semi TRACTOR with built in forklift

That's a pretty neat idea, but most of the places I unload at don't have the room for all that messing around. Where I load it has even less, forget about it.

 

You can, but you may have to have a counter weight up front if the fork lift is to heavy. Our 4way weighs 7200 lbs. When I cross bridges/ big bumps you can see day light between the deck plate? and the 5th wheel. Some of the short home depot trailers have a 1500 lbs metal plate welded to the front rack To prevent lift. I refuse to drive in snow or ice with out a counter weight on the front.

If I could pick a trailer it would be a spread axle that would lift the front axle on the trailer when empty.

 

Yep, was going to be a spread with a front lift. But the Princeton dealer here insists you can't do it even though one company in the same city he's in has probably 30 Reitnouer flats with Moffits. Bottom line is his shop can't do it and all he sells is cheap steel flats. I know you can order a Mac with the forklift mount as a factory option (aluminum), and the Reitnouer dealer here installs them.

 

I am looking for info concerning an actual fork lift mechanism mounted on the back of a semi-tractor that could be used to load and off load containers from a flat bed trailer. Seems like it would take a hydraulic pump, some fixture to attach to frame rails and cameras or spotter so you could insert the forks.

 

Palfinger crane mounted on trucktor ore trailer is better. May be used with fork ore with hook.

 

I run one of these trucks. They are called a Masterlift 5000. I have a single axle International 8100 with my lift, works pretty good. The reason these trucks were made were to eliminate piggybacks. The pain of them is yes you half to unhook your trailer a lot. I can lift 5500 Lbs extend out 14' and still get everything from one side of my trailer. I can unhook, unload 6 separate pallets, and hookup in about 10 minutes. They can be put on a double axle but wont lift as much. Nice thing is with a single you can get around good and can see what your doing.

 

what is weight of such thing

do you know how much it cost



and question for others

why your trucks dont have crane often i see more forklift on back

here we only few operators use forklift on trucks ( couple of guys who drive beer and few trucks which are used for delivering furniture)

we more use cranes

when you cruise on highway around my city about half of trucks have crane: log trucks, trucks used to haul construction material , tipper trucks( i used to drive one) , trucks used for recycling ,.....

we count that truck with crane can earn at least double than one without

is it problem for you price or weight?

here is one interesting thing by austrian palfinger

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHGyteoF6qU[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu3pv1rcdnE[/ame]

 

really all these cranes are easy to install on any truck, but long wheelbase is better