I recently started building a yard forklift, the goal is to have a set of forks for skids and regular cargo, and an add on grapple for containers. I started this because I was frustrated with the newray conversion I had, it basically lacked power and controlability, this should eliminate that!
So far the specs are:
tamiya f350 rear axle with aluminum lockouts
stock tamiya semi tires
venom creeper transmission
planetary gearbox for lift motor
duratrax chains and sprockets in the lift system
custom machined mast
brass chassis
rc4wd 80t motor
hitec 645mg steering servo
hpi sf1 1/4 scale servo for tilt on the mast
venom esc and tamiya esc to run the motors
heres a starter pic.......
