On 2014-07-02, Randy333 wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:18:36 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:33:02 -0400, Randy333
wrote:

Interesting site, in Chambersburg, PA they are selling 14 rough
terrian forklifts, 4 have less than 50 hours on them and most are
under 1000.

IF their hour meters haven't cycled. Sure it's not 100,050.0 hours?
Your example is a 1981, so that's 33 years to accrue that many hours.
Granted, lots of equipment was superfluous in the military, so it may
be actual hours.


All Army surplus. I have not way to move something like
that, I just want to replace my 5000# electric with a LP powered one.
Could you drag one on these things with a flat tire onto a lowboy with
a whinch? how big a winch? Just wondering?

It's possible. The caveats a ruining the tire (probably moot),
ruining the wheel (slight possibility), getting it hung up on the
lowboy on its way up, or puncturing a tire on the lowboy (depending on
its style).

The thing has a 46,500GVW, so that's 23-1/4 tons you're hauling up a
ramp. If it's not your lowboy, will the owner allow the drag on his
unit? I'd want a very large winch to haul that aboard. What is the
possibility of getting it running prior to loading? Take a battery or
two with you, pour in some fresh diesel, and drive 'er up.

Another possibility is to bring your helo over and use the lifting
instructions on the tag riveted to the machine.


http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

G'luck with a low bid, Randy.

Not bidding on these,.... too big for me. I suppose an on site
inspection would tell you if the hour meter went once around. I see
new oil filters, I would expect the factory filters on a machine with
14 hours.

They replace hourmeters in the army from time to time, such as when
doing a major rebuild. People do it in the industry also. Hourmeters
also break.

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