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How Much Payload Do You Lose When You Mount a Piggyback?
How much payload do you lose when you mount a Piggyback? On a typical Class 7 flatbed, roughly 40%. The exact number depends on the model you mount and the truck you mount it on, but the math that finds it works the same everywhere. The stranger part is that the number appears on no paper you'll touch during the purchase. The forklift spec sheet tells you what the machine lifts. The door sticker tells you what the truck can legally weigh. The 7,100 lbs. sitting between those two documents stays out of sight until the truck crosses a scale with a load it was never legal to carry.
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How to Safely and Legally Modify Your Forklift
If you drive a forklift, you know that anything you can do to move more weight in less time makes your workday much easier.
Because of this, many forklift drivers desire to make modifications to their forklifts.
Simple as modifying a forklift may sound, there are many myths and rumors swirling around what changes you are allowed to make to your forklift.