Big Joe Electric Forklift.

[thortek]

Anyone ever use one? I'm calling the guy today to make sure it's wheel base is wide enough to pick up and drop a pallet on the floor. If so I'm going to pick one up (Needs new 12v battery) for $400. He said it works while plugged in, so it'll get me started.

I have an 8 pallet/box pickup on Wednesday, and a week from Monday one of my schools said they have a BOX TRUCK load of stuff for me to come and get. Upgraded to the big shop and running out of room there too, sheesh!

But the deal on all of this is that i promised my Fiance I'd get a lift, because the last big load I got I threw my back out and have been limping for 3 weeks.....and the boss says no more if I can't even walk! so going to spring for an electric lift...

[miked]

No experience with them. If you do get one please post photo's of how it really works. Thank you, Mike

[BroJer]

if it is like this, I have had 2. I used them by my paper cutters. I had a small web press in my print shop and I would take full pallets off the press and roll them tight to the cutter to be finished. can I ask the size of the forks that will be on it? one of mine came with short (24in) forks and the other had 48. I used them both to rig printing equipment and to load the box truck if the mule was down. To load or unload, I made sure that I could lift and hold the load stable, then would back the truck under, or away from the lift. If I can help in any way, feel free to send me a pm and will be happy to try and help. BroJer

[thortek]

Thanks man! I found a spec sheet on it! here's the link.. http://www.bigjoeforklifts.com/pdf_s...et/ibh2524.pdf

[BroJer]

should do the trick just fine and save your *ss and back a whole lot of grief! I always had a few of these pallet pullers around, too. If you do not have one, I would suggest looking on around for one ondacheap. You can use a chain hooked to the boom on the lift, pull forward until the skid is right at the end of the trailer or truck, back up and lift the thing right out. (or a garden tractor to pull the skid to the end) good luck and be safe!! BroJer

[IdahoScrapper]

[skippy]

Idaho why cant i get any links that helpful all i get is google

[thortek]

@ Brojer You just saved me lugging the Manual pallet jack on and off the trailer. What a Grate Idea! we actually have an electric winch in the barn. I'll just loop the strap to the pallet and pull it to the edge! Awesome!

The guy was a little late, but I sweat it could have been Cory Couch he was telling me about the 50 cars he has in his yard right now!!!

here are pictures of my new toy! All she needs is a Deep Cycle 12v battery. And I can definitely call in some favors and find one of those on the cheap!!

[IdahoScrapper]

Not sure I follow the question skippy. Are you saying once you venture out of this forum, all you can find is Google?

[taterjuice]

Usually all I can.find on the web is porn

[BroJer]

looks like a good buy... and there is a lot of steel in it if it ever dies, jus sayin. glad I could help! I just used a marine battery in mine and kept it charged with the car charger. think i replaced in once in all the years I had it. and I can neither admit, nor deny, nor would I EVAH encourage anyone, to put 4 humans on the back to counterbalance it, while picking up a printing press, or anything else! ;-) BroJer

[Bear]

are those things self propelled ?

[TheHoss]

That's pretty neat. I'm pretty sure i'm losing my hyster so i'll be on the lookout for one of these. Thanks for the post!

[Mechanic688]

are those things self propelled ?

Nope
Here's a quote off that link;

Fits situations where a lift truck is necessary, but power travel is not.

See the steering/pulling handle on the front in the pic?

[Bear]

See the steering/pulling handle on the front in the pic?

yeah i saw that, was what made me wonder if it was internally propelled, because all the added steel in that thing, and considering the extra weight it would add, made me wonder as well if that handle was merely for steering, and might have controls on it for forward/back/etc, being as it was already powered. With all that extra weight, that would be a definite plus

[Bear]

hek, marine batteries are good for all kinds of decharging and recharging situations! I drove a chevy LUV for years that had no charging system whatsoever on it. Put a heavy deepcycle marine battery under the hood, and another one in the front floorboard. Would drive that thing all over on battery power alone, but learned to keep that spare. The hoods on those LUVs opened from the rear, and when the main battery was drained, and i was sitting at a store or somewhere, and it wouldn't start, (got a lot of funny looks here, as i'd try to start with no juice, get out, pull the cables through the passenger side window, lift the rear of the hood, hook up the cables to the main battery, lay the hood back in place, cables all tucked in, crank it up, and head on down the road). At this point I knew it needed to be headed towards the house, where there'd better be a good charger waiting ; )

[Mechanic688]

yeah i saw that, was what made me wonder if it was internally propelled, because all the added steel in that thing, and considering the extra weight it would add, made me wonder as well if that handle was merely for steering, and might have controls on it for forward/back/etc, being as it was already powered. With all that extra weight, that would be a definite plus

But if you notice it only has a 12 volt charger for a deep cycle. Those powered ones have those "big" batteries.

[Bear]

lol Mech, ok ; ) I bought a couple of those one time, and didn't even know it! lol! Not the lifts, but the "big battery" items, w/chargers. This guy at the VA warehouse knew me, and I had called for some other reason, but he asked, "you know you still got these floor buffers out here don't ya?" I'm like, huh?? Went back and looked at the tiny photos (where it mostly showed the chargers sitting on top). I drove a light ford ranger, and he said, "these things ain't gonna fit in your lil truck!" They were those big walk behind floor polishers, and with a little research I found they weighed 800lbs! Each! Wound up having to rent a truck to go get em, after finding one that had a ramp I hoped wouldn't collapse with it. Got em home, unloaded em onto some plywood out in the yard, checked em out real good, advertised one on ebay, Some guy way up in Akron bought it, told him i had 2, he wanted em both, drove all the way in the snow. We loaded em up, under their own power, fastened em down real good, and about 3 months later he left me a great feedback on it.

[Bear]

That's a heavy looking rascal to want to be pulling around too much, sure wouldn't wanna get it in the dirt

also, Will all pallets fit on those two inner forks, within the two outrigger legs?

I think that thing's designed to stack a pallet on top of a pallet, and "maybe" to put one up into a truck (maybe), or maybe take one out (if we can be so extravagant with our assumptions) and that only, on a very solid, flat, level, surface ( and with a good back, please pardon the kicker there)

I hope it works for you Thor, any work, or back, saver, is a blessing

[Bear]

ok, i finally went back and loaded that page<blushes> all that power only goes to lift, no pump in the handle. I'd prefer a lighter manual pump, if they even made em that way. Any internal fault will prohibit any lift, akin to an electric window regulator going bad. Have you considered parts for it? Troubleshooting manuals? I'm not sure your financial situation, only hoping it's better than mine, but i saw a guy on here recently grabbed a little drive around bucket lift from a state auction for $1050, surely not far from having forks