TL;DR: How do I tow a lift safely without just elevating it on the forks of another truck?


More often than I would care to admit, we have trucks go down for various reasons. Often, these reasons are not due to a bad wheel, where operators can move the lift to the designated parking spot and request a lockout.

A few situations that come to mind include:
-Lift has power, but will not key on. InfoLink equipped, allows swipe, truck will not power on.
-Lift "wrenches", or displays an error code that prevents travel.
-Lift gets stuck against the rack, putting pressure on the battery door and disconnecting the battery gate sensor.
-Lift stuck in mud outside (This was an RC, not a reach truck. Was hilarious to help fix though)

The method we use right now is to get another reach truck, clear the operator from the area to prevent harm, and lift the down equipment from the rear, so the drive wheel is not on the ground. Then travel with the lift on the forks.
This is not exactly a potentially quiet operation. The last lift I helped tow kept slipping off the forks (We only elevate just enough to clear the drive wheel a couple centimeters off the ground), and this would cause quite the noise, as we were using what we affectionately call the "Dinosaurs" (RR series, though we call them RDs officially)

What I am asking is this: Is there a method that is more reliable and potentially safer for towing a lift to a maintenance-friendly position? I've towed an RC with a chain, looping it through the battery gate on both sides, far enough to get it unstuck, but obviously the RMD series does not have a dual battery door.

Thanks to any and all help.