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Handy Walk-Behind Shop Lift
“I use my home-built walk-behind lift in my shop to raise anything that’s too heavy to lift, and at my age that includes a lot of different things,” says 89-year-old Milan Hochstetler, Cumberland, Va.
The 6-ft. high forklift is made from angle iron and rides on 4 small caster wheels. The forks are raised and lowered by using a cordless drill to operate a winch mounted on back of the unit. A pair of welded-on handles are used to steer.
“The forks can be raised up to 4 1/2 ft. high. I can use them by themselves to do the lifting, or place a plywood platform on top of them,” says Hochstetler. “Works great to lift big gas cans up to the hood on my tractor so I can fill it with fuel.
“I made the winch out of a short length of pipe, which I fastened to the shaft of an old garden tiller gearbox that slows the winch down. A cable fastened to the pipe goes up and over a pulley to raise or lower the forks.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Milan Hochstetler, 174 Vogel Rd., Cumberland, Va. 23040 (ph 804 492-4295).    


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2020 - Volume #44, Issue #6