car lift...

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:01 am

See the piece of wood behind you in the second pix, should have picked it up and beat the forklift driver before he took your car... rookie.

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:50 am

i drive a forklift for a living, and i would never do that with my car, you gots ballz

Kelevra · Post by **Kelevra** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:22 am

only question I have is:

Why?

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:24 am

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:04 am

why? cause i had some problems with my brakes and we had to check that.
That forklift is very strong and my cousin knows what he does.

In the end it is the same like a regular car lift...

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:03 am

ive driven forlifts before and that one rite there looks like its strong enough to handle a neon.

nice tho.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:26 am

So awesome!!! Ha ha. At the junkyard near me that's how they move the cars around, by forklifts and huge tractors with forklift extensions on the end.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:30 am

cool pics, i'd do it, but i dont think i'd trust it enough to get underneath of it

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:24 pm

this forklift could lift 2 Neons...

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:41 pm

Haha, that's awesome!

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:00 pm

lol, nice

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:10 pm

Wow!

Thats one big ass forklift. Who needs a lift when you got a forklift like that!? It would just have a little less space on the pass. side
Cousin related to this guy?

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:17 pm

Ivan Drago? Don't think so...

DR. GONZO · Post by **DR. GONZO** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:50 pm

Kelevra wrote:only question I have is:

Why?

x2

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:17 pm

Only problem I see is no blocks under the forks. They do fail occasionally....

Other than that

We have picked up the other (smaller) lift trucks at work to move them when broke down.

Edit: The bottom pic has the theme of a VW commercial.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:39 pm

theTeejmiester wrote:i drive a forklift for a living, and i would never do that with my car, you gots ballz

<-- drives forklifts for a living too..

I've done it before

With a CRX not a SRT-4...lol

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:41 pm

<--- used to drive a forklift. they're pretty goddamn sturdy

only reason i wouldn't do this is because of the pinch welds folding. i wouldn't trust the wood either

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:12 pm

lol this looks pretty dangerous to me.

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:23 pm

:Shudders: :/

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:28 pm

Mr Josh Zombie wrote:
only reason i wouldn't do this is because of the pinch welds folding. i wouldn't trust the wood either

Thats what I was thinking. No thanks.

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:14 am

Mr Josh Zombie wrote:<--- used to drive a forklift. they're pretty goddamn sturdy

only reason i wouldn't do this is because of the pinch welds folding. i wouldn't trust the wood either

i have driven lifts for ten years, and i am also certified on many other forms of lifts and booms, having worked in mantinence i will say quite honestly that altho the lift maybe capibal of lifting the car, i have seen more than a couple blown hydralic lines and near death accedents with these machines, and would never stand or work underneath one

DR. GONZO · Post by **DR. GONZO** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:36 am

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i have driven lifts for ten years, and i am also certified on many other forms of lifts and booms, having worked in mantinence i will say quite honestly that altho the lift maybe capibal of lifting the car, i have seen more than a couple blown hydralic lines and near death accedents with these machines, and would never stand or work underneath one[/quote]

WORD !!! that hydrualic psi. will F some stuff up

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:24 am

^ thats crazy!

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:49 am

If the underside is supported on the "frame rails", there is no worry for the pinch welds. That is where most shops will put the lift pads, so it isn't like you are going to damage anything. I assume that's why the wood was there to space up the pinch welds. There is no way the weight of a neon will crush the wood lying flat like that. Like I said, and theTeejmiester emphasized, I would have stood up some pipe under the forks tho.

If you want to see something a little hairy, (besides above pic) they pick up a forklift by the mast to weight test our crane. It is a bit unnerving to see a lift truck dangling in the air. Just knowing the hole it will punch in the floor if the cable snaps.

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:56 pm

^^no shit, my lift at work is 11,500 pounds, would be crazy to see that