Updated homemade forklift

I updated my homemade forklift with a better frame and made it all electric.
The gas motor was removed and a 36v 2hp electric motor was installed.
The audio is low at times but you can look at the first video for better audio.
This is the link to video
Firstontop com has the electric motorcycle, crane and car

That is pretty **** cool. How much can it lift?

Wow. That's pretty awesome. After seeing a little bit of homemade ingenuity like that, I'm surprised that some of the big manufacturers haven't made kits for converting lawn tractors and ATVs into mini-forklifts. You may be on to something.

Originally Posted by AuburnEwaste

That is pretty **** cool. How much can it lift?

the forklift was tested with a stack of 6 150lbs metal bars but i will keep it under 500lbs max.
Most of the time 200 to 350lbs is hard to load on a truck for me and that is why I made the forklift.

Originally Posted by miked

That's an interesting project. Did you start it because you had the material or because you wanted/needed a forklift? What is the motor from and what is your battery pack make of? Thanks for sharing an different way to recycle. One thing I have wondered if you could take your adverage riding mower and convert to an electric motor both from drive and power to the blades. I know that electric mowers are available I would prefer to make one myself. Any plans on building something like that? Mike.

I need a way to load 200 to 350lbs on to the truck and that is why I made the forklift.
Yes you can convert a lawn tractor to electric and it will drive the mower you will need a motor 5hp to 10hp at 48v

Omg that is so friggin cool!!!!!!!! Nice job!!!!!

"Nice Unit!" That would definitely help with loading those super heavy double ovens and such

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

What was the reason for going electric instead of the gas motor??

gas won't play the radio ; ) actually i kinda think elec are smoother, and more easily regulated
I didn't get to see it in motion, how well does it move under load ?

I work for my dad and he owns a forklift repair company, and after seeing and operating many different forklifts ranging from a little 1.5 ton electric forklift to a 15 ton diesel powered diesel forklift, I have to say this is a pretty cool forklift you've got!

thats a sweet little setup man i may have to build something like that one of these days as it would be useful for lighter pallets that i get from time to time when it seems a waste to get out my fullsize forklift to unload 300-400 lb loads.

BTW i checked out your website, you have the engineering bug for sure, you got some very interesting projects.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

What was the reason for going electric instead of the gas motor??

By going electric I can use my solar panels and wind generator to recharge the forklift.
The cost of gas is so high.

can you cut the grass while you're loading the truck ?

Originally Posted by Bear

can you cut the grass while you're loading the truck ?

CUT THE GRASS! what grass we had a dust bowl in the midwest...LOL

haha! well, i hope yall get some rain soon(somewhere short of a flood ; )