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Barking Mat
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At £6 you should have bought two.
Then the thread would have been called ....
Coat, door etc...
Then the thread would have been called ....
Coat, door etc...
Funnily enough it would have been handy. Only Hitler had one
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Where's the safety chain ?Got this today. Bargain about £6 on Ebay. Stunning finish on it. Why? Would make a lovely lethal walking stick handle
Anyway just attacked my forklift with a mag drill. Holes in both forks now.
My new trailer is a tad heavy to push !
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Have a bit of box that slips over a fork with the ball on the end is how I've made them in the past. Couple of ears behind the the heel of the fork for a pin to go through.
Saves having to drill holes in forks...hopefully your insurance inspection man will put his clipboard over them when he does his checks.
Saves having to drill holes in forks...hopefully your insurance inspection man will put his clipboard over them when he does his checks.
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At work we have one bolted to a length of box section that slides over the fork and had a bolt that secures it by passing through a drilled hole behind the heel of the fork. Saves risking a fail at the periodic inspection.
EDIT: Hitch got there first.
EDIT: Hitch got there first.
I don't use the forklift for anything commercial thankfully.Have a bit of box that slips over a fork with the ball on the end is how I've made them in the past. Couple of ears behind the the heel of the fork for a pin to go through.
Saves having to drill holes in forks...hopefully your insurance inspection man will put his clipboard over them when he does his checks.
Why would 2 small holes make a difference? I bet they will to an inspector but logically what is the harm right at the tip? I kept the slugs - could easily glue them back in
I did think of making something to slip over but this was so quick and easy - no need for tools to screw on or off - the ball provides plenty of grip.
I do want to change the forks at some stage - they are a bit short which can be a pain.
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If it's personal use then it's personal choice. If you fitted longer forks or fork extnensions in the workplace you'd have to have the load centres re-calculated but again if it's personal use you can use the wheels lifting off the floor as a load gauge if you like.I don't use the forklift for anything commercial thankfully.
Why would 2 small holes make a difference? I bet they will to an inspector but logically what is the harm right at the tip? I kept the slugs - could easily glue them back in
I did think of making something to slip over but this was so quick and easy - no need for tools to screw on or off - the ball provides plenty of grip.
I do want to change the forks at some stage - they are a bit short which can be a pain.
It should have had longer forks according to the manual - must have been swapped out. Not much longer just a bit. Our neighbour has extension forks I can borrow any time I want but they are a tad too narrow so mine only go 1/2 half way and get stuck
Not a bad machine - I had it with only 1100 hrs on it - now it has about 1200 hours - and is worth 3x what I paid for it.
Fine on the concrete apron outside but if I go onto the tarmac she bottoms out at the slightest dip. Wouldn't fancy using it the rain either. Still it lifts 1600kg to 7.5m which is pretty high.
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Depends how you use it I suppose...
If your just shifting pallets in warehouse its not going to make a lot of difference
Use it for separating steel plates for example, put forks in a few inches then lift to block up with dunage.. then you could bend the tips easier.
Had it on an old one years ago. Had a hole in one fork that had got a bent tip. Thing was useless for picking sheets up after that.
If your just shifting pallets in warehouse its not going to make a lot of difference
Use it for separating steel plates for example, put forks in a few inches then lift to block up with dunage.. then you could bend the tips easier.
Had it on an old one years ago. Had a hole in one fork that had got a bent tip. Thing was useless for picking sheets up after that.
God I am slow tonight - very apt name for this topic
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Forum safety nazi.....Put a cable tie on it over that
