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Posted by Bob La Londe on July 29, 2008, 8:14 pm
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As I may have mentioned I used my boom (cherry picker) to unload my new
welder, but I've been thinking. If you could figure out some form of
regular set of forks to go on the end of the boom you could leave it
shortened and have more lifting capacity because you would not have to reach
up over the cargoe you are unloading.
The concept has been nagging in the back of my mind for a couple weeks now,
but I just can't seem to come up with and visualize an easy to use and
affordable to build mechanism that would allow you to keep the forks level
or even close to level when raising and lowering your load.
Not many of us can afford a forklift for that once or twice a year load that
could use one, so we wind up borrowing a loading dock down the street,
begging a forklift, or improvising. I think it would be the coolest thing
if you could come up with a set of 1000-1500lb forks that you could just
push your boom upto and slide in a couple pins. Lots of folks have cherry
pickers. Something you could build or buy in the $400 - $700 range. Want
to get fancy? Put on an air operated hydraulic ram to raise and lower the
arm faster.
I was gonna try and invent this gizmo, but the basic mechanics just slip
away when I almost have it vizualized each time. I'll let one of you guys
invent it and make a million dollars. I'll just buy one when you do.
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com
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Posted by Ignoramus31137 on July 29, 2008, 9:00 pm
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> As I may have mentioned I used my boom (cherry picker) to unload my new
> welder, but I've been thinking. If you could figure out some form of
> regular set of forks to go on the end of the boom you could leave it
> shortened and have more lifting capacity because you would not have to reach
> up over the cargoe you are unloading.
>
> The concept has been nagging in the back of my mind for a couple weeks now,
> but I just can't seem to come up with and visualize an easy to use and
> affordable to build mechanism that would allow you to keep the forks level
> or even close to level when raising and lowering your load.
>
> Not many of us can afford a forklift for that once or twice a year load that
> could use one, so we wind up borrowing a loading dock down the street,
> begging a forklift, or improvising. I think it would be the coolest thing
> if you could come up with a set of 1000-1500lb forks that you could just
> push your boom upto and slide in a couple pins. Lots of folks have cherry
> pickers. Something you could build or buy in the $400 - $700 range. Want
> to get fancy? Put on an air operated hydraulic ram to raise and lower the
> arm faster.
>
> I was gonna try and invent this gizmo, but the basic mechanics just slip
> away when I almost have it vizualized each time. I'll let one of you guys
> invent it and make a million dollars. I'll just buy one when you do.
I thought about how ot make one safely and could not come up with
anything (not a very high standard). But if you scrounge around you
can find a "die lift" or a "big joe" cheap.
I was given this for free once:
http://yabe.algebra.com/~ichudov/misc/ebay/Forklift/
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Posted by Steve W. on July 29, 2008, 9:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options Bob La Londe wrote:
> As I may have mentioned I used my boom (cherry picker) to unload my new
> welder, but I've been thinking. If you could figure out some form of
> regular set of forks to go on the end of the boom you could leave it
> shortened and have more lifting capacity because you would not have to reach
> up over the cargoe you are unloading.
>
> The concept has been nagging in the back of my mind for a couple weeks now,
> but I just can't seem to come up with and visualize an easy to use and
> affordable to build mechanism that would allow you to keep the forks level
> or even close to level when raising and lowering your load.
>
> Not many of us can afford a forklift for that once or twice a year load that
> could use one, so we wind up borrowing a loading dock down the street,
> begging a forklift, or improvising. I think it would be the coolest thing
> if you could come up with a set of 1000-1500lb forks that you could just
> push your boom upto and slide in a couple pins. Lots of folks have cherry
> pickers. Something you could build or buy in the $400 - $700 range. Want
> to get fancy? Put on an air operated hydraulic ram to raise and lower the
> arm faster.
>
> I was gonna try and invent this gizmo, but the basic mechanics just slip
> away when I almost have it vizualized each time. I'll let one of you guys
> invent it and make a million dollars. I'll just buy one when you do.
>
> Bob La Londe
> www.YumaBassMan.com
>
Easy. Use a leveling link like used on backhoes an loaders.
Attach your forks with a hinge, then run a link from the hinge to the
lifts upright.
A smaller version is used on some windshield wiper arms.
--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
Life is not like a box of chocolates
it's more like a jar of jalapenos-
what you do today could burn your ass tomorrow!
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Posted by ATP* on July 29, 2008, 9:19 pm
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> As I may have mentioned I used my boom (cherry picker) to unload my new
> welder, but I've been thinking. If you could figure out some form of
> regular set of forks to go on the end of the boom you could leave it
> shortened and have more lifting capacity because you would not have to
> reach up over the cargoe you are unloading.
>
> The concept has been nagging in the back of my mind for a couple weeks
> now, but I just can't seem to come up with and visualize an easy to use
> and affordable to build mechanism that would allow you to keep the forks
> level or even close to level when raising and lowering your load.
>
> Not many of us can afford a forklift for that once or twice a year load
> that could use one, so we wind up borrowing a loading dock down the
> street, begging a forklift, or improvising. I think it would be the
> coolest thing if you could come up with a set of 1000-1500lb forks that
> you could just push your boom upto and slide in a couple pins. Lots of
> folks have cherry pickers. Something you could build or buy in the $400 -
> $700 range. Want to get fancy? Put on an air operated hydraulic ram to
> raise and lower the arm faster.
>
> I was gonna try and invent this gizmo, but the basic mechanics just slip
> away when I almost have it vizualized each time. I'll let one of you guys
> invent it and make a million dollars. I'll just buy one when you do.
>
> Bob La Londe
> www.YumaBassMan.com
>
>
It wouldn't work, for a lot of reasons, one of them being that the center of
gravity of the load will now be further out from the end of the boom, not
closer, and the other being that a cherry picker is designed to handle
vertical suspended loads only. You would have to use basic rigging
techniques to lift the fork assembly with the proper chains, hooks, etc.,
which might be more work than it's worth for most loads.
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Posted by Grant Erwin on July 29, 2008, 10:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options Bob La Londe wrote:
> As I may have mentioned I used my boom (cherry picker) to unload my new
> welder, but I've been thinking. If you could figure out some form of
> regular set of forks to go on the end of the boom you could leave it
> shortened and have more lifting capacity because you would not have to reach
> up over the cargoe you are unloading.
>
> The concept has been nagging in the back of my mind for a couple weeks now,
> but I just can't seem to come up with and visualize an easy to use and
> affordable to build mechanism that would allow you to keep the forks level
> or even close to level when raising and lowering your load.
>
> Not many of us can afford a forklift for that once or twice a year load that
> could use one, so we wind up borrowing a loading dock down the street,
> begging a forklift, or improvising. I think it would be the coolest thing
> if you could come up with a set of 1000-1500lb forks that you could just
> push your boom upto and slide in a couple pins. Lots of folks have cherry
> pickers. Something you could build or buy in the $400 - $700 range. Want
> to get fancy? Put on an air operated hydraulic ram to raise and lower the
> arm faster.
>
> I was gonna try and invent this gizmo, but the basic mechanics just slip
> away when I almost have it vizualized each time. I'll let one of you guys
> invent it and make a million dollars. I'll just buy one when you do.
Someone already did, except it isn't a cherry picker attachment. Check out
the Genie Superlift. In my area you can rent one for $35/day.
Grant
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> welder, but I've been thinking. If you could figure out some form of
> regular set of forks to go on the end of the boom you could leave it
> shortened and have more lifting capacity because you would not have to reach
> up over the cargoe you are unloading.
>
> The concept has been nagging in the back of my mind for a couple weeks now,
> but I just can't seem to come up with and visualize an easy to use and
> affordable to build mechanism that would allow you to keep the forks level
> or even close to level when raising and lowering your load.
>
> Not many of us can afford a forklift for that once or twice a year load that
> could use one, so we wind up borrowing a loading dock down the street,
> begging a forklift, or improvising. I think it would be the coolest thing
> if you could come up with a set of 1000-1500lb forks that you could just
> push your boom upto and slide in a couple pins. Lots of folks have cherry
> pickers. Something you could build or buy in the $400 - $700 range. Want
> to get fancy? Put on an air operated hydraulic ram to raise and lower the
> arm faster.
>
> I was gonna try and invent this gizmo, but the basic mechanics just slip
> away when I almost have it vizualized each time. I'll let one of you guys
> invent it and make a million dollars. I'll just buy one when you do.