What are the best non alterrain 3 tonne forklifts

[gensetsteve]

I was looking for a tele when a couple of members on here said improve the yard and buy a normal forklift. The yard is not looking bad now but we are on a slope with scalpings . I would imagine some forklifts are better on loose surface than others. Are big wheels better than small etc ?

[IRE David H]

of course big wheels are better, but a telehandler could be sent out to sites to help load the timber into a trailer. you would still be better with an all terain as you could use it on challenging loading sites. or to keep costs down a vintage tractor, Massey David brown with loader or even a JCB digger with pallet forks much more veratile and cheaper as you dont have a tool that is very limited,

[cornish wood burner]

Our forklift gets stuck on flat hard ground against a 20 mm pebble. Well maybe not quite but you get the picture. It has pneumatic tyres but quite small so on any loose it can quickly dig a hole for itself and ground out as it has poor ground clearance, additionally it feels unstable on any slope or pothole. Ideally they belong on flat concrete but can be cheap and are very manoeuvrable so I see the attraction.

Telehandler is the best thing we have bought though, very versatile with forks, bucket and grab. With 4 wheel steer a surprisingly small turning circle.

[dent]

Drive a 2.5 ton doosan regularly big front tires and pneumatic

Will drive across any flatish surface road plannings are fine dont go nrear anything to soft and its fine

If anyone gets it stuck its because they have turned to tughtly and the rear wheels have acted as an anchor and its dug the road plannings away

 

Why not a mofit or even better a manitou equivalent have 3 wheel drive with difflock loads of different options some will drive sideways some have 3rd services the manitou is better to drive than moffets and could have buckets and log grabs fitted easily and would be cool having one on the back of a timber trailer

[woody paul]

3 ton is a big forklift. I know a lot of yards were they have tried the type you are talking about and changed it for rough terrain like a manitou, Ausa or even a JCB 926.

[dent]

Manitou TMT 320 FL truck mounted forklift telescopic Moffett mounty fork lift | eBay

[gensetsteve]

I would like this but it's lots of money

[gensetsteve]

I have a 1986 525 with little wheels on the back. Getting too old and long in the tooth yard is forever getting smaller. A 751 bobcat with forks fast and wiggly but can cut things up badly. An allterrain 1 tonne lift brinkman britruck kubota engine lost its compression years ago and a pita to start from cold but does 80 % of the work in the yard. Your right there is no such thing as one forklift and you can't have too many

[richy_B]

Not a recommendation but may help eliminate- I have a linde h30 which easily lifts 3 tons but it struggles on anything other than hardsurface. There is an area of rough scalpings in our depot and you have to give it some to get over some bumps/dips even when not carrying anything.

 

I was (and still am) looking for a jcb 926 or 930. Sounds like the kind of things you'd want.

[joe p]

I went for a Moffit and love it was on hard standing in my old yard and was great now on concrete but have some drainage channels and a standard forklift gets stuck on them and is a big bump on solid tyres when loaded as nematics seem much more forgiving. Also goes out on site and it's off road capability is astonishing.

 

Down side and it can be a real pain is its width if you have a double row of pallets you can't sneak one out to get to the back row as your then too wide to fit through the gap. You find ways around it but can get frustrating in a tight spot.