Re: So, I need a forklift (Buying Advice Requested)

Posted by NCWayne on April 26, 2015 at 18:46:23 from (173.188.169.54):

In Reply to: So, I need a forklift (Buying Advice Requested) posted by Lanse on April 26, 2015 at 13:08:37:

The others have given some good suggestions in regard to a forklift. I've got a small, solid tire, 2500 lb Hyster that I use in the shop, and a larger, 6000 lb V60B CAT, with dual pneumatic tires in the front, that I can use outside when it's dry enough that it doesn't sink.

I can tell you from experience that one with solid tires won't be worth much to you if you get off a solid surface. As far as pneumatic tired models go, unless you get one of the ones with the BIG tires ((like a backwards tractor, which many older ones were)) even the typical pneumatic models aren't worth much unless you are on solid, at least semi flat, ground.

My suggestion, if you don't need a really high lift capacity is to go with a skid steer. If you check out Bobcat's site, you'll see that an old 743 has around a 2600 lb capacity. You can often find one of the older skid steers, regardless of brands, for about the same price you can find a forklift with the same capacity.

With the skid steer you'll have the abilty to go pretty much anywhere you want with the load when using it with forks, as well as using it for other things when you need to. Believe me, I've got the two lifts, as well as a 3500 Ford with both a backhoe and forks on the front, and I would rather have a skid steer with forks over all of them. I can say this because I have had skid steers here to work on quite a few times, and they have been far more useful to me when it comes to getting stuff moved around than all of the other machines combined. In fact I don't own a machine, but bought a set of forks to keep here just to be able to make use of ((and test out...LOL)) the machines when I get done working on them.

I'm not saying that all of the other machines don't have their uses, but each is more or less in a niche, and limited in what it's useful for, while the skid steer seems more able to do it all, at least in my experience.

Almost forgot. I have also seen a mast attachment for a skid steer, that hooked to the quick attach plate, that gave the machine the same lift height capability you'd get with a regular forklift. That would be something worth looking into if you found you needed the extra height.

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