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| I have a 1988 Cat V50D forklift that I would like to add dual tires to in the front to help with traction. Is this possible? or feasible? If so, I have no idea how to go about this and would appreciate any help. |
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Spring Lake, MI | Adding duals to that size forklift is quite do-able. I worked at a MCFA dealership in 97-98. We would add duals to those. The parts dept had a standard spacer that bolted onto the wheel studs and had a dual mounted. We installed both equal-size tires and one size smaller tires on the duals.
A word of caution:
1) as soon as guys could get by without the duals they removed them for better access & maneuverability.
2) those forklifs do not have a lot of torque (gradability in lift truck lingo) and the duals ususlly indicated soft underfoot conditions. Thus making the forklift perform poorly.
3) the rear axle tends to get a guy stuck when off of hard surfaces: the duals do not help with that.
4) the duals do not help in snow.
Once in a great while the situation called for duals and they were valuable. Most of the customers were disappointed.
One example of where a customer liked them: a directional boaring company used a V50 for moving bundles of drill rod (or whatever their stuff is called) from the shop to an outside rack. The shop was concrete. The rack area was concrete. The area between was gravel. With the long rods on a 48" carriage, side-to-side stability was improved with duals for crossing the gravel. |
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Alentejo, Portugal | As said, duals provide stability as not to tip on its side with the load raised. Not for added traction in off road conditions. The rear end with its counter weight is usually what gets stuck anyway. They also make the forklift wider so you can't reach those narrow spaces anymore what a regular forklift is so handy for...
We used to have an older dualed Hyster, factory duals. Wide fenders and all. Now have 2 newer, regular Hysters. The older one was more stable on our gravel lot... |
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| TalcFarm - 11/6/2016 01:03
Adding duals to that size forklift is quite do-able. I worked at a MCFA dealership in 97-98. We would add duals to those. The parts dept had a standard spacer that bolted onto the wheel studs and had a dual mounted. We installed both equal-size tires and one size smaller tires on the duals.
A word of caution:
1) as soon as guys could get by without the duals they removed them for better access & maneuverability.
2) those forklifs do not have a lot of torque (gradability in lift truck lingo) and the duals ususlly indicated soft underfoot conditions. Thus making the forklift perform poorly.
3) the rear axle tends to get a guy stuck when off of hard surfaces: the duals do not help with that.
4) the duals do not help in snow.
Once in a great while the situation called for duals and they were valuable. Most of the customers were disappointed.
One example of where a customer liked them: a directional boaring company used a V50 for moving bundles of drill rod (or whatever their stuff is called) from the shop to an outside rack. The shop was concrete. The rack area was concrete. The area between was gravel. With the long rods on a 48" carriage, side-to-side stability was improved with duals for crossing the gravel.
Any idea where I would be able to find one of those spacers. I've looked online and haven't been able to find anything. |
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Adding Duals to Forklift
