Posted by Ecnerwal on December 19, 2009 at 10:03:51 from (71.161.145.119):
In Reply to: Tractor to forklift posted by Brad_bb on December 19, 2009 at 06:27:09:
The real RT forks (ie, Lull) are not very amenable to converting from anything else. They are quite versatile and very spendy. The ability to reach with them is extremely useful on a jobsite.
The ones you are talking about (I think) with a normal fork tower on the back of a tractor can drive over rough terrain, but still have to get very close to where you want the item picked up or dropped off.
Another option is to put real forks (not add-on-the-front-of-the-bucket forks) on an industrial loader. Front-of-the-bucket forks are limited because they are much further out from the pivot, so they cannot pick up as much as forks mounted in place of the bucket.
Fork lift ratings are usually for a load centered on the middle of the standard-length fork - ie, if supplied stock with 46 inch forks, load rating is usually for center of gravity of the load at 23 inches out the forks. If picking up 4 foot pallets, that generally won't quite be true, so picking to the max rating is not a great plan - it usually isn't anyway. For beams, you can get a lot closer to the pivot, and pick more.
I suspect a crane would be a lot more use for timberframing than a forklift.
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