I Needed a Bigger Forklift
Added 2024-12-13 00:59:01 +0000 UTCShe's a real peach. 11 tons of well patinaed American iron. If that hour meter is correct, she's put up a good fight.
Of course it doesn't actually run. The starter will turn the transmission, but not the engine. That can't be good.
Video coming soon!
Comments
I loved the nervous chuckle u made when the back wheels came off the ground on the other fork lift. Mrs Wes was thinking how much life insurance do I have on him again? I bet your hands were white nuckled on that steering wheel Mine would be
sean
2024-12-15 18:33:01 +0000 UTCWe had the CAT version of the same forklift. It would go through mud and dirt. We had taken it in on trade and the truck driver brought it in explained that it was smoking really bad and the guy who traded it in said it was just plain junk wore out. So you could use it for about maybe 5 to 10 minutes and then she started smoking. So after 3 years of sitting outside running maybe a few minutes a month it did smoke. Bad. Being the bright young lad I am I checked the air filter. No mice but a large bird's nest and the air filter and pre-filter were plugged solid. Took both air filters out and the nest was gone and it ran like a charm. So we got more money for it at the auction. A lot of red-faced mechanics arguing who was the one that checked it in? Nobody had checked it in. That's why it sat out there. No cab or heat like yours but it did run!
James Phillips
2024-12-15 05:03:56 +0000 UTCWhat happened to the other forklift from location X?
boubaros
2024-12-14 22:32:09 +0000 UTCIm starting to think you like to punish yourself buying things that have 'light use' lol. Maybe get Brian to come up and do a little engine swap with you?
Darran
2024-12-14 00:44:12 +0000 UTC20k hours! She is sure to be minty!
Reese
2024-12-13 15:15:07 +0000 UTCI see a cab door! That’ll mean HVAC!! Wow! And good tires for the gravel!! Man! A steam bath and she’s perfect!!
Sammy Fender
2024-12-13 13:28:38 +0000 UTCWell since the starter is turning the transmission already.... you are almost there to having an electric forklift. Come on Wes get with the hair bun wearing/soy latte crowd and embrace the electrics. I mean who wouldn't want 9 or 10 computers on their forklift.
Casey Hill
2024-12-13 13:17:39 +0000 UTCI'm looking forward to following you on the journey from useless scrap to functional scrap Wes!
David Yates
2024-12-13 08:53:13 +0000 UTCYESSS!!!
Bryan Smith
2024-12-13 06:36:46 +0000 UTCNah... ...Wes is a 7.3 Powerstoke fellow. There should no problem finding a rusted to the roofline farm truck to use as a donor for a fork truck engine swap. Guarantee there would enough content for at least 4 videos. IF, a HUGE IF, Wes pulled off this swap, I'd be glued to tube watching every second!
Bryan Smith
2024-12-13 06:36:01 +0000 UTCI do have faith in your nunchuck skills. ✅
Marshall
2024-12-13 05:39:06 +0000 UTCDo the Brian bloc swap, cummins make everything better
Corey Brabant
2024-12-13 05:36:38 +0000 UTCIt's an upgrade!
Mark Rages
2024-12-13 03:55:03 +0000 UTCOnward and upward!
Jeffry Blackmon
2024-12-13 03:31:24 +0000 UTCI was wondering if it would clear the overhead door.
Jeffry Blackmon
2024-12-13 03:30:48 +0000 UTC"They are all idling hours" - that's what the seller said....
Chris M
2024-12-13 03:22:13 +0000 UTCAs long as the price was right, the repairs I fear not, you’re a great mechanic, you fix it right or not at all, and will help your shop immensely.
Archie
2024-12-13 02:43:40 +0000 UTCI once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me. — Mitch Hedberg
Flying Aardvark
2024-12-13 02:34:17 +0000 UTCI can't wait to see what you find, I love old iron, Ive got a mid 80's prime mover ld50 mini loader, looks like crap, but its a hoot and very handy. Hopefully that Perkins has a standard sae pattern bell housing and flywheel should it need to be abandoned.
Greg
2024-12-13 02:24:41 +0000 UTC'Need' is relative. (So I keep telling my wife.)
centauri61032
2024-12-13 01:53:17 +0000 UTCScrap price.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:30:20 +0000 UTCcan be a great idea to swap it. several videos struggling to fix it. then more videos for swap - profit!
Vadim
2024-12-13 01:29:50 +0000 UTCSo you got a good deal?
K H
2024-12-13 01:28:15 +0000 UTCI won't rule out a swap. Maybe a Ford 300 inline 6.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:27:28 +0000 UTCSwap to a Cummins?
Neal Schurr
2024-12-13 01:26:23 +0000 UTCyou have a metal 3d printer in you shopping list, don't you?
Vadim
2024-12-13 01:25:56 +0000 UTCYou're also going to need a bigger workshop at this rate!
Alan Wood
2024-12-13 01:23:24 +0000 UTCc'mon. that's the closest to the old equipment in the woods location we can get.
Vadim
2024-12-13 01:23:12 +0000 UTCa good set for torchers
Vadim
2024-12-13 01:19:15 +0000 UTCIt's a Perkins engine. It's becoming hard to get parts for them.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:17:57 +0000 UTCbut from channel viewer pov, I hope it is :))))))))))))
Vadim
2024-12-13 01:17:43 +0000 UTCWhy do you think it's not good? I think it will be a great content for the channel!
Vadim
2024-12-13 01:16:22 +0000 UTCNo. This one is much worse.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:12:54 +0000 UTCHate to say, but that is the only failure mode that I can think of.
Brian Eltherington
2024-12-13 01:12:03 +0000 UTCIs this the forklift from 3 years ago?
Marco Lopes
2024-12-13 01:11:23 +0000 UTCLove it! Look forward to the videos :)
Noah Bluesky
2024-12-13 01:11:16 +0000 UTCOh come on now!
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:11:03 +0000 UTC20,000 hrs just broke in
Terry Kasprzyk
2024-12-13 01:10:08 +0000 UTC🤦
Marshall
2024-12-13 01:09:31 +0000 UTCBack to my roots!
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:08:25 +0000 UTCI stand by it.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:08:16 +0000 UTCI think she had something a little more civilized in mind when I said I needed another forklift.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:08:05 +0000 UTCI'm just hoping it's not a broken crankshaft.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-13 01:07:21 +0000 UTCWhat's that mean?Sheared fly wheel bolts maybe 🤔
Denis Brandis
2024-12-13 01:06:04 +0000 UTCI'm sure the Mrs. insisted that you get a bigger forklift after moving those milling machines.
Martin lewis
2024-12-13 01:05:18 +0000 UTCI recall you mentioned in a past video that a proper shop needs three things: 1. Lathe 2. A good set of torches 3. Fork Truck
Bryan Smith
2024-12-13 01:04:40 +0000 UTCThe bigger ugly forklift! Excited to see what you get into there.
Caleb Collins
2024-12-13 01:02:17 +0000 UTC
