What about the tail-lift assembly off the back of a truck? - one race 'shop
I visited used their race transporter to lift spare cars etc onto a
mezzanine floor (by putting the car on the lift and then backing up to the
mezzanine, raising the lift and rolling the car off). Maybe the lift could
be fixed to the building so there's no truck manouvering needed. Taillifts
might be slow, but at least they are designed to run from automotive
batteries!
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>
To: <Eric@megageek.com>
Cc: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: Another hare brained idea
>
> Eric@megageek.com wrote:
> > What are the odds that you could convert an electric
> > fork-lift into a "corded" model? (Like you remove the
> > battery and have it plug directly into the wall? That
> > way you would not need to charge it and it would just
> > stay plugged in.
>
> I don't know a lot about forklifts, other than the part time job I
> had when I was a kid.
>
> However, I know they run on batteries so are likely DC motors, and
> probably draw a lot of current.
>
> It might take a fair bit of $$$ to buy or build a DC power supply
> that can supply a lot of current for a decent duty cycle.
>
> Things like welders and car-jump-starters can supply a lot of
> current, but at very low duty cycles. (I think my little car starter is
> 70A 12V, but the duty cycle is 5 seconds on 300 seconds off)
>
> I guess if you did a little research, they might run safely on
> rectified AC.
>
> Have you considered a 4-post hoist? The local car restoration shop
> has one of their hoists that goes all the way up to the next floor,
> which is cut out and they can actually drive cars off and park them
> upstairs.
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