I am a service manager at a forklift dealership. When installing forks. Please do it on the ground or close. I have seen broken ankles and toes when guys are putting on forks. Glad it’s running. Good job.

former forklift mechanic here, we used to deal a lot with rental machines covered in concrete, there are more than a few products you can use to remove it. can't recommend a specific brand since i'm from south america, but a quick google search mentions Knockout 100, Crete-Buster, ProNano Industry Concrete Remover, and Blast-Off. also, as some have mentioned, hydrocloric/muriatic acid works like a charm (also removes rust) but you gotta rinse and neutralize it right away or it will start eating metal

Muriatic acid will take that residual concrete off

Watching you push your forklift with a forklift was like watching Hank hill use his WD40 to open his WD40 😂

I enjoyed watching everything you did to the lift.

I totally Dig this video! I have used Toyota forklifts at work, you are very attuned to the needs of this unit! Keep up the good work!

Last year I bought my Komatsu forklift with over 15,000hrs. I imagine it was originally in a warehouse or something, because when I took a a camera to the cylinders, it was beautiful with good crosshatch inside. I use it regularly and I'm lucky to have found it! It was also covered in cement dust from the previous owner, a good cleaning, servicing, and some small repair made it like new!

Just found your channel and if I close my eyes it's like Steve's talking. 😎

When a store in Peoria Illinois had closed it was a Venture store and they had a Bolines snowblower for sale. Didn't know if it ran and they were asking 100 bucks. The key was missing and they knocked ten dollars off the price. I told my wife that I could use a toggle switch instead. Everything worked and I used it the first year. Then we had a garage sale and I wasn't selling it but this guy offered me quite a bit of money and I sold it. I drove forklifts for over 37 years from Hyster, Yale, Pettibone to all different kinds and sizes. The best ones i thought were Komatsu since that was the name of the company.

Where I used to work, they would slow the lift trucks down by putting a stop bolt under the gas pedal. When I changed water pumps on them, I pulled the counterweight off to get to it.

Our company for years leased Hyster forklifts. We traded the fleet every 3 years. The maintenance cost on the Hysters was quite high. But on our last fleet before I retired I researched other brands and settled on Toyota lifts. Our maintenance cost on the fleet dropped by 90%.

I used to work at a ready mix company and we used a real healthy squirt of dawn dish soap and about a 1-2 quarts of white vinegar in a five gallon bucket topped off with water. Scrubbed with a long handled brush. Cleaned the concrete film right off our trucks.

First time viewer here, started watching, and was like man this guy sounds alot like Sam, then saw you wearing the scrappy hoodie, you gotta be a brother im guessing? Lol

Good hustle, a win is always a win keep pushing!

Your neighbours must love you.....😢

Great, content!

Big John I just stumbled across this video, when I first saw the thumbnail i thought this forklift was one of Matt’s from the YRC ones he purchased 😂. I will be looking forward to more videos, it will take some getting used to seeing you in front of the camera instead of behind it.

Toyota fork wrench here (oversee a fleet of 89 Toyotas on the NW side of the Des Moines metro). ours are mostly 8FGCU30 cushion tire, as opposed to pneumatic, same machine.  These 8F series lifts are damn near bulletproof, that 2.2 liter 4Y-E just runs. 12,000 is mid time...we have a couple over 24k hours.  Seat switch must be released or the SAS system will pull the EA5-1 error if that jumper is left in. (seat switch closed for more than 20 minutes with lift turned off)  These are governed to 2500 RPM flat out, about 11 mph is the best you will see unless a speed limit has been plugged into the dash.    $5500 for a 2018 5k Toyota was a bargain!

Keep up the great work bud!

you can leave the forks on the ground, drive up to them and lower and tilt forward to get the tops of the forks hooked