forklift platform and FEL??

[Wayne County Hose]

I was looking for different types of buckets for my loader. I came across forklift tines and attachments. Work Platform (s) from AMH: Wholesale, Guaranteed, Ships Today! .. would it be safe to put forklift attachment on the loader and use one of these platforms?? or would the chance of the tines tipping cause the platform to fall off with people in it? Or what? Anyone thought about this or would it be safe or insane?

Would it be safe? Absolutely not. Try using one on a commercial jobsite. An OSHA rep would probably not even bother writing up all the violations and just shoot you because there would be less paperwork. Is it insane? Probably not, only if you get hurt. 10' up with all that steel around you. Let's see, probability of something bad happening? Kinda low. Result if something bad did happen? Probably death or very serious injury. Everybody plays the lottery and somebody has to win. This is a lottery you don't want to win.

 

[shane]

I just love these little safety debates. Everything in life is a calculated risk. Getting in a car every day is far more dangerous, even with all the safety gizmos, than most everything we come up with here on TBN yet folks don't seem to stop driving.

 

[J_J]

What gets me is that there are some on here that are always worried about the safety police. Their comments reflect what they may not do, but how many follow their own rules, and never break any safety rules. Yet those same people will drive above the speed limit risking other peoples lives, and even drink while doing it. One does what one has to do with what is available. What are you gong to do when you get in a hurry, or get old and can't remember all the rules. What are you going to do, call a boom truck to put that sign up high, etc.

 

[mwb]

I guess basically what I am asking, Would you trust the hydrolics to run smoothly enough and be stable enough to do what i am asking? If your Fel lifts 10 feet, then you could use a platform to trim branches and so on. I am talking about a decent sized FEL like a backhoe size...

I made one and I find it really nice to work from. My platform has slots that the forks fit through so it can't flip off if you stand at one end; it is also chained from sliding off (it would be one thing if you fell off the front but having the platform follow you down just adds insult to injury). I do not move the tractor or hydraulics while anyone is on it. As a matter of fact I am the only one who has been on it and nobody is allowed near the tractor (wife, kids). I raise the platform to the desired height and shut it down; use a ladder to get onto it. Worked really well for installing soffit and fascia.

I really should put a guard rail around it though My platform only reaches 8' - so far I can still bounce from that height.

Lately I mostly use it as a work bench; works good for putting a snowmobile on and lifting it to a nice work height and then block it up.

 

[Egon]

They are used on forklift, offroad forklifts and Lulls all the time./QUOTE]

Do these machines have the proper set ups for fail safe operation?? If not the fellows checking the safety factors will shut you down.

But I can do it because I inspected the equipment and it was good!

Here hold my can of beer while you lift me up to change the lights!

 

[Duffster]

They are used on forklift, offroad forklifts and Lulls all the time./QUOTE]

Do these machines have the proper set ups for fail safe operation?? If not the fellows checking the safety factors will shut you down.

They must be kosher with OSHA because I see them all the time.

But really just because OSHA doesn't approve of it doesn't mean it can't be done safely with common sense. OSHA is the gov't and common sense doesn't come into play.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Forklifts and Lulls have velocity fuses and/or flow control valves to stop or slow hydraulic flow should a catastrophic hydraulic failure take place. I have never seen either on a CUT.
Driving a car is not more dangerous. People spend more time in cars than in a man-up platform on a CUT. I could care less if people go on these things. All it means is that there is a better chance of me collecting my Social Security when the time comes.
If anyone knew their history they would know that OSHA came to be in 1970 because people did not use common sense! I'm not saying that they are perfect but workplace deaths and injuries plummetted after they got involved.

 

[yzbdsbp]

Here is a thread on the one I built with some more info from others. I love the thing! I dont know if i would do one with the forsks that mount to the bucket, but if you could get some forks that mount to the loader arms then I would go as high as the tractor could reach

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/120149-handiest-thing-i-ever-built.html

 

[J_J]

For anyone that is interested, they do make a radio remote control to control hydraulic cylinders. Such a unit might be used in the man lifts, as long as the tractor is running. This is something that would be controlling an electric valve. Once you hook it up, you get in the cage, and press up button, and you go up. You would set the speed of lift by tractor rpm. The lift stops when you release the up button. To go down, press the down button, and you descend to the ground, and release the button. Although it cost around $400 , it may be useful, and save you time and money in the long run.

You could also run a manual switch line up to the man lift.

Bailey Hydraulic Cylinders Manufacturer

See Valves-Electronic valves # 301-114

 

[Duffster]

Here is a thread on the one I built with some more info from others. I love the thing! I dont know if i would do one with the forsks that mount to the bucket, but if you could get some forks that mount to the loader arms then I would go as high as the tractor could reach

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/120149-handiest-thing-i-ever-built.html

I like it.