Forklift truck

[Gareth J]

Only a couple miles? Go on, tow it home

 

[Screwdriver]

Hmm. Well you would need a tank to tow it. Having seen it now, I believe it's all there, everything except the batteries. I believe the chap when he says it was regularly serviced and working fine, right up until it blew the ECU. It has been looked at by forklift engineers and needs a new brain. Easy fix. For £1300. Batteries not included.

The mast is in perfect condition and is the optional three stage. So it would do this:

The seller is a great chap and quite happy for me to pull out of the deal if I change my mind. So I'll spend a couple of days thinking about how to shift it, how it would break and which exact bits I'd want to keep etc. As a job, I think there's a few quid to be had breaking it if I can find someone willing to move it.

Moving it at all is the key issue. A similar forklift won't shift it. They used a lorry to nudge it around the concrete floor and even that was a chore so its a low loader or bust and a low loader won't be able to get it to my garage space. Some serious thinking required.

S.

 

[octo0072000]

7.5 ton tilt and slide recovery truck with a winch will move it no need for a low loader

 

[Screwdriver]

That was the plan and may yet be an option. However, the seller really doesn't want it cluttering up their precious space during the process. I imagine I might be able to dismantle it into say, half ton chunks but there will be half a dozen of those trips. Half a dozen loading and unloading of awkward, hugely heavy pieces which would probably use up two car size spaces back at my garages.

Meantime, does anyone know if I could hook up say a dozen car batteries, series/parallel to give me 24v, for test purposes? Or do I need a specific type/rating of battery?

 

[Woody.v8]

Have you any local skip firms? I've fetched a few fork trucks with skip trucks and its quite straight forward, Either that or someone with a decent hiab.

 

[Screwdriver]

It's a good idea. First I need to establish what all the pro's and con's are financially. I typically break bikes if they can't be restored, no idea what the value of a forklift might be in bits. Probably not that high, especially if I want to hang onto some of the more desirable items. While the truck itself is so cheap as to be almost free, moving it could cost as much as any parts I might salvage...

 

[colnerov]

Hi, I think you have to ask yourself why isn't the seller just breaking this or taking it and putting it over the bridge? I think that they've offer it to you for cheap money because it's going to cost time, space and money for them to do it. So I don't think they're doing you too many favours.

Colin

 

[zzr1200]

Having worked for Lansing Bagnals/Lansing Linde as a service engineer, your better off pulling out of the deal, nothing but a headache most of the parts will only fit that Forklift model, the best bit (the batteries have already been scraped or reused).

Best advice is to RUN AWAY QUICK....

 

[Kayos]

Thinking about the above, there is a forklift and plant scrap yard near me, and not much ever seems to move or change

 

[brightspark]

even scrap men wont want it as its 2 heavy to take away and given scrap prices

 

[Woody.v8]

Perhaps you should have thought on how to shift it "before" you bought it

 

[Screwdriver]

Having worked for Lansing Bagnals/Lansing Linde as a service engineer, your better off pulling out of the deal, nothing but a headache most of the parts will only fit that Forklift model, the best bit (the batteries have already been scraped or reused).

Best advice is to RUN AWAY QUICK....

Well I can't ignore advice like that. I will spend a day or so chasing up some leads but the seller has indicated he is quite happy for me to pull out of the deal.

S.

 

[DanielW]

Put steel cage around the forks and a platform,that'd be a great asset for painting peoples huse front elevations?.

Well, thanks to eBay I now have a forklift truck

LOL.

I really have no idea why. Its a couple of miles up the road and less than fifty quid.

So I took a punt and see if I can use any bits. Assuming I can get it home!

I'm guessing these things are a bit heavy?


S.

Hey,why not add a platform and cage around the forks and use it to repair your gutters,paaint the front of the house,erect an aerial on the side othe roof.....hire it out to anyone in the street/s locallt for a £15 a day

 

[colnerov]

Plus all the costs of getting it certified as a MEWP.

 

[Cyberprog]

Put steel cage around the forks and a platform,that'd be a great asset for painting peoples huse front elevations?.


Hey,why not add a platform and cage around the forks and use it to repair your gutters,paaint the front of the house,erect an aerial on the side othe roof.....hire it out to anyone in the street/s locallt for a £15 a day

Plus some big off-road tyres. Could be quite fun.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Do you have somewhere you can store it like a yard where it can sit in a corner ? If so I'd say go the skip lorry route dismantle the bits you want and leave the rest to fester until price of scrap rises to a level again where it's worth the effort to weigh in. However if you don't have a yard, whether farm , workshop, business or where ever then I'd say pass

 

[Screwdriver]

I think I have narrowed down my option to this: hire a suitable transporter for a half day, strip off any usable items on the way to the yard, weigh in the rest.

My guess is there's about £250-£300 scrap value (assuming the yard will take a machine like this), I might salvage say £100-£200 "worth" of hydraulics. Half a day is gonna cost me £200 ish (guess) plus I won't be working on my current projects.

It's a lot of work for not a lot of reward. I think I am going to pass. Sadly.

I'll pop in to see the seller tomorrow, maybe take a few prezzies for his dog and make my apologies.

 

[davidjohnperry]

Hi mate just thought id give a little notice the fork lift might only get u 60 quid scrap due to know batteries and ur gunna salvage the motors out so you have lost a tonne + in weight and the most valuable part the forks might have a resale value but the scrap prices are sooo poor

 

[Screwdriver]

OMG. Thirty quid a ton!

Zoiks. This plan isn't going to work!

 

[CompoSimmonite]

I think I have narrowed down my option to this: hire a suitable transporter for a half day, strip off any usable items on the way to the yard, weigh in the rest.

My guess is there's about £250-£300 scrap value (assuming the yard will take a machine like this), I might salvage say £100-£200 "worth" of hydraulics. Half a day is gonna cost me £200 ish (guess) plus I won't be working on my current projects.

It's a lot of work for not a lot of reward. I think I am going to pass. Sadly.

I'll pop in to see the seller tomorrow, maybe take a few prezzies for his dog and make my apologies.

There are other threads about very low scrap prices. I think therefore you'd be lucky to get £50, rather than £250-300, so suggest you ring local yards to see what they are paying for mixed at present.