Big Loads - Post Photos Number 2

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  1. W923

    W923 Road Train Member

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    The old w9 pulled her last load today…for a while. Going to be in the shop for a complete rebuild @Ruthless how long did it take you on your red truck which is super sharp.
     

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  3. Ruthless

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    22 months/ not a full time dedicated project. Lots of other smaller jobs got to jump the line
     
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  4. God prefers Diesels

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    Sounds like what happens whenever my truck needs greased.
     
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  5. W923

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    I am hoping to be done by next July but that’s probably extremely optimistic
     
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  7. Ruthless

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    The doing it doesnt take near as long as doing all the other #### you still gotta do every day to keep things running smooth, and then all the things that pop up that you werent figuring youd have had to be getting elbow deep in while you are trying to re do your whole truck; both time and money wise
     
  8. kylefitzy

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    Old forklift from one yard to another for sister companies.
    As loaded 15’10” tall. 3E45B2F3-F637-4732-98AE-1166F1514F01.jpeg After some light beating on the pins, we unpinned the mast and laid it forward. Got the height to 12’6” by the time the machine was over crossmembers. Didn’t need anymore holes in the deck. B4BF895A-79A8-4929-81F5-E5604F2D9668.jpeg

    causality of war, still cheaper then a permit and pole car. This is the main lift hose at the base of the mast. It was fine when I left but on my first load check I discovered it. 70036F30-53A3-41B3-BEE5-073F43EEC53D.jpeg

    Then I got to do it all over again because I was 79k gross and 36k on my trailer. Thankfully the machine ran great for a 30+ year old lift. 6AC70F72-2077-4DA7-A0BE-C555A3E0AD0A.jpeg
    sure was a lot of work to preload it for someone else and drive 180 miles back to the yard. First time doing something like this so I guess it was worth it.
     
  9. D.Tibbitt

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    When u unpin the mast how did u get it to lay down like that? I'd imagine it just falls down when it's unpinned unless the forks are bottomed out ? I've never done that before though. how did you move it back up to re pin ?

    Never knew those forklifts were so heavy, that's crazy.
     
  10. kylefitzy

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    That is a 25k pound capacity lift with a few extra weights on the back. It weighed close to 40k.

    As for tilting the mast this only works when the forks are on the big tube at the top. Lucky that’s how most big lifts are. I ran the lift to the back and set the forks down on the back deck. Two chains over the forks, one half way down and one right in the heal of the forks pulling towards the lift. Now you can run the mast all the way down, this should put some slack in the chains. Unpin the tilt cylinders, it helps if you have someone to run the hydraulics as you’re tapping the pins with a hammer. Once unpinned just back up slowly and the mast will lat forward. Watch the hoses at the bottom for tension, it seems most of these bigger lifts are made to do this for transport.

    I guess you do the opposite at the other end, that’s someone else’s problem on this load.
    Here’s another picture for a bit more clarity. B91AC63A-83B4-46A4-BFE7-9C85B9CEBB1B.jpeg
     
  11. D.Tibbitt

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    Great explanation! I can see it now in your original post, the first picture the forks on the back deck then 2nd pick its laid forward.. Great work.. I learned something new today
     
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