Forklifts.....school me

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Rob:
8K is a tight budget. I second the tractor approach as you won't have issues with traction, and you can operate 2 implements at once. I would think something in the 40HP would give you close to 2K lifting power. I have an LS MT235HE. It is 35 HP and is Just shy of 1,700 at the pins. Turns on a dime and works in tight places though.

A neighbor has a skid-steer with a blower on it that bailed me out a couple times before I got the tractor. it had "summer tracks" on it and would get stuck on snow in a low spot. never took more than a small nudge to get it going again, but those tracks would just spin if it stopped in the wrong spot.

But 8K is a budget # you are going to keep hitting up against... 2-3 times that will get you a nice machine.

I just unloaded a truck full of lumber onto the forks on a pallet last weekend. I just dropped it in an out of the way place, and then when I am ready for it I will pick it up and move it to the job site. Pretty handy!

OutHouse:

--- Quote from: Jpmiller on June 09, 2024, 08:13:22 AM ---Back when I was running a forklift loading trucks in a warehouse we used to get a forklift stuck every time we had to load/unload in the parking lot

--- End quote ---

:yeah:

I loved driving forklifts when I worked a lumber yard back in the late 2000s. But it was terrible when we had to side load certain trailers off the pavement. The darn things are so heavy and the narrow tires cuts right into the ground.

Rob:
And to be clear, it is a much bigger dime that it turns on than a SS or Forklift would turn on I am sure! Still operates in decent tight quarters.

Alos handy for hauling brush to the burn pile. and changing the oil on the ATV a snap.

NOCK NOCK:
@Rob.

What does “at the pins” mean?

Also in my learning, folks keep talking about how much Hp a tractor has. I get Hp, but how does that equate to lifting capacity/hydraulics.?

Rob:
Folks who are more schooled in Tractors will correct any errors in what I state below, but my understanding is:

"At the Pins" refers to the pivot point where the forks attach to the front end loader (FEL). See red circle in the attached photo. Since you essentially have a lever with the forks, the further the load is from the pivot point, the more effort it takes to lift, and the less weight you can lift. I have seen forks that clamp inside the bucket and that is a low cost option for adding forks to a tractor, but it puts the load further away from the pivot creating a pretty decent lever.

My understanding on the relationship between HP and lifting capability is that more HP can run a bigger hydraulic system. The bigger Hydraulic system the more flow you have. The more flow you have (Gallons per minute), the more lift you get/the more power you can deliver to your implements.

My tractor has 13.7 GPM, but it is a hydrostatic drive transmission and some of that flow is used to power the transmission. I get 8.2 to the implement.

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