Looking to buy a forklift, couple questions

[RhondaHonda]

Originally Posted by Chris142
Originally Posted by RhondaHonda
Originally Posted by Chris142
Originally Posted by Nick1994
It all depends on the person you're buying it from.

Find out how much it costs to have it towed on a tow truck. Might make sense to do it yourself and rent a trailer. Here's a company that rents trailers. They have a 20' tilt deck that might work. Of course you'd need proper strapping of some sort with chain binders, they might have them.

https://www.nationwidetrailers.com/--Trailers-For-Rent-In-Houston

He also needs a class A license to pull that much.


Why? It doesn't say CDL required for the tilt deck trailer and he'd be under 26k. I'd have a towing company move it since you don't have the binders. Just call them an hour or two before you go to get it and I'm sure they can meet you there to pick it up. Agreed on not needing a forklift license, not much too them and use common sense when operating/working on one.

Federal regs say any trailer with a gvw over 10k requires a cdl unless it's an rv trailer then 15000k. The 26k only applies to the power unit.



Hmmm. Missouri is different. If the GCWR isn't over 26k no CDL required here. Straight from our CDL test booklet...

 

[The motor guy]

Sounded like it had low compression in one cylinder. Looked at another one on the lot but it had 18,000 hrs on it. Also felt like the axle was loose or something every time you hit the brakes, they would totally lock up with the slightest touch. The search continues. Btw he did have a regular guy that delivered them.

 

[The motor guy]

Originally Posted by Kruse
Originally Posted by SVTCobra
Not sure how the government can enforce someone having a license to drive a forklift. I wouldn't worry about getting one, they are easy to drive.


OSHA might disagree with you. I do know that an OSHA forklift inspector who has been trained by Barney Fife can start handing out $10K fines if somebody has modified the forks, put a hole in the forks or narrowed them with a cutting torch.
As far as being easy to drive, they are. But there are also a few hundred videos on Youtube that show forklift accidents where the driver also thought they were easy to drive. I also knew a a seasoned fork lift driver who nearly drowned driving one. (Try explaining that to your insurance company) The last place where I wrenched on them a class was required by all 200 employees of the company and nobody wanted to take the class. The instructor of the class was giving out a pass to anyone who could answer a few simple fork lift driving fundamental questions. Nobody got a pass.
I don't have a dog in this fight and Motor Oil Madman probably won't be inspected by OSHA....unless he has an accident with somebody else. I really couldn't care less if the OP takes a class or gets a license to drive a fork lift. I just mentioned it because I doubt he had thought about it.


I do have a license believe it or not.

 

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