Excavator as Fork Lift

RonL · Apr 1, 2003

I know hydraulic excavators are used as cranes often, but has anyone replaced the bucket on an excavator and used it as a high lift fork lift?

RonL

Anonymous Poster · Apr 2, 2003

Why would you want to do that? Out of curiosity.....
I've never seen fork attachments for a trackhoe. So I'd have to say no, I've never seen or heard of that. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Blake
WA

RonL · Apr 2, 2003

Blake

For the same reason someone would want a high lift (telelift) fork lift on a construction sight. Unloading and placing building materials where they are needed.

RonL

ScottAR · Apr 2, 2003

Probably have to build it... I've never seen one. It would work ok I guess... Would need a lot of room to manuver and would be hard (guessing) to keep the forks levelish.
Just my random neural firings..

jtn · Apr 3, 2003

I have never seen or heard of such a thing. It would take a lot of practice to keep the forks level as you raised the load, which is why I assume nobody has built one. But you could be the first

JT

Taylortractornut · Apr 3, 2003

I made a forkset to go on the end of a 300 Komatsu excavator, very hand with a quick coupler. We used the one i mad in and alley where our telehandler o nthe job couldnt turn around the corner to get into the alley. its not that hard to keep it level well front to bacl level. Wed hook the bucket on the excavator and fix a small area to getinto the alley and level the pad up then drop the bucket and get the forks. It was good to load pipe as well. Its just the fact of the 360 degree and the 40 foot lift of the machin and terrainability of the machine that make it handy. Try Imac.com they make such an attachment for and excavator.

Anonymous Poster · Apr 3, 2003

RonL. I see what you mean, but wouldn't it be easier to use a telelift or whatever it's called. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I'd like to see the pic. of the komatsu with the attchment. It would be interesting to see.

Blake
WA

Taylortractornut · Apr 3, 2003

I have a picture of the IMac that i used to make the one for the hoe where i used to work. THere handy ever drive a telehandler on a 2 to 1 slope lol thats one thing about the excavtor it can got alot of places becacause of the 360 degree swing and tracks. Im making some now for a mini excavator to be used on a retaining wall im builing at the lake a skidsteer with forks wont reach far enough out on the trails well have to cut to make the wall on. its not too hard to keep the forks level after running a hoe for a few years. im attaching the Imac links

EdDekker · Apr 4, 2003

I think you mean http://www.imac.ca
imac.com is an Apple Computer web page.

Taylortractornut · Apr 4, 2003

thats the site thankyou i had forgotten the webaddress and the first thing that popped into my tiny brain lol. THe company i worked for owned alot of Imac special attachments. Thank you for the correction Taylor Lambert