Martin P
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2004
I bought this cute little antique Datsun/NISSAN FG103 (1.5 ton) in somewhat ragged shape (the social trend is moving towards a secondary forklift) . I pretty much fixed all and am now in the testing/play phase, which quickly moved to picking up increasingly heavy stuff.
I was initially not able to make the forklift raise its rear wheels. I found that surprising.
Even when I picked up two stacked crates of rock, the forklift would raise the crates with the tilt back cylinders, but would then refuse to lift them with the vertical cylinder. Instead of raising its hind legs, the overpressure valve opened up. So it is standing there with the crates 2 inches off the ground, will not go higher, but will not tip either. I feel like I could get another 300 pound out of it before tipping and will probably tweak the valve.
Is this the way it is supposed to be? Possibly for my safety somehow?
I only managed to get the wheels up by putting the fork tips under my primary forklift (weighs 6 tons).
Also, when I move to a limit in either direction of the mast (up, forward, back), even unloaded, the engine will stop immediately. While this makes sense, my large forklift does not do that. Its almost like there is a by-pass valve at the cylinder-stops. I presume this is normal ....?
Any comments appreciated.
Martin
I was initially not able to make the forklift raise its rear wheels. I found that surprising.
Even when I picked up two stacked crates of rock, the forklift would raise the crates with the tilt back cylinders, but would then refuse to lift them with the vertical cylinder. Instead of raising its hind legs, the overpressure valve opened up. So it is standing there with the crates 2 inches off the ground, will not go higher, but will not tip either. I feel like I could get another 300 pound out of it before tipping and will probably tweak the valve.
Is this the way it is supposed to be? Possibly for my safety somehow?
I only managed to get the wheels up by putting the fork tips under my primary forklift (weighs 6 tons).
Also, when I move to a limit in either direction of the mast (up, forward, back), even unloaded, the engine will stop immediately. While this makes sense, my large forklift does not do that. Its almost like there is a by-pass valve at the cylinder-stops. I presume this is normal ....?
Any comments appreciated.
Martin