Homemade forklift (Part 1)
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- Homemade forklift (Part 1)
I have stopped looking at most replies for a long time. I used to be upset by all the haters! I can't figure them out and have come to realize that all they can do is discourage my son.
I have taught my son to use my tools safely. He asked if he could try to build something while I was gone for the weekend and my wife was home. He did this 100% on his own and way before he even had a cellphone or access to the internet. He was in 6th grade. I wouldn't have cared if it didn't even get off the ground! He was using his imagination, creativity, and engineering skills before he even knew what engineering was!
He was not happy with the results and asked me if I had any ideas how he could make it better. I gave him a couple thoughts I had (yes, I know I am not an engineer)and he ran with it and improved it for his second attempt. See part 2.
Unfortunately he then tried to use it to lift some heavy logs in the woods and broke it.
Then he wanted me to buy a welder so he could make it even stronger. I wish I could afford one because there are so many things that he could try and I would like to learn to use it with him!
Thanks for all the positive comments over the years from everyone!
Good thinking, now you need a stick welder and some old bed frames, and let the games begin.
Too many haters. Too many hateful comments. The video was all about the kids creativity. Stupid people can't even realize that. Sir thank you very much for your service. Your kid is very creative he's a young genius
Black Bear I agree! I have stopped looking at most replies for a long time. I used to be upset by all the haters as well! I can't figure them out and have come to realize that all they can do is discourage my son.
I have taught my son to use my tools safely. He asked if he could try to build something while I was gone for the weekend and my wife was home. He did this 100% on his own and way before he even had a cellphone or access to the internet. He was in 6th grade. I wouldn't have cared if it didn't even get off the ground! He was using his imagination, creativity, and engineering skills before he even knew what engineering was!
He was not happy with the results and asked me if I had any ideas how he could make it better. I gave him a couple thoughts I had and he ran with it and improved it for his second attempt. Unfortunately he then tried to use it to lift some heavy logs in the woods and broke it.
Then he wanted me to buy a welder so he can make it even stronger. I wish I could afford one because there are so many things that he could try and I would like to learn to use it with him!
Thanks for all the positive comments over the years from everyone!
Only lifting about 4 inches off the ground doesn't do much use but the kid definitely had the right idea
it would help if the wood wasn't so flexible. or at least reinforced better.
Awesome. I bet he would still like to have one even 7 years later lol
Very neat
Teach this kid to weld and the sky is the limit,way to go bud.
Very creative mind. Great work young man.
Very smart young man...just the thought of putting together a contraption like he did... Great job youngster!
Your son is a genius. That is awesome.
he gets an A for effort.... id rather have my son out building things with trial and error, than inside playing video games all damn day .... good job kid
Young master engineer in the making. 👍 👍
good job young man don't you listen to the naysayers keep it up
That's just awesome! Pretty dang clever to be so young. Looks like he could put just a couple brackets on the front side of that thing and really be in buissines! Great job bud!
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Nice job. I like it. well done.
Good job.. If you look at the side view, there is a triangular gap between the lift and the front bumper.. If you make a wooden 'wedge' where the triangle becomes more than 90 degrees, when you activate the winch, your forklift will 'lean' towards the vehicle, just like a real forklift would.. Next, start looking underneath wooden kitchen/dining tables. Older, well constructed ones that you can add extra leafs in had a wooden sliding mechanism. By building something similar to the shape of your current lift, and by stretching the winch cable up and over the table's slide mechanism, you can stack pallets on top of each other..
If you make it out of square steel tubing or solid steel beams, with a stronger winch. Mount it a bit better, to the utilities racks. It could be used like a full size forklift. Pretty neat.
Your son has a good imagination
Thumbs up Ryan.
I love it totally thinking out of the box on that one. Your son has a bright future in front of him and I recon a very proud dad also. Keep up the good work.
Good job. You will get better.
Very creative. Good job sir.
Very smart kid keep your brain working u can do anything u put your mind to
Not bad buddy. Nice to see a young person solving problems instead of asking others to do it for them.
Great job Ryan, I love your creativity. Keep up the problem solving ideas they are valuable lessons that last a lifetime.
Awsome
Ive seen a lot worse designs. It works. Well done mate.👍🇦🇺
Congratulations, very smart guy!
Nice Job!!! Great to see kids doing something useful and creative other than playing on iPads and phones. Best wishes to you buddy!
Good job!!!
Dad says they don't have the money for a forklift, so son uses his brain and builds one!!
If I was Dad I'd start thinking of things a want that can't afford tell your son about it before you leave for the weekend.😏
You may get things you never knew you could afford.
GOOD VIDEO!!!
Man his dad did a good job
reminds me of me when I was that age, and about 45 yrs later I still do the same thing. wander how many people thought Bill Gates was just a dreamer. Great job.
Lol idk y he needed/wanted a forklift but this is awesome
Nice work! Keep at it and you'll end up with a forklift that can lift anything you want. Ignore the haters with their negative comments.
This kid is going places... Nice job
Good job
Nice work man.
great
Super job!! Now think about a chain with an adjuster to tie the font shocks together, so they don't compress with the load. You are an ideas man kid!! Well done
good effort young man. now he just needs a welder so he can make some stronger tynes.
He is smart! I bet he can make a great one from steel
Great attempt but if wanted here are some things you could do to make it better. 1. Make it out of steel. Two Make a sliding mechanism to slide to forks up and down. I made mine for about 300 bucks for my ATV with some steel from the scrap yard, 2 60 dollar 2500 pound winches from harbor freight(Might not be the best but I have had them for over a year and they still work great), and some casters from harbor freight to take the weight off of the front of the atv. I also used metal sphere I bought off ebay for the sliding mech. Mine is not the best and as far as weight goes can not hold much(Maybe 1000 pounds at most and even then it does not work as good as something only a few hundred pounds) but it gets the job I need it to do done.
Great job kid!
good job young man.
The contraption is only as strong as the wood those chains are attached too.
Very cool just a few modifications and it will be stronger n work better!
Smart kid. Maybe you should keep him?
🤣 I will!
pretty ingenius if you ask me! Love It!! Love You Ryan Great Job!!!!
thank you!
love u too!
teach him to weld give him $50-$100 send him to a scrap yard and he'll have some think that will work better wood is great for building prototypes now he just need to build it make an upside down T and hook that to the front A arms of the four wheeler and make the forks slide up a metal center beam with a pulley at the top to the winch not sure how old he is but if you teach him to weld grind and use a torch he will be set for life
Cool now make it out of aluminum then run the rail to the rearend so you so your weight will spread to the whole four wheeler
Tell 20 teenagers of today to go and build a homemade forklift all by yourself... And I guarantee only one or two will be able to do it! Who are those two? The ones with an engineering type mind! Give that boy a full engineering scholarship at the engineering school of his choice. Forklift today... Space shuttle tomorrow!
Beautiful. God bless y'all
If you guys have nothing better to do than to mock a kid on here who is willing to go out and build something to make is job easier than to sit around mocking other people on TH-cam like yourselves then maybe you should glue a mirror to your computer screen and phone screen so when you look at it to mock some one you will be mocking your self. And to the kid great job the shows that you are creative enough and have learned the concept "work smarter not harder" and that is a very good concept to learn for the farm or any job for that matter why work hard when you can build something to do the work for you
Wow, have a engineer help you make it out of metal and put a patent on it and you're in the money buddy. Great ideal bud. Thanks for the video buddy, thumbs up.
William Santiago it would be way too heavy and wouldn’t be able to hold anything you can see in this video already the back tires are about to come off the ground
already existed from many years ago , i see is some company here in Washington state , USA, selling but no idea how much
damn when i was i kid we couldn't even afford wood. let alone a 4 wheeler. im not joking either.
but i was fixing dvd players and stuff as we couldn't afford to get much new..
i couldn't afford to be creative. i wanted to build so many things but only had broken trash to use.
I'm impressed!
More like a pallet jack than a forklift but still super cool.
Use the front rack then in a swivel hook so you can lift higher and more weight
Good Job, this makes me proud of YOU, , this is what using your brain is all about, not just there to keep your ears apart, in time you will find refinements, and use different materials, , but YOU have a great start, and the mind to make it work.!!!
Ben Scoles people like you make the world an enjoyable place
great video
*applause * nice!
This is ingenious. There's a creator
BhutuPhoto Uplink I take it your not mechanically inclined?
BhutuPhoto Uplink kdh
Smart thing to do
Smart
Great job
AWESOME!!
Your son reminds me so much of my son..
Always making things like this!!
Good stuff.
Mabey if he put more wheight at the back be could have it more of the ground
Cool but that four wheeler need a tune up it runs horrible and misfires at an idle
So if he run the winch cable over the front rack and cam down depending on the weight of the pallet he could go a little high right
But yes great job
This is awesome but how durable is it?
Well if you can't buy it make it haha.
very good :)
Goat
DUDE WHAT SHOE SIZE IS YOUR SON? BIG BOOTS!
😂💀💀
great job kid ...
It'll fail after a week...but good idea
🤘🏻
I'm better off doing it by hand.. LMFAO.
Cool but it's wood and not strong enough 😂
Luxxy he prolly wont be lifting stuff heavy enough to break the wood
Great job, considering most American men and boys under 40 don't know how to change the oil in their cars!
However... couldn't the 2 gas cans just have as easily fit on the back seat?
sdas7327 OR JUST WALK THEM..LMAO
just for show
seriously?!?! it's just a demo of how the thing works!
Hats off to a creative young mind. Its nice to see a kid putting his energy into something positive.
sdas7327 yeah. Idk how to change oil in a car because I drive a truck.
Get em a stick welder
Uncle red vibes
I wanna see tha "forklift" lift 200 pounds 😂
luis quadlife he's running a 2500 lb. winch, I'm sure. Better luck next time bud.
Get da f out 😂😂😂
That’s wood it cannot carry 200 pounds
Hayden Mulkey lmao you idiot. He’s using a chain wrapped over plastic, connected to foot rests and wrapped around wood. Plus the shocks can’t handle shit or the front suspension. That whole machine would break if he attempted to use any power from that winch to lift any more than 200 pounds
michelle macdonald LMAOO!😂
better patient that!
smart kid
wow it lifts 3 inches
Two or three inch lift on the from little taller tire just all on the from back sits nice and high do that to the from kid I think you got it from their. #sharktank 🤘🤙👍
Front
wood??
Get a wild hare Atv front end loader
Damn only 4grand, good call 🙄
@@erikdale9145 good point
Yep, I believe I saw this on The Red Green show. Of course he used duct tape.
IRAQARMYVET WHAT KIND OF COMBAT BOOTS THEY LOOK BRAND NEW TO ME
Might need some Wait in the back. 😂
Carry two gas cans or... well carry them
😂😂
Never knew I needed a forklift just to carry two gas cans and anyone can build this son
IRON
Lifts about 4 inches
oh more like 2 inches
If he cant lift 2 gas cans... Sell the quad and but a weight lifting station....this is coming from a 13 year old😑
Good idea, that's until you break the plastics on your quad.
Why did he even want a forklift