Offroad forklift, kinda

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Ok, so it's not really built as much as it is modified, but I needed a forklift that could work in the mud to help build my shop, so I decided to finally make a 3pt version.

I had a 3stage mast that was taken off an old Yale electric forklift that we had scrapped at work, it had been sitting around for a couple years and I finally got the motivation/need to get it functional.

I started by getting a piece of 4in sch 80 pipe to use as my lower mount. The original pivot where I wanted to weld my mount to was approx 4.315in, (4in pipe is 4.5in OD) so I had to machine the pipe in 2 places to get it to fit.

I don't have large live center, so I cut out 2 disc and center drilled them to cap the pipe.

The fit turned out really good, I wanted to use the original clamps from the pivot, but they disappeared when the forklift was dismantled.

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Next came the lower pin mounts, I cut out the 4 tabs for the clevis mounts and welded them on.

I determined that having the pins 8in from the bottom of the frame would allow me to set the frame on the ground for mounting/removal, getting the correct height was as simple as rotating the pipe until the pin holes were where I wanted them.

Once the lower pin locations was determined, I could make the mount for the top link. This was cut out of 1/2in also with 5/16in reinforcements.

Luckily I was able to attach it to the original cross bar for the tilt cylinders.

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