Preventing hard tire forklft from sinking into blacktop

[FishingMan]

Im getting a 3000 lb capacity propane powered hard tired hyster. Can i park it on a sheet of 3/4" pressure treated plywood to prevent it from sinking into blacktop? Give me some ideas. Thanks

 

[66cj225]

No, park it and operate on concrete or hardpack, both level.

 

[6768rogues]

I would prefer a couple of planks to a sheet of plywood. Whether it does damage is a function of how hot the blacktop is, how good the blacktop and its base is, the weight of the machine and how long you leave it in one spot.

 

[Bighead38]

Make a pad to park it on or get a road plate

 

[driz]

Im getting a 3000 lb capacity propane powered hard tired hyster. Can i park it on a sheet of 3/4" pressure treated plywood to prevent it from sinking into blacktop? Give me some ideas. Thanks

Heck yea. And you don’t much need PT either. I’ve seen folks park something as heavy as a Boeing 727 Private jet on nothing nothing but 3 sheets of regular ply on super hot days. I doubt you need much or 3/4 either. A piece of 5/8 a foot square under each wheel will spread that weight out plenty. Paint em RED so you can easily find them later on.
If you already have offending divots they are easy to fill with cold patch. All you need is a 2 or 3 lb hammer , propane torch and small piece of flat plate. Get the hole hot then pour on the tar turds. Get em slagging down hot put the plate on top start whacking. Cold beer and **** pad optional but helpful. Keep adding tar turds till nice and filled then toss the plate aside and finish with just the hammer. Drag yourself to next hole rinse and repeat, it’s not an exact science. Small divots skip the plate . Do it before you seal coat the drive and the repairs are invisible. Otherwise blend right in within a couple months.
There are worse things than fork lifts ........jack stands and the front wheels on pneumatic floor jacks.





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[brownbagg]

dont park on the asphalt

 

[OccupantRJ]

I would use a sheet of plywood, split in half, then spread the pieces apart so that the centerline of the front and rear tires ends up in the middle of each piece. I use 1/2" plywood on my grass covered yard to spread the load when I am loading a piece of equipment with my forklift.

 

[matt_i]

I have a 3k Clark and there are some ruts in the asphalt part of my drive.

A couple of tangential comments. In the dead of winter when its frozen and summer when its good and dry but cool temps (like in the AM before sun crests the trees) are ideal times to run the forklift.

Middle of the day in summer when asphalt is baking hot or in the spring when the first big thaw hits and suddenly water is running everywhere is not a good time because the base is mushy.

I have trailered this forklift and my 7k Hyster and for those purposes I have a 4'x10' sheet of 3/8" steel plate to keep it from breaking out the deck of the trailer.

Plywood can help, steel can help more because its more rigid and will make a better "washer". If you could goto the scrapyard and find some steel plate that you can make squares out of, it would be ideal.

 

[FishingMan]

So is it drink beer first than get hole hot. Haha. I was thinking 2x12 pressure treated cut end at about a 30 degree angle and drive up on.they should spread the load out. Or get 4 pieces of Steel about 2ft sq. Im not sure too many options. Thanks for the ideas and laughs

 

[tymbo]

3/4" plywood is perfect. You will be fine.

 

[nes999]

3/4 inch plywood is all you should need.

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[Spareparts]

Usually the weight of a forklift is double the lifting capicity, my 3,000lb Toyato was 6,000lb. 3/4" treated plywood 2' square should be plenty, and if they do sink a little at least they wont move around when you drive on and off.