The Gustavus Thread

[gustavus]

i like your setup, ive been thinking about a lumber truck with a piggyback forklift, have any of you ever seen anyone try this scrapping cars? the forklift would be great moving cars around the yard and a snap to take off the aluminum wheels, take off all four and set it down on the truck? before anyone asks most of them have a 5000lb capacity

Your going to have problems loading from the side of the truck if your going to stack em, to load that top car. Forklifts do not have very good reach before the mast runs up against the deck.



To load that top car, I attach a tag line so that I'm able to steer the load where I want it from a safe distance. Removing rims, just take the lug nuts off while the car is still on the ground when you lift they stay behind.

When I'm cutting the catylitic off, I rest the rear bumper onto the side of the deck making it secure to go under. Most cranes come with a safety feature if a hydraulic hose burts the sudden loss of fluids shuts off a valve located at the cylinder. The load will remain put until repairs have been made.But why put yourself at unessesary risk.