Forklift “Extender Forks”

Forklift “Extender Forks” MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Forklifts Matt Studer and his dad Ken operate a metal roofing business in rural Ohio where they install “standing seam” roofs on houses and farm buildings He recently sent FARM SHOW photos of 2 home-built forklift-mounted extender forks They’re designed to handle big 2 000-lb steel coils which are the raw material for their business One extender fork measures 8 ft long and was built from scratch by Daniel Zbydniewski plant manager with steel supplier Sheffield Metals in Sheffield Village Ohio “The company cuts big master coils down to a size we can use in our shop and loads them onto pallets Then they use a forklift to load the pallets on back of our 12-ft trailer ” says Matt “They had been using a 4 by 4 wooden post to push the pallets by hand toward the front of the trailer in order to make more room but it was a lot of work and not very safe Using the extender fork with a forklift makes it easy to push the coils forward ” To load the coils Ken built a single 4-ft long fork that’s welded onto a pair of boxed-in channel irons The fork sticks out about 2 ft They tip the coil over on its side then use the fork to pick up the coil and load it onto their roll former “The 2 slots and the single fork are welded together as one unit which provides a lot of strength and keeps the fork from bending under the heavy load ” says Matt Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Matt Studer 3930 Orr Rd Bloomville Ohio 44818 ph 419 544-6275; kensstandingseamroofs@gmail com

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