Tomorrow AM a truck is supposed to arrive with a used Cat 5T propane forklift for us. We were told it runs and was presumably driven onto truck after jumpstart with loaner propane tank, removed once loaded onto truck. We’ll have battery booster and propane bottle ready, but I like to plan for contingencies. If for whatever reason it won’t start, can we tow it backwards off the truck with our other forklift? If so how do the controls have to be set? No manual here, dunno if truck has one on it or not.
Then if we can’t tow it and have to rig it for lifting with two straps, where do they go underneath? This may be a moot point because there won’t be enough room overhead in the enclosed 53’ truck to do a vertical lift, best we could do is have a large wrecker hook up and pull it out at an angle, assuming it is near the truck tailgate as it should be. The Cat weighs about 14,000 lbs and we have long nylon straps rated way over that.
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Then if we can’t tow it and have to rig it for lifting with two straps, where do they go underneath? This may be a moot point because there won’t be enough room overhead in the enclosed 53’ truck to do a vertical lift, best we could do is have a large wrecker hook up and pull it out at an angle, assuming it is near the truck tailgate as it should be. The Cat weighs about 14,000 lbs and we have long nylon straps rated way over that.
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