Dan,
I'm sorry to have taken sooooooo long to reply but I've been flat out like a lizard drinking.

My email address is burnspatb @ yahoo "dot' com "dot" au.
Regards
Pat

contom@wsinc(dot)com

Thanks

Need an email address. Also, this portion of my PowerPoint is not for distribution over the internet, and any use of these slides should be confirmed with me first. Basically, for your eyes only. Thanks.

Dan, is it possible to send a copy of the power point to me also, I would like to review it

Sent.

hey dan would love to have that info...could u please email me at elevadora(at)gmail.com...

cheers

PADDY,

DONT HAVE UR EMAIL ADDRESS

That is you email at the bottom of your comment?

See it!

Try tonight or tomorrow AM with my comments for each slide as I deliver it to my students

Pat, you can add your e-mail to your profile, and that way if anyone clicks on the name, they can get your e-mail address (and it keeps "spam harvster bots" from getting your mail by automagically reading the forums).
In order to "get it through the thickness" I always offer up; "Remember on the playground, that if you have a pork-chop kid and stick kid you can put the stick kid right up next to the middle of the teeter-toter and the pork-chop kid at the end" and when they nod in agreement I say "NO, that is exactly wrong, you put the skinny kid on the far out end and the pork-chop kid close to the middle pipe, and we say that as 'weight+distance equals balance or moment', which is 'the principal of balance' which is the way forklifts are designed".

AND, Dan, can you e-mail me that powerpoint too?

My mother wrote advertising so I grew up in a family were we didn't use "Fat" or "Skinny" to describe a person's figure.

Cascades website has a link that calculates any forklifts downrate and takes into account all your variables, (Distance from axle--attachment weight--forklength and slope to tip etc.) Its set up in a formattable Excel form so you can change all the parameters and save it to file on your computer.

Dan,
would it be possible to send me the powerpoint pres as well.
(am i allowed to put my email address on the forum??)
Regards
PAT

ZZ,

Give me your email address. I will forward you the PowerPoint slides pertaining to the lever principle and how I explain it


Danny

You`ve lost me there John think i will take onboard your previous post

ZZJASEZZ,

As they say "U R Spot On" - Good student - quick learner.

Remember in a lift truck application teh net lift capacity of a unit can be limited by factors other than simple match or ft - in calculations. Items such as: fork limitatations, especially at load centers signifcantly beyond (say beyond 30" load centers) the 20" (500 mm) or 24" (600 mm) load center - often a larger fork section must be used, tilt cylinder limits, carriage bar /roller limits, mast channel limits (especially the flanges), tire capacity limits, hydraulic system, etc These factors can only be determined by the fork lift manufactuer.

Good Training!

re johnr

A 50 lb. person sitting at the other end of the see saw sitting at 4 feet from the balance point will create the same force and both persons will be in perfect balance. The math 50 lbs. x 4" = 200 lbs. ft.
2.) If the 50 ponder moves 6 feet away from the balance point he will create a greater force (or 300 lb.- ft.) and raise the larger person in the air.

This will help thanks...