Swapped in a good battery and also hooked my truck to it through 4/0 jumper cables. I tried without success to get it going this afternoon. A final price was given to me today of $1300 delivered to my shop, a little more than what I had first heard but they're including delivery now, too. Here are some pics of the machine I have the option to buy. Have to admit that I'm not that familiar with small warehouse-size forklifts. So I guess the carriage-only sideshift is more of a smaller forklift thing, maybe. As does an American Eagle 8k on one of my customer's lots. It's about an 800 mile round trip from here.Īs far as the sideshift being carriage-only as a standard feature, the 12k I have shifts the entire mast side to side. It looks like the top rail the forks slide on is notched at regular intervals - are you sure forks have to be removed on this carriage to make it to the center? Also, the fork installation notch is centered - seems like a standard carriage to me? Guy wants $750 for this mast, carriage, associated cylinders and any hoses / valving that are sideshift-specific. So here is the machine I'm looking at the mast on: Good timing, just checking my email on lunch break. Even the little one is best moved with a pry bar or 2X4Steve, thanks for your reply. I am building a fork positioner for my big Hyster, the forks are too heavy to move by hand. Hyster has divided the fork positions with two vertical supports on these carriages, to move the forks all the way to the center requires removing the forks and bars. All side shift carriages move ahead of the mast on sliding rails. Side shift is a nice feature but, it is also more cumbersome to position forks with. There is no feature on the end, a couple of bolts keep it secure going down. The lift cylinder is pocketed in the header, it is simply a rod. I'm not operating a warehouse here, and if the machine is a little slower or more clumsy than a modern one it really doesn't hurt me or my bottom line. PS - For everybody who's going to suggest buying a good condition, used forklift and paying the going rate of $1 per pound of lift capacity, please understand I appreciate that advice but I choose not to put that type of money into a machine that I might average 30 minutes a week or less of run time. I would use this machine for smaller site work where I didn't need or have room for the 12k, for getting equipment in and out of the shop, etc. Just your thoughts on these lifts, whatever they may be. So I know some of you are running these older lifts still, and I'm wanting general info on reliability, things to look out for, ease of working on them, etc. I haven't messed with it yet to see how easy it is to get running (supposedly in running shape right now, but who knows?), but I would of course spend some time with it before buying to see exactly what I had to work with. With my 12k lift, it should be a cinch to swap masts and kill 2 birds with one stone. I found another H80C a few hundred miles from here that's being parted out - has a 3-stage mast with sideshift and I've sent a price request for the whole mast and all sideshift hoses / valving, etc that are on that lift. The price is in the area where it's worth messing with. I know, I know, it's old, no sideshift is bad, lift cyl needs major work, but. One of the plates has it meeting specs for 1969, so it's been around awhile. The machine is 2/3 the capacity of my 12k, but physically appears to be about half the size. Looks like valving for sideshift is there, obviously no lever though. Forward / reverser same side, under the speed lever. Transmission has 3 speeds, on the right side of the column. Single-stage lift cyl that has the top end of the rod broken out of it (I assume it should be threaded with a conical insert / nut on top, but that part of the rod is missing). It's an old H80C with a Continental flathead 6 running on propane. He takes me around back to this forklift that came in as scrap yesterday that they've decided is in good enough shape to resell rather than scrap. I go in today and finally remember to mention that I'm looking for a smaller forklift, something maybe 5k - 8k capacity. So one of my customers is a scrap dealer. I've been keeping an eye out for something smaller, still with pneumatic tires so it can halfway get around on gravel and uneven sites. But it's so darn big it won't even go in my shop. It's a horse, and when I need it, nothing else will do.
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