Thanks Damo, I have made contact with Multi Sweep in Cork, they do a hydraulic attachment sweeper collector and power pack models to attach to forklifts. they told me they supplied over 100 units to Builder center in the UK and most of them were fitted hydraulicaly to 2.5ton and 3 ton hyster's with no problems

Please provide me the details of forklift permanent attachments - like Fork lift Steel Coil Clamping and declamping devices , multiplicity of forklifts like cart carriage + Coil held,display of weight of the truck with attachment + weight of coil or loaded instrument immediately along with warning above safe workable limits.

New technologies for Forklift truck tire , battery and its charging to be also dealt along with its maintenance & safety features in INDIA.

(U.S.) ITSDF B56.1-2005 - SAFETY STANDARD FOR LOW LIFT AND HIGH LIFT TRUCKS

Part IV - Glossary of Commonly Used Words and Phrases

"attachment: a device other than conventional forks or load backrest extension, mounted permanently or removably on the elevating mechanism of a truck for handling the load. Popular types are fork extensions, clamps, rotating devices, side shifters, load stabilizers, rams, and booms."

"attachment, removable: an attachment that can be mounted on the forks, or in place of the forks on the carriage, by means of such conventional fasteners as bolts, pins, etc., and that does not require the disassembly of any other portion of the lifting system to install or remove."

"4.2.3 If the truck is equipped with a front-end attachment(s), including fork extensions, the user shall see that the truck is marked to identify the attachment(s), 2 show the weight of the truck and attachment combination, and show the capacity of the truck with attachment(s) at maximum elevation with the load laterally centered. 1*

1* Weight value to be accurate within ±5%."

(National Standards in other counties may be the same or similar.)

The manufacturer should be consulted to determine safe capacity and maximum elevation with any new attachment.

would your customer not be better off getting a motorised sweeper to fit 2 the blades ,,,solve a lot of problems
regards damo

IrishGuy:

In the United States, as in most other industrialized nations, national consensus standards require permission from the forklift manufacturer to add attachments. Since forklifts are not designed for push type operations, I doubt Yale would approve such an attachment.

Check with Yale and also consult your UK national consensus standard. Your UK standard will most likely be the same or very similar to the U.S. standard below:

U.S. ITSDF B56.1-2005, SAFETY STANDARD FOR LOW LIFT AND HIGH LIFT TRUCKS

"4.2 Modifications, Nameplates, Markings, and Capacity

4.2.1 Except as provided in para. 4.2.2, no modifications or alterations to a powered industrial truck that may affect the capacity, stability, or safe operation of the truck shall be made without the prior written approval of the original truck manufacturer or its successor thereof. When the truck manufacturer or its successor approves a modification or alteration, appropriate changes shall be made to capacity plates, decals, tags, and operation and maintenance manuals.

4.2.2 If the truck manufacturer is no longer in business and there is no successor to the business, the user may arrange for a modification or alteration to a powered industrial truck, provided however, the user (a) arranges for modification or alteration to be designed, tested, and implemented by an engineer(s) expert in industrial trucks and their safety (b) maintains a permanent record of the design, test(s), and implementation of the modification or alteration (c) makes appropriate changes to the capacity plate(s), decals, tags, and operation and maintenance manuals (d) affixes a permanent and readily visible label on the truck stating the manner in which the truck has been modified or altered together with the date of the modification or alteration, and the name of the organization that accomplished the tasks "