Ultimate dead car mover

[zkdiesel]

Making this so my guys don’t have to struggle as hard. 15 bay shop, operating at 150% capacity every day of year working on High end Mercedes cars, a Hyundai **** box to a tandem vac truck to semis
Truck we just carry or ram with a forklift off the rear hitch/bumper/frame
The cars they usually push by hand
Winter *****, snow, ice makes that a struggle
Vehicles not dropped near doors make that harder, as 7 acre lot also has an uphill to it
Stuck brakes/flat tires also make it more work/harder.
Thenthe crashed out or front end failures of tie rods and broken balljoints make it really hard

Got this burned out slide in unit for 250
Gutted the self Loader head off it and welder to a skidsteer Mount. Not done bracing it yet and have to do some repairs on the hydraulic wheel grids

Planning on running a manual double
Selector valve to control in/out/fold and then the wheel grids
Mounting to an l190 new holland so it has some *** on it

Work in progress, any pointers welcome

 

[VC455]

Smart, very smart.

 

[jack stand]

Great idea! That should be a huge help especially with the massive amount of plastic front and rear ends on today's cars.

 

[zkdiesel]

Gotta do a little hydraulic tlc. Don’t know why it has two non conductive lines inside boom head that melted from fire The center of cylinder pivots some but not
Much so I don’t think it’s for more Flexibility

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

That's awesome. It's nice to repurpose garbage into useful stuff.

I thought this might be relevant to you. In this pic (testing my crane) I've got the back of my truck off the ground. The **** of the skid steer is still touching the floor. I measured 10.5 feet from the pintle hitch to the center of the skid steer front wheels.

Obviously it's easier to lift the truck by the bumper than the rear axle, but this setup sticks out way more than yours does, and with a smaller skid steer.

I think your setup will lift one end of just about anything (within reason of course).

 

[nadogail]

We used to use two floor jacks to jockey cars around.

 

[zkdiesel]

That's awesome. It's nice to repurpose garbage into useful stuff.

I thought this might be relevant to you. In this pic (testing my crane) I've got the back of my truck off the ground. The **** of the skid steer is still touching the floor. I measured 10.5 feet from the pintle hitch to the center of the skid steer front wheels.

Obviously it's easier to lift the truck by the bumper than the rear axle, but this setup sticks out way more than yours does, and with a smaller skid steer.

I think your setup will lift one end of just about anything (within reason of course).

Things not within reason I just carry in with my expensive ride

 

[zkdiesel]

We used to use two floor jacks to jockey cars around.

7 acre lot isn’t all paved. Only
Partial concrete. Can’t imagine what that tax bill would be then as it’s already out of control

 

[zkdiesel]

Took apart boom head, did some rebuilding. Did some refitting with the welder. Waiting on hydro parts to show

 

[kbeefy]

Nice. Moving dead/immoble rigs in the winter was always the worst.

 

[WoodsTruck]

Took apart boom head, did some rebuilding. Did some refitting with the welder. Waiting on hydro parts to show

What wheels are on the teal Ford?

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

Awesome

 

[zkdiesel]

What wheels are on the teal Ford?

Round ones I hope

 

[WoodsTruck]

Good idea, round works best.

 

[zkdiesel]

Good idea, round works best.

Actually working on building a custom set of that wheel for this truck from blanks from a machine shop in Ohio

 

[jwith68]

Very nice solution, ZK. That should work great on the C190.

Just one thought. You're Chicagoland area, so I imagine your shop works on its share of AWD, particularly in the higher end makes. Any concerns with only one end rolling? Or will those still be push-in-by-hand?

 

[zkdiesel]

Very nice solution, ZK. That should work great on the C190.

Just one thought. You're Chicagoland area, so I imagine your shop works on its share of AWD, particularly in the higher end makes. Any concerns with only one end rolling? Or will those still be push-in-by-hand?

Pretty Much gonna go on a per use try as we go. Most will have a center differential that will take up the slack at 2mph less than 200’. See if they wanna lock up or not.

 

[IndyGarage]

I would suggest using a forklift to drive it. That would be the ultimate car mover.

 

[zkdiesel]

I would suggest using a forklift to drive it. That would be the ultimate car mover.

Our two large 5k and 9k forklifts don’t do that great in gravel lot in the snow.
Second they currently don’t have additional hydraulics. So we’d need to add a divertor valve onto the side shift hydraulics for the hydraulics on it to function, and none of that looks appealing

 

[ratdoggy]

I would suggest using a forklift to drive it. That would be the ultimate car mover.

Forklifts **** in the snow and Chicago gets it's share.....Tracked Bobcat will tear through almost anything

 

[Sumboodie]

Looks like the middle of summer out wherever you are!

 

[Sumboodie]

Forklifts **** in the snow and Chicago gets it's share.....Tracked Bobcat will tear through almost anything

Yup, other than rough on the ground. I've been keeping my eyes out for a loader to replace my Bobcat. There's one locally for 15k with a blown transfer case, but I can never get them to reply to the ads they put up.

 

[IndyGarage]

Our two large 5k and 9k forklifts don’t do that great in gravel lot in the snow.
Second they currently don’t have additional hydraulics. So we’d need to add a divertor valve onto the side shift hydraulics for the hydraulics on it to function, and none of that looks appealing

True forklifts don't do well on snow or gravel.

Forklifts **** in the snow and Chicago gets it's share.....Tracked Bobcat will tear through almost anything

However a forklift is much better for this kind of work - they are way more maneuverable in tight spaces, and much more precise.

They also lift much more than a skid steer for a given size. I would say even a large skid will struggle to lift cars out at that distance.

I moved my 30 foot boat and trailer around tonight with my forklift. I could pick it up and move it within just inches of where I wanted it to be. No way I could do that with a skidsteer.

 

[zkdiesel]

True forklifts don't do well on snow or gravel.

However a forklift is much better for this kind of work - they are way more maneuverable in tight spaces, and much more precise.

They also lift much more than a skid steer for a given size. I would say even a large skid will struggle to lift cars out at that distance.

I moved my 30 foot boat and trailer around tonight with my forklift. I could pick it up and move it within just inches of where I wanted it to be. No way I could do that with a skidsteer.

We have both
The skidsteer does great for maneuvering. These are cars being moved to inside a building to on a two post lift or a flat bay. 6” doesn’t matter and we will still be able to get it perfect on a skidloader.
Large skidloaders with arms near ground lift a lot. Picture next week lifting a 3/4 ton pickup from back and a 1 ton service truck from front

 

[zkdiesel]

Hydraulics done, waiting on cylinder seals

 

[zkdiesel]

 

[WoodsTruck]

Is there a guard for those exposed hydraulic lines?

 

[zkdiesel]

Which exposed hydraulic lines? None are considered exposed

 

[WoodsTruck]

Which exposed hydraulic lines? None are considered exposed

The green striped hose on top of the cylinder. From the angle in the picture it looks like it could be vulnerable.

 

[zkdiesel]

The green striped hose on top of the cylinder. From the angle in the picture it looks like it could be vulnerable.

Pretty far away from all harm. I’m not worried about it


One small tweak I might change but picked this 3/4 ton front and rear.

Remember, I’m aiming this at CARS. Trucks we man handle by hitches but would be nice to grab one in the front with a damaged front end that doesn’t roll/steer

 

[zkdiesel]

Wouldn’t pick this from the axle. Was disappointed as it was today’s new purchase Had to break out the big guns

 

[Ton ton]

Thank you for the all the pictures, zkdiesel.

 

[WillyBoy]

A skid steer with a hydraulic under reach, very nicely done. Good pictures too.

 

[zkdiesel]

Big wheel machines out on a job this week, but the medium sized skid still picked this fake pos, a crown vic from the back and an equinox from the front

 

[Ton ton]

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[oilslick]

Nice setup, is repair business in your area showing any signs of slowing? Most shops around central Illinois are still crazy busy and have been for a year and a half!

 

[zkdiesel]

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They don’t tend to break down un loaded. Currently have a turf war going down

 

[zkdiesel]

Nice setup, is repair business in your area showing any signs of slowing? Most shops around central Illinois are still crazy busy and have been for a year and a half!

Been operating at 150% capacity for 5 years. 5 acre parking lot and parking stuff on the street some days

 

[Ton ton]

They don’t tend to break down un loaded. Currently have a turf war going down

Cool. I like to hear about the turf wars.

 

[zkdiesel]

Cool. I like to hear about the turf wars.

Matco and Mac trucks both broken here this week
Snap on trucks due in today on route, Will look like the ok corral soon when they start going at it