Very cool…the forks I knew were propane fueled…this is a great project! Congratulations
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Thank you. And it is our first all-electric Toyota truck. But hopefully not our last. I started down the path of acquiring a lathe and mill, a bandsaw and this forklift with the idea of converting over our RJ77 with it's rather anemic 22R engine.Very cool…the forks I knew were propane fueled…this is a great project! Congratulations
There was a badly deteriorated sheet of plywood under there when I removed the old one.Nice! Doubt it had wood under the battery originally. Be careful, that rear steer will swing the rear end fast. Probably wouldn't take it on the gravel too much.
Got it. It did seem like a good idea to put some wood under there. Bit of cushion and the bearing surfaces were actually quite limited. I figured the wood would distribute the weight a bit better. These batteries are scary dense and heavy.I particularly liked the "lower the forks and it'll be like lifting itself up" comment!
I did see your earlier comment about replacing bad plywood. I'm saying there probably wasn't even plywood there originally. Somebody added it at some point in the lift's life probably because the battery was corroding away.
Wait...what now...?All you should really need is the pin, not the shackle.