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Mystery side-loader forklift?

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Gavin
United Kingdom

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Just snapped this picture this morning, it was sitting there outside a timber warehouse (where you'd expect to see such a machine I guess). I took a good look at the machine but no model numbers or manufacturers name was visible anywhere you'd expect.

Does anyone have any ideas what model number/manufacturer this machine could be?

Thanks for your time.

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Modified 27 Apr 2008 12:03 AM
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danny_k
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

It is a Boss 556 or 546 (5 ton or 4 ton)

Posted 27 Apr 2008 12:27 AM

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roadrat
North Carolina, United States

I see what looks like a "MITSUBISHI" insignia on the side and the paint color, though faded looks like MITSU green?
Do they make such a beast?

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Posted 28 Apr 2008 2:00 PM

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danny_k
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

No, I am 100% sure it is a Boss 546/556, as we look after many of them. I sould think that it was sold by a Mitzi dealer and was painted in Mitzi colours.

Posted 28 Apr 2008 5:36 PM

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roadrat
North Carolina, United States

Is "Boss" the name of the manufacture, or is it the "Model" name? That must be Decal on the side from the dealer.

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Posted 28 Apr 2008 8:49 PM

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Herald
lancashire, United Kingdom

The side loader is a lancer boss,it looks like it has been painted mitsi green by the hirer/supplier.
I dont think mitsubishi make a sideloader.

Posted 29 Apr 2008 3:01 AM

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danny_k
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Boss is the manufacturer as in Lancer Boss which were in Leighton Buzzard UK. They where brought out by Jungheinrich which then sold the sideloader division off to Terra industries which now use the brand names of Jumbo & Lancer.

Posted 29 Apr 2008 3:13 AM

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kevin_k
dumfriesshire, United Kingdom

defo a boss 546 . i been crawling under 1 all day .it,s an older one though i think. earlier ones have 2 hinged engine covers deckside

Posted 29 Apr 2008 4:28 AM

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Gavin
United Kingdom

Thanks very much for all the replies. The picture can now be renamed a Boss 546!!

I'm a little confused how you actually pick up a load with one of these machines. Can anyone please explain how it works in practice? I've never seen them in operation before.

Thanks

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Posted 29 Apr 2008 4:49 AM

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JonG
South Carolina, United States

The mast drives out from the body. Picks up the load. You then rais ethe load to clear the bed and drive the mast back in. Then drive around as needed

Posted 29 Apr 2008 6:52 AM

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roadrat
North Carolina, United States

They are designed to move long lengths of steel, lumber or what have you more easily without having large doorways and in and around a building. Using a regular forklift is much more difficult to move material of this nature through a doorway and it has tendency to start rocking on the forks when you try to move around the load and usually tips and slides off sideway from the forks.
You can pull up next to a flat bed trailer, traverse the mast, pick up the load, retract the mast back and set the load on the deck. It is a much "safer" way of handling long items. They work very well moving flat bar metals that bow when you unload.

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Modified 29 Apr 2008 10:01 AM
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JDBurton
Virginia, United States

definate lancer boss repainted...kind of outdated now..similar to fantuzzi lifts which are a light weight sideloader. As a sideloader dealer we run into a few of these from time to time and usually replace with a baumann.

Posted 13 May 2008 3:52 AM

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blackjack
New South Wales, Australia

Linde make a similar looking animal. They have an S30 - S60 diesel sideloader.

Posted 19 May 2008 11:23 AM

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