What are your budgets for the two options? Some cool old forklifts here at this site: The old cat would easily lift 6000lbs, I unloaded steel bundles that weighed that much a few times.
The datsun I replaced the cat with has a 3 stage mast and sideshift. Most parts are not made by forklift company, they bought them as off the shelf stuff so a goos parts guy at napa or? should be able to find simple stuff like brakes cluthes etc.
#1969 PETTIBONE FORKLIFT MANUAL#
The manual makes it much easier to creep up on something, say you are setting a part of a machine and need to move it just a little, it is not easy with auto trans. If you are able to restore cars I would look for a really old lift that has nice art deco lines or other good styling. The cat was also narower behind the drive wheels so it was easier to get into tighter spaces.
#1969 PETTIBONE FORKLIFT DRIVERS#
Datsun is longer and wider so more weight in back over the steering wheels so the drivers spin easier. Even though the cat had solid pneumatic (no-matic) tires it did way better in the field, as in dirt field, than the datsun. It was short wheelbase compared to the datsun I replaced it with. Voice-of-experience replies particularly welcome. My question to the forum is, is it feasible to do a top-to-bottom renovation on an oddball old forklift? Ultimately, I don't mind spending some time getting an old fork truck cleaned up and running reliably and safely, knowing that it would not really be a profitable undertaking. A machine like that would fit well with the era of the other machines in my shop, too. hydraulics and power transmission, other than having some user experience.Īn older machine of 1960s-70s vintage would seem to offer straightforward mechanicals and, if spare parts were hard to source new, they might be easier to reproduce for a simpler, older machine than for a more recent model. However I don't know too much about forklift systems, e.g. Engine repair and similar tasks would be straightforward for me. I'm a car restorer in addition to being an amateur machinist. The other option is to buy an older has-needs machine and renovate it, and because of the potential "fun factor" I'm considering that route. One option is to buy a nice, low-hours used machine.
#1969 PETTIBONE FORKLIFT PLUS#
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