Fork lift boom slip on?

[FishingMan]

Has anyone made a slip on forklift boom? Im looking for some design ideas. Im thinking square tube and extendable like a cherry picker boom. Im not going to be using forreal heavy stuff. Just the occasional odd object in the back of my truck.

 

[LXCam]

I have one I made from a stick of 4" rigid. I'll grab a picture of how I built it after I get home later.

 

[dr_clyde]

I've used a few different ones. They can be really handy. I don't have one for my fork yet, but I plan to make one sometime.

I would take some rectangle tube to make some fork pockets, then use some large square tube in between with a smaller telescoping tube. It's better to use both forks, as opposed to slipping over one fork.

I would want at least 4" 1/4" wall for the main tube, personally.

You have to be careful, its pretty easy to exceed the forklift's capacity when you start getting away from the mast that far.

 

[Stooge]

Most of the ones we have at work are the large dual fork ones with a hook mechanism in the middle, and this one we just bought this single one for a specific purpose where space is an issue. Making or modifying an existing one was shot down since its a lab and we need manufacture specs for traceability incase something happens and damages the expensive widget we bought it for.

20180706_151639 by Dan Haas, on Flickr

20180706_151649 by Dan Haas, on Flickr

 

[lis2323]

Nothing fancy like the one Stooge posted but here’s the one I built 20 years ago. I didn’t make the boom telescoping or bridge it as I ONLY use it for my shop forklift. (I’m retired farmer)

We have a telehandler , three wheel loaders and an excavator for heavier stuff.

Note provision for safety chain to keep unit from slipping off the forks. The curved “end” on the boom is used for “nudging” stuff when the slip on forks are slid right up to the forklift’s moldboard.

 

[FishingMan]

Im liking the red one. Im thinking about 4 set screws to tighten down onto forks.And a chain with a small load binder to make sure it doesnt come off.thanks guys

 

[rtz]

Grab one and go:

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_material-handling+forklifts-accessories

 

[Musicinabottle]

Here's something my pops cobbled together about 40 years ago. I have a set of forks for my tractor these days.

 

[dutchgray]

We have an extendable one at work, for when the 10m reach of the telehandler isn't enough.

 

[FishingMan]

Thanks for the ideas guys.

 

[zkdiesel]

For my skidsteer but a different variant of design. Winch and hydro extension, plus tilt built into boom

 

[lis2323]

For my skidsteer but a different variant of design. Winch and hydro extension, plus tilt built into boom

I like it![emoji106]

 

[zkdiesel]

I like it![emoji106]

Built it for lifting things or doing engine install on site and only requiring a pickup and skidsteer to get the machine to site unlike our larger equipment that needs a large tag and an air brake tow rig or the kw and a lowboy.

If you don’t need big height the boom has a foot built into bottom and you use built in tilt and winch to maneuver and it effectively turns the skidsteers wheelbase 2+’ longer for more capacity. Works well for boat engine installs and so forth.... have used it for trusses and general outside jib work.

Have a semi wrecker so that’s my mobile crane, but have brought this on site to wrecks to help move
Material quicker than lifting with wrecker to pickup a scattered load if they are something you don’t “fork”

 

[FishingMan]

Thats slick.Awesome job.

 

[rmsg0040]

The further away the load is the lower the lifting capacity. I had a forkilift come off the rear wheels a few times but luckily I was braced up against the bin.