My biggest job came from CL.....

Well it was one item but the biggest I've taken on as of yet. A 12,000lb forklift with a bad battery. Glad I used to work for an awesome towing company. He brought me out a 25 ton rotator and a low-boy. All it cost me was $60 for fuel. I got it to my cousin's shop and I can keep the trailer for as long as I need it. Got the battery out with my cousin's forklift. The battery weighs 2800lbs. I'm gonna sit on the battery for a little while though until price goes up.

What would be the easiest way to dismantle the forklift? I have access to torches/air tools and a plasma cutter as well.

how ever you do it most yards will take it as machine price, the shredders obfiously wont handle it. it is hard to reprocess. but seems to me a torch wont phaise it so minimum a plasma cutter. just my .02

I saw that on CL.

I thought about it for a hot minute and then thought, "how the hell would I even load/deal with that thing?!"

It was in West Berlin. Lol, I was thinking the same thing until I made a phone call. Where are you in Jersey?

I'm just outside of Trenton.

Honestly, it isn't even worth cutting up. Strip the wire, take the battery out, get the motors that go to the wheels, maybe cut the top off. But you'd save youself a ton of time and headache if you just brought it down there as-is. The price dif is only about $100. Time and materials will be more than that. You really ought to talk to your yard before getting crazy.

Nice NJ26! While back someone brought this up and as always consider parts value before anything...could be some obsolete parts on there that someone is in dire need of.

At a time when prices were a bit low, a forklit like this, brought me in $600 even. $300 for the battery, and $300 for the machine.

Prices have gone up around here since then, so if your prices are close to mine, you might be looking at between $800 to $1,000 just as is.

I bet a hobbyist/inventor could use the hydraulic pump and cylinders and other misc.

replace battery and re-sell??

Worth it maybe?

He told me the price of the battery lol, that's why he didn't replace it.

We only use electric forklifts where I work and one of them just had battery replaced. Grand total: over $10,000! No joke! I think you're doing the right thing by scrapping it!

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Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I bet a hobbyist/inventor could use the hydraulic pump and cylinders and other misc.

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I would pull the hydraulics out...rams, valve body and lines. If the lift has those big chains in the front, they are worth money also...if they are in good shape. The forks alone are good money...those thing get bent to crap all the time...you'd be surprised what people try to do with fork lifts.

Nice catch,
SS

Definitely try and part it out first. You will get more than scrap value. Once you've picked it clean. It will most likely be better to take it in without cutting it up. I don't think the yard will pay too much different for what is left on it vs. the time to cut it up. A torch is the only way to go if you do cut it up. Just have a good way to load the pieces after. The counter weight a lone on one is hefty to say the least.

Thanks all,
Parting it seems like the way to go after all of the input and thinking about it for a little bit.