
Designed to increase productivity and minimize downtime. Tier 4 Final diesel forklifts that offers reduced emissions levels and a 21.6 percent increase in fuel efficiency. Electric forklifts providing reduced emissions and operating costs along with the ability to run up to two shifts on one battery. With a dedicated focus on quality, reliability and customer service, Cat lift trucks offer the material handling solutions your business demands: With load capacities ranging from 2,500 to 36,000 pounds, our forklift lineup consists of electric counterbalanced lift trucks to internal combustion (IC) cushion and pneumatic tire lift trucks. DELIVERING INNOVATIVE MATERIAL HANDLING SOLUTIONSĬat lift trucks deliver innovative material handling solutions for your toughest applications. With hundreds of dealer locations around the world, your Cat® lift truck is backed by the most comprehensive customer support programs in the industry along with reputable, highly-skilled and trained technicians. I really appreciate all what you guys have said about this forklift.As one of the most trusted forklift brands in the world for more than 50 years, Cat® Lift Trucks offers quality and reliable forklifts with exceptional customer service. I would rather just go buy the part and replace it. I just don't want to have a piece of equipment that allways seems to be broken, and I have to fit in time to fix it, time is something I do not have much of. So I am not scared to own an old piece of history. I am very handy, can make almost any part if needed on my mill or lathe. What are your opinions on operating older machines? Are there many parts that are not available for these old forklifts that make owning one a headache? Or can most parts be sourced via the internet? I have to make a decision to buy or pass on this towmotor, and any advice would be very helpful. I would only maximum lift 4000 pounds with it, on a packed gravel driveway, dual wheel would be nice to have, but I can add duals later. Its kinda neat to have an old vintage machine. There are lots of forklifts though for $4500+, this one even though it is cheaper I am somehow drawn to its age, and simplicity. I have been watching like a hawk for a forklift around the $4-5000 price range. There have been no forklifts that can lift 4000 pounds for under $4000 in the last 5 months in our province. Hopefully this is all there was I couldn't tell if there were any more numbers after what I had written downġ9668 stamped above the letter/numbers E or L 15300 can't tell which letter it was #CAT FORKLIFT YEAR BY SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBERS#
The serial numbers were extrememly hard to read even with scraping off all the paint, the metal stamped numbers were deformed abit. (just measured it just now) I am guessing that this ones pnue axle is set back a bit more. That is with a 15" spacing from the front of the mast (fork) to the axle C/L.
It won't pick 4000 on the tips, but maybe 1/2 way back. I built a rack for it that accepted new style forks and got some 48"ers for it. You may be able to pick 4000# possibly if it has 32 or 36" forks? But I think there is a lot of yeller underneath, not including whatever it has "traded" over the yrs. In your second pic you can just see the word Towmotor casted in the hyd valve stack cover. But once I had it in the shop and they informed me that it was a Towmotor. I thought that it was a Clark for many yrs as that is what my steering wheel says. I think it says that on the hydro valve unit. Just grind the gears.īTW - Yes - it is a Towmotor brand. My brakes haven't werked in several yrs either. I really like it inside the shop where it's tight, but I finally got a nice 8K to use where possible. This one being a pneumatic may struggle with that? Unless possibly this one is a slightly bigger model, but it looks exactly the same. Mine - with solid tires will pick 4000 if you grab it back on the forks. I really like this little truck and was 1/2 prep'd to fix it up, untill the motor issue popped up. This is prolly a really good thing as I found recently on here that mine is likely no worth fixing if she jumps a tooth aggin. Your distributor come out in a different place. ?Īlso - your motor must be diff than mine. That is likely part of the pnue option I bet. I have one like it, only solid tire and no little wrap-around fender flares.