Shop made forklift attachments thread

[lis2323]

This would work for you Ed. My 5000# rough terrain with wide view mast.

Ordered it with a short 10 foot mast as I didn’t need or want the extra weight for loading trucks and trailers in the field.



Ford industrial running gear same as a backhoe as back then all our tractors were Ford or New Holland.

 

[dkmc]

That old Yale looks pretty good for a 67 year old forklift. Ed.

It went thru a flood in '72 and they continued to use it till the river mud completely wore out the engine. Sat till I bought it and went completely thru it in the early 1980's. It has a few upgrades including a GM HEI distributor fitted to the Chrysler flathead 6. I sold it several years ago to a neighboring business.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

This would work for you Ed. My 5000# rough terrain with wide view mast.

Ordered it with a short 10 foot mast as I didn’t need or want the extra weight for loading trucks and trailers in the field.
Ford industrial running gear same as a backhoe as back then all our tractors were Ford or New Holland.

That would definitely come in handy lis. I miss my big old Hough loader for it's lifting capacity and ability to get around on nearly any terrain. I'm going to try to get by with a single lift though. If I do justify another machine it will probably be a skid steer...for yard work and such. Ed.

It went thru a flood in '72 and they continued to use it till the river mud completely wore out the engine. Sat till I bought it and went completely thru it in the early 1980's. It has a few upgrades including a GM HEI distributor fitted to the Chrysler flathead 6. I sold it several years ago to a neighboring business.

Good story dkmc. Most of the survivors do have interesting stories of how they made it. Sometimes sitting for long periods broke down helps preserve them. Some of that old equipment just keeps going though. Helps if someone takes care of them along the way. Ed.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

That would definitely come in handy lis. I miss my big old Hough loader for it's lifting capacity and ability to get around on nearly any terrain.

Here are a couple pics of my old Hough H-100 equipped with a pecker pole unloading the camelback drill shown in my avatar. That loader was good for a lot of lifting tasks around the place and I used it all the time.
Also as we've had several antique lifts show up in this thread here are a couple pics of an old Allis Chalmers I nearly bought last summer. The seller backed out at the last minute. It ran ok but needed a little work. Ed.

 

[86turbodsl]

This would work for you Ed. My 5000# rough terrain with wide view mast.

Ordered it with a short 10 foot mast as I didn’t need or want the extra weight for loading trucks and trailers in the field.



Ford industrial running gear same as a backhoe as back then all our tractors were Ford or New Holland.

Awesome. Lack of rough terrain forklifts around here means i will probably take my spare tractor and turn it into one. I need to be able to roll around the 10 acres and lift hay bales besides move machinery.

 

[lis2323]

In the old days some tractor manufacturers offered conversions. (To industrial tractors obviously.)

Case, AC, JD and Massey Ferguson come to mind.

I’ve also mounted forklift masts on the front of Ag tractors to be used in conjunction with a two pallet three point lift.

 

[zkdiesel]

In the old days some tractor manufacturers offered conversions. (To industrial tractors obviously.)

Case, AC, JD and Massey Ferguson come to mind.

I’ve also mounted forklift masts on the front of Ag tractors to be used in conjunction with a two pallet three point lift.

Could you see anything???

 

[lis2323]

Could you see anything???

I assume you’re talking about the front mount? Actually better than one would think. Had to lean to the side though.

Better than some brand name units with three stage free lift masts I’ve used. But those were warehouse units and you could pick up pallets using the Braille method if you were good [emoji3]

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I've gathered up some interesting scrap to start on a few more attachments. A piece of catwalk about 36" x 8' should make an easy man basket project. I also came up with a steel packing pallet a crane for a service truck came on. Probably just salvage the fork pockets from it. The little spreader bar turned up in a junk pile too.

With some better weather over the weekend I finished up a couple of the earlier projects. The jib extension got a couple more braces and stores in pretty small footprint with the jib up.

I also added a few tool storage pipes to to tool box to keep things from bouncing around and got a coat of Herculiner bed liner paint on it. I also changed the latch which was a rubber hood snub for a much stronger steel cam locker. A few pics of some "new" scrap iron to build with and of the "finished attachments". With the jib up the boom extension doesn't take much room to store at all. Any one else got any new projects in the works? Ed.

 

[dkmc]

Nice collection of MISC-JNK for feed stock. Super cool counter weight storage shelf unit

 

[lis2323]

Nice collection of MISC-JNK for feed stock. Super cool counter weight storage shelf unit

Yeah I really like that too[emoji481]

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

Thanks dkmc and lis.....besides the handy tool and rigging storage I have probably added about two buddies worth of counterweight. Now as long as I can convince the wife that the top bunk is a trundle seat for her to ride along I may have my borderline lifts covered without having to call in any reserves.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I made a little progress on getting a man basket ready to use over the weekend and a few evenings. I added full length fork pockets so it works from either end of the basket or either side. With 8' of basket and one side open I can stick a ladder up to it for access either side of the mast. Sometimes it's handy to have an open front too though like when painting a wall. I may add a chain or two on the open side to close it up when needed. Stabbing the basket from the end is pretty handy too. The rectangular box I used for the pockets (what I had) needed a little expanding to fit the forks so it took a little longer than it should have. Ed.

 

[dkmc]

That is a very handy accessory to have, and I like the size of it. You have an interesting collection of stuff laying around. Is that large pipe thick wall, or drainage stuff?

 

[lis2323]

Nice job of making that rectangular tube deeper. I LIKE IT!!

I’m also a big fan of making items 4 way accessible. [emoji106]

Here’s the skid I made for my engine drive Lincoln

 

[sberry]

Fork stuff

 

[jsaw]

Fork stuff

that machine in the first picture, are those gin poles mounted on the other end of it? or some sort of boom?

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

That is a very handy accessory to have, and I like the size of it. You have an interesting collection of stuff laying around. Is that large pipe thick wall, or drainage stuff?

Thanks dkmc. The pipe pile is a bit of a mixed bag with mostly schedule 40 pipe but there are a few pieces of thin wall water pipe in there too. I like using pipe in projects but just having access to a good junk pile is awfully handy. Ed.

Nice looking projects you have as always Lis. Been a little cool here for paint but I may have to at least get some primer on a few of these winter projects soon. Also I picked up a really junky carpet pole the other day. A pic of it as found. Ed.

 

[dkmc]

Fork stuff

That green bucket with forks is a really smart design and I'm sure is very strong.

 

[lis2323]

Fork stuff

What do you use the fork rotators for? Bin dump?

 

[dkmc]

What do you use the fork rotators for? Bin dump?

How many other things could you use a rotator for besides a 'dump' functon?

 

[lis2323]

How many other things could you use a rotator for besides a 'dump' functon?

Welding fixture positioner, feed mixer, twisting sculptures...

 

[Strouty]

Welding fixture positioner, feed mixer, twisting sculptures...

You forgot about testing Dairy Queen blizzards.

 

[sberry]

It's part of the overhead protection. It's a light machine. Its handy enough, I have 2 similar we got at an auction a long time ago. Made from Ford truck parts some outfit called Dimco out of the Dakotas.
Needs overall paint. I only use it for simple utility now. I put a rotator on it.

 

[sberry]

I had my helper at the time build the forks for the green thing. We really should have straightened the bucket a little first but none of this has to work steady anymore.
The forks will slide out wide for a few small logs.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

That is an interesting Ford truck parts fork lift contraption sberry and it looks like it would have a lot of uses around the shop with your modifications. Might need a better picture from the side of that one. Ed.

 

[lis2323]

You forgot about testing Dairy Queen blizzards.

Thanks, Strouty. [emoji481]. It was on the tip of my tongue. Hate it when that happens.

 

[Strouty]

I figured as soon as I mentioned it you would remember.

I have to get my truck forklift setup and take some pictures for you guys. I think I have a picture of it installed, I will check, if I do, I will post it. Goes on the front like a plow setup, except not.

 

[lis2323]

Very cool Strouty. I guess you can lift and swing the attachment right over the tractor into place?

What’s the main use for it? How is visibility for tips of forks? Camera?

 

[sberry]

I had thought about a scheme like that to go on the rear of a truck , super heavy, 50T forklift maybe heavier.

 

[Strouty]

I haven’t had it setup myself, going to see what it can do, but having the knuckle boom now probably makes the forks useless, I figure I can get a crane style set of forks, or build some and that would be better suited for what I do. I need to give it a try before deciding to scrap the idea or not.

 

[lis2323]

Knuckle boom with forks would most likely cover most “normal” scenarios.

 

[dkmc]

I had my helper at the time build the forks for the green thing. We really should have straightened the bucket a little first but none of this has to work steady anymore.
The forks will slide out wide for a few small logs.

That's nice enough to copy!

 

[sberry]

I use a knuckle a lot, wish I had it earlier. If I was going to do more would get one a size bigger. I can make it work but it would be a bit easier if it was heavier to make it a grab and yank. Its not like having a load line for erection work but its super handy and the boom out of the way is great.

 

[lis2323]

I use a knuckle a lot, wish I had it earlier. If I was going to do more would get one a size bigger. I can make it work but it would be a bit easier if it was heavier to make it a grab and yank. Its not like having a load line for erection work but its super handy and the boom out of the way is great.

I would love to have a unit sized exactly like yours. [emoji481]

 

[sberry]

A girl can drive it. Only bad thing is its old. At the rate I use it that's fine but if I was to do pay work would need a cleaner engine, bit mo power, its got spring seat etc. It works ok but is a French fried Mack,,, would rather have a different chassis. Got short turning radius.

 

[86turbodsl]

That is an interesting Ford truck parts fork lift contraption sberry and it looks like it would have a lot of uses around the shop with your modifications. Might need a better picture from the side of that one. Ed.

It was made by Dimco, it was called the Mobility Big Dipper.
Cool little tractor, they made them in 2wd and 4wd. Pretty handy.

I have often thought about trying to find one, but they are hard to find.

https://www.tractorforum.com/threads/mobility-big-dipper-loader.22728/

 

[Strouty]

My knuckle boom has a winch too, gets me close to the best of both worlds, only goes out to 32’ and that is the downfall of it, at least it will pick almost 3000 pounds at 32’.

 

[sberry]

32 is good, a winch is good. Mine is a Hiab. I would just as soon have a National. I got a lot of time on a National 500 crane.
Yes, I have another Dimco with a bucket. They were made for hard floor. We got them out of a potato warehouse, big long thing. They were fast. I fixxed a couple things, added some. Made the forklift interchangeable between the 2 units.
3000 is great that far, 2x as good as mine which I think is rated 5T. It will pick about 2.5 up close. 2x would let it load a small tractor.

 

[Strouty]

My long term goal is to have one that reaches 60 feet and will pick 2000 pounds when it gets there.

I am still working on the electrical and hydraulics, but once I get the truck ready, I will mount the forklift mast and do some test picks for sure. There was another truck that I saw on here that had forks at the rear, they sat just below the trailer and the truck could unload trusses without needing a crane or any other equipment.

Here is that truck: