Other Got a new toy today. Now I have it all.

[snowxr]

I got tired of lifting skis to move them around. It was a royal pain....untill today! Bought myself a forklift. I know it's overkill for around the house, but that's ok. It will save my back, so I could justify it to the wife. The plan is to make some fork extensions for lifting couches and snowmobiles. One fork already has a trailer ball mounted, too. Now I need a suicide knob. Any other suggestions?

 

[Boris]

Mount a winch on it. Not to winch the skis onto the forks (although that helps) but as a safety line so one doesn't fall off.
I love working on my ski while it sits on the forklift.

 

[Tyler Zane]

suicide knobs FTW i was thinking about putting one on my subaru outback

 

[snowxr]

Suicide knobs on forklifts: good

Suicide knobs on your car: see origination of term "suicide knob". How do you think they got that name, lol.

 

[D-Roc]

side shifting on the forks is where it's at

 

[ncbrock]

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side shifting on the forks is where it's at

thats ballsy

 

[D-Roc]

a bit.

 

[D-Roc]

is this your brick?

 

[227]

I got tired of lifting skis to move them around. It was a royal pain....untill today! Bought myself a forklift. I know it's overkill for around the house......

There's no such thing as overkill when it comes to a mans tools! There's only "do I have enough space in my garage for this" Congrats on the cool score!

 

[ncbrock]

is this your brick?
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that thing is so cool! i wish

 

[Boris]

That must be the coolest T2 I have ever seen.
Please tell me there's at least a 2.4L 6 powering it and not a TDI.

 

[D-Roc]

real men put audi v8 motors in the t3's

 

[Tyler Zane]

Suicide knobs on forklifts: good

Suicide knobs on your car: see origination of term "suicide knob". How do you think they got that name, lol.

their names after a guy who jumped off a bridge, Steve Brodie. their original name was brodie knobs or brody knobs.

 

[Boris]

Real man leave the Audi V8's on the scrap pile and find something decent.

 

[D-Roc]

something better than an all alum 32V DOHC 300hp v8? lol. what would that be. here is mine.


my tractor has a suicide knob without power steering. brutal!

 

[Boris]

Their inline 5's were so much better especially the turbo.

What's that motor going into ?

 

[D-Roc]

haha its in the crap pile!!!! it was a 3.6L and i now have the 4.2L tommorrow i am picking up my Doka crewcab transporter for my new ski hauler. My audi v8 may find its way into the t3. the audi on the "lift" is a 5cyl. bullet proof. i should have kept that 2.3l motor because yes it would have been a good motor for the t3 swap. or AAN 20v turbo......mmmmmmm turbo.

 

[Boris]

20V turbo Transporter would get the ski to the water in quite a hurry but a TDI is easier and a lot more fuel friendly.
Love the sound of the old boxers but them inline motors are so much easier to live with.

 

[D-Roc]

tdi sure woulld be good for a truck. i like diesels and turbos. there are some guys local to me that are heading up the subaru conversions for these vans and trucks. I have a buddy with a wrx motor sitting in his garage un used so ya never know.....its kind of a sin to put that rice in a dub isn't it?

 

[Boris]

A sin indeed especially when you consider how many kraut choices are out there.
Seen the prices of Boxsters lately ?

With fuel prices still so low in North America the 2.3L turbo would make just about a perfect motor for the T's. Plenty of low end, good mid and that unique sound of the 5.
Isn't that why Audi built the 200 in the first place ?