and the tire
falls off. Then you aren't going anywhere.

If it's bad enough, and you plan to keep the truck for a few years,
get the tires done.

Keep the receipt, you might get a few extra bucks at resale ("Tires
only have 25 miles and 40 hours on them!") if you have to sell it
faster than you thought.

Wonder if they make little Hubodometers in Forklift sizes... I know
they don't for 4.80X8 or 14" - 15" trailer sizes.

Iggy Wrote:
I am kinda hoping that I can move 5,000 lbs with it.

With the extra long forks (and info from Gunner) you can - BUT.

You'll have to "choke up" on the load - get it up closer to the mast
to be in the normal range of the factory length forks.

If you have your load out on the tip of the forks, you'll have to
derate to (guessing) 3,500# or so. There will be a chart somewhere.

Load too much weight on the forks and/or too far out, and the rear
tires of the forklift will be real light - hit the brakes, and the
rear of the truck will pop up on you as the load drops.

If the load was up high and the pallet falls/rolls off the forks as it
tips way forward, suddenly the 4-ton counterweight is heavier again -
and you land back on the wheels rather violently.

(For a diagram of this, see the "Barrel Of Bricks Trick" - the falling
barrel yanks you up in the air - then the wooden barrel of bricks hits
the ground and the bottom breaks out, and suddenly you're much heavier
than the remains of the barrel.)

If the action didn't get you hurt slamming into the steering wheel
face-first when the truck tipped forward, the equal and opposite
reaction of it all going back down sure the hell will. Bronco Busting
something the size of a bull elephant.

Never Push It Too Far - that's how people get hurt, sometimes killed.

-- Bruce --