BReece posted:I can not get the barrels to load/stay on the fork fift . suggestions .
Brent
Hi Brent,
Mine was doing that also. I got it working perfectly many, many years ago. So, the following is from memory - hopefully correct . . .
I had to do 2 things to fix that.
1. Remove the foam pad on the forklift cradle. The foam was stopping the barrel from loading deeper, making it lean forward, and fall off. With the foam removed: The now exposed hard metal lets the barrel slide rearward a little more.
2. I believe I bent the top flat arm upward slightly also.
I also had issues on the unload end. That dump mechanism would stay in the "dumped" position after the unload was completed. The cradle was going all the way to a 90* tilt, and there was no rearward weight on it to drop it back down.
There are 2 lower arms on the forklift. I bent one down, so as the cradle dumps, that arm will only allow the cradle to travel so far. I set it so the barrel leans far enough that it will dump, but so the cradle can't get to 90*. I bent it so that arm hits the forklift's body. That is what is now limiting it's travel. Now, after the barrel dumps, the cradle falls back due to its weight being rearward.
I learned that I can only do that with one of those 2 arms. The other arm needs to be relatively straight because that is what hits the platform and makes the cradle move.
Another issue I had was the barrels loaded in the ramp didn't want to roll forward on their own. I used Pledge on the barrels and that ramp and that fixed that. Also, when I know I'm going to use that accessory; I slide all the barrels to the outside edge of the loading ramp. As they roll: They move slightly inward. This very slight amout of play that I create allows them to roll downward, and slightly inward, very freely. If I do that, every barrel will roll all the way into the loading cradle beautifully.
I hope that helps.
