Forklift Transport ??

If you don't have floor tied owns I wouldn't touch it. I've hauled those on flatbed tow trucks and used every tiedown I had and was still nervous.


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I moved one in the nose of a van the other week, only 6 miles though from one yard to another. Was secured by
1. Ebrake set
2. Wood chock nailed down (2x4 along drive wheels)
3. Etrack load bar tight against the mast
4. Four straps going from the wall, around the four corners of the rollcage uprights and back to the wall.to prvent any lateral movement.
5. Drove very gingerly those 6 miles.

Edit- Without the straps and etrack loadbar I would not have touched it. They are rated at 1,000lbs each. If you don't have floor anchors or etrack don't do it.

 

I use to haul forklifts for Westside. We would use wood wheel chocks (about 8" high) on all 4 tires and nail them down. Then we used wall straps and hog tie them to prevent lateral movement. The Toyota forklift we hauled weighed around 8500 lbs each. We would haul 4-5 at a time spread out evenly. That weight won't bounce around but you want to protect forward momentum from starting. Do all that and use the E-brake and they ain't going anywhere.

The nose of a van is not strong enough to stop a forklift. Plus you might not have a place to nail to up there. I would get some 2 x 4's and build two sets of triangular bracing about 3' x 6' in front of the counterweight or apron, block the tires and load it about a third of the way back for a better ride. If it has the forks on it load it backwards in case of an accident. Then drive with sense around corners and you should be okay.

If you really wanted to be safe lay a 2 x 4 the width of the trailer on top of the cage then block both sides of the cage followed with a 2 x 4 under the cage. Like a sandwich.

 

Here's a quickie in paint since you have no wall strapping. It would take a whole lot of sideward G's to lay one sidewards. I'd probably leave the top bracing out and drive carefully. But better safe than sorry. Now where to you get all the 2 x 4's?

 

If you can tie it down as we have all suggested, yes, you can haul it. If you can't, and they only want you to block it with wood, or just use straps.. I think I'd pass..

When tying forklifts down, as far as I'm concerned, more it better..

 

bring along a couple stacks of empty pallets. place 2 stacks of say 5-10 each in the nose, then the forklift in the middle with a fork in each of the pallet stacks as tight as you can. nail in wood chocks behind the front tires. nail chocks in the front and back of the back tires. strap it if you can. make sure you take off the propane tank. you won't have to worry about side tipping, but if that baby gets front to back momentum from not being in tight enough nothing will hold it and out the back it goes.