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"HOIST" Fork trucks?
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Ox
Diamond
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- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- West Unity, Ohio
Lucky you.
Ignorant HF lever-chain rig on a beam clamp, here.
Fergot it was temp-hung. To git a motor onto the scales.
Bugger clocked me in the head the other week.
Weren't a "silent" moment for the better part of two minutes in five languages!
Luck is not a contributing factor to there not being anything here from HF.
I've only ever been in the store once in my life, and that was b/c a chum wanted to stop and pick sumpthing up on our way accrost the country.
(and I was with him)
I didn't leave anything at the store that I can think of.
Didn't see any reason to go back?
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Ox
Ox
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- West Unity, Ohio
I think that mine is an '85 and it has a 3 speed tranny w/wet clutch, and will book cookies down the road. (for a forktruck anyhow)
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Ox
Rob F.
Diamond
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- Aug 5, 2012
- Location
- California, Central Coast
I have an old datsun with the same pedal. I hated it since the last place that had it didnt use it either. What happened was the linkage pivots and bushings to get the shaft into the tranny case were all dry and stiff to the point that it would not move much. It would regularly get stuck in a part way down position.... The pedal does two things, first it puts drive in N and then starts to apply the brakes like normal. If the pedal wont return to the top it is always partly in N and I could not get full power to the wheels to go up a hill.
After getting that all freed up and lubed it works great and now that I have a better understanding of how it works I use it about half the time. Initially I was using it just to keep the parts moving but now it is OK to use. Just never use it in place of the real brake pedal on a hill if you dont want to roll a little first...
Always had manuals before and would still rather have a manual.
I want to remember the left pedal actuates the brakes with a bar or linkage that actually pushes the real brake pedal. Remove that connection and the left pedal would act like a clutch and put the trans in N when depressed.
Modelman
Titanium
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- Sep 12, 2007
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- Northern Illinois
I used a flatbed truck years ago that had a pivoting stiff leg derrick mounted behind the cab marked Silent Hoist & Winch which I assume is an older name for the same company. It ran off a PTO on the truck tranny. The chassis was a 47 International.
Dennis
EmanuelGoldstein
Diamond
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- Apr 14, 2018
Ox
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- West Unity, Ohio
Well, I guess I was wrong.
My hook says "Electro-Lift" on it.
I have seen the Silent Hoist name around before, but apparently not here.
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Ox
My hook says "Electro-Lift" on it.
I have seen the Silent Hoist name around before, but apparently not here.
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Think Snow Eh!
Ox
HF has some good stuff, but you have wade through all the junk to get to it. Their paint spray guns can’t be beat for the money. First one is $12, then you buy the free replacement for another $6. Paint what you want and take it back and get another one, cost more in thinner to clean it than it cost. Sprays great.
I’ve also had great luck out of their come-a-longs.
Bought a 8k winch 10 years ago from HF, just needed it for one project and didn’t want to spend big bucks for a nice one. Since then, I’ve used it for all kinds of things, still going strong.
SVE Performance
Hot Rolled
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- Mar 21, 2007
- Location
- Milford,Ct
Silent Hoist built Krane Cars for quite a while I just saw one recently advertised as 1985 MFG .I didn't think they were built that recently but you learn something new every day. Bill
Nitrile gloves
impact hex sockets
dead blow hammers
4-in-1 screwdrivers (they're surprisingly nice and are often free)
pneumatic nibbler (surprisingly decent)
free multimeters
magnetic parts bowls
Don't get me wrong, HF has some pure junk also. I'd say most of it is junk, but they do have some usable items. My brother bought the Pittsburgh diesel compression tester to check the compression in his tractor, didn't even make it though all 6 cylinders. He did manage to still use the adapter and cobble up another gauge to finish the job, but it was junk right out of the box. It wasn't cheap either at around $100 or so.
I definitely know my way with 3 pedals and prefer them in most things, but I have never driven a stickshift forklift that I felt was better in any way beside top speed than an auto.
We have a lot of "lumber yard" forklifts here that have stick transmissions since lumber yards are outside and span large distances making that extra go-getter gear important.
You guys that love stick forklifts- Do they have torque converters too or just a wet clutch that takes a slippin and keeps on tickin?
We have a lot of "lumber yard" forklifts here that have stick transmissions since lumber yards are outside and span large distances making that extra go-getter gear important.
You guys that love stick forklifts- Do they have torque converters too or just a wet clutch that takes a slippin and keeps on tickin?
Ox
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- West Unity, Ohio
If it was a VW tranny, I wouldn't like it for this app.
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Ox
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Ox
We have two, one with a wet clutch and one with a standard dry clutch. The dry clutch is about as smooth as a clutch in a tractor (not very smooth), but the wet clutch is as smooth as silk. The wet clutch is in a 1978 Cat T120. My Dad bought it in 1985, that lift has had lots of abuse, and the clutch or transmission hasn’t been touched since 1985, and we still use it almost every day.
ForkliftExchange
Plastic
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- Oct 8, 2022
Which rigger has these ??
Local rigger has a few. One is a 40/60 other is a 25/35. Said the 40/60 was a couple hundred grand. Little 4 cylinder, everything run off hydraulics.
Nice machines.
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Overland
Hot Rolled
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- Nov 19, 2017
- Location
- Greenville, SC
Wish my skidsteer had that moving counterweight idea.
Would sure beat opening the door and hanging a bucket of rocks on it.
Bob
Would sure beat opening the door and hanging a bucket of rocks on it.
Bob
I've got a FR60/80. Is your outfit still owned by Marty Flaska? He's the one that started Hoist Lift Trucks and then sold to Toyota.
