Wyoming B.S. Thread

No shit you can't

 

If I may, kind of off topic...

For those of you who have done rigging, how would you go about righting this forklift.





This happened at work today.

 

The only one around? If you have a 2nd one be easy to fix.

Other wise not a real good way to do it without dropping the back wheel super hard.

Dual come along could do it too with the main arm still extended. Could use a truck in front with a chain come a long to slowly let it down after you get it up high enough with another perhaps attached to an I beam at the ceiling?

Could use your truck winch as one with a snatched block

 

Wtf I wish Wyoming did that!!

 

Put something under the forks so they slide on the concrete and if it starts just start lowering the lift and it should right itself.

 

Yeah me too haha

 

Did you topple the forklift mike!! Assuming you don’t have another forklift lol.

Can you bring the forks down pushing the back flatter and flatter? Or are you worried about dragging it on the ground and causing marks in the concrete

 

We do have another, less powerfull, standup type and there is another new one coming on Friday.

No way to get the truck back in there. too narrow.

There is a beam almmost directly overhead but it is way up there. I guestimate 40+ feet. You can see one at the top of the far wall in one pic.

I thought about this but they think the hydrualics are fubar. Sommething happened to the mast when it impacted the ground. And now its leaking fluid.

No, I didn't do it

Tried moving the forks but they wont move.

 

I'd wait for the new one then. If the hydro us shot in that one not a lot of choices.

 

either that or call some pros in. I'm sure its not the first time its happened. Someone will have the expertise and equipment to do it right. Just be expensive.

 

Well if the hydro isn't totally shot and will hold some pressure should be simple to fix.

 

Not a lot to a hydraulic ram. Even a bent one can still operate

 

I agree. Even if it's a small leak should work to right itself at least

 

We'll see. I think tomorrow they are going to try to take the weight off the forks and the try to lower the mast again. If that works, at least then, it wont be so tall. Of course, that alone wont upright it. One of the conerns I haven't mentions is the racks on either side. I am concerned it can tip sideways into one of those racks and there is a lot of weight up high on them. Lowering the mast will reduce the chances of that happening.

 

If you have another forklift in there, can you chalk the wheels of the down lift, attach the other forklift as high up the mast on the toppled one with a long rope or long chainand pull it? Like raising a mast on a sail boat?The leverage pulling at the top of the mast should make the work of pulling the toppled forklift back on its feet

 

I like this idea, because zero emissions in MT. My grey truck may not pass state emissions soon, not because it has poor output but because the swap uses components from an older emissions system.

 

It's not actually on the wheels right now, it is on the base of the mast and on the fork tips. My main concern is how stable it will be side to side, both when the weight transitions onto the wheels and then again when the CoG transitions far enough to tip it upright onto the 3rd wheel. It would be very ugly if it tipped over to one side or the other. the track is relatively narrow.

This is what I am advising (somehow I became an adviser simply because my truck has a winch on it ).

The base of it is very dense, all steel construction. I don't know the weight of it tho. If I were to guess, it would be ~3-4K.

Mark (the raisin) who has 30 years of forklift experience and has seen toppled forklifts before is suggesting it'll probably have to be dragged out of the building somehow before it can be righted.

 

There is no way to get a wrecker back in there without dismantling two main racks that are in the way. One turn is so tight, the redhead would have trouble.

I think your weight estimate is a bit high. It is a smaller unit and is electric, not propane/engine powered. Very comparable to this: https://coronadoequipmentsales.com/product/ces-20415-toyota-electric-3-wheel-forklift/

 

Yeah, the warehouse manager has contacted his service people. Also, there is a new forklift slated to be delivered on Friday. The purchase was in the works before the incident.

Operator inexperience is the root cause of course. He had just pulled a pallet from the top of the rack. The mast was still extended when brakes were applied. The CoG was too high when the weight shifted forward.

I found the cert plate on the forklift. It says it is 5,000 lbs without the battery.

 

Now where’s the fun in that