Handy Walk-Behind Shop Lift

Handy Walk-Behind Shop Lift FARM SHOP Miscellaneous “I use my home-built walk-behind lift in my shop to raise anything that’s too heavy to lift and at my age that includes a lot of different things ” says 89-year-old Milan Hochstetler Cumberland Va The 6-ft high forklift is made from angle iron and rides on 4 small caster wheels The forks are raised and lowered by using a cordless drill to operate a winch mounted on back of the unit A pair of welded-on handles are used to steer “The forks can be raised up to 4 1/2 ft high I can use them by themselves to do the lifting or place a plywood platform on top of them ” says Hochstetler “Works great to lift big gas cans up to the hood on my tractor so I can fill it with fuel “I made the winch out of a short length of pipe which I fastened to the shaft of an old garden tiller gearbox that slows the winch down A cable fastened to the pipe goes up and over a pulley to raise or lower the forks ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Milan Hochstetler 174 Vogel Rd Cumberland Va 23040 ph 804 492-4295

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