Shop Talk

[davehummell]

I worked on Moffet and Princton Teledyne forklifts for about ten or so years I always spec'd them with Kubota engines I liked the Moffet's the better of the two brands. When I placed an order for two Moffet's I was offered the chance to go to Ireland to visit the factory the trip would have been free from the factory but I would have had to take the owner of the company and I didn't want to spend time abroad with that asshole pissing off the people of Ireland

[Joey Mack]

My Moffet has a Mitsubishi 4 cyl. 1500 cc I think, The next series had Lister Petter 4 cyl. Engines, and then after that, they were all Kubota powered. We had M 5000's and some M-55's and one M-55P. That one had stabilizer arms at the wheels to stabilze the useage of the scissor fork board.  It was pretty cool. 

[davehummell]

I think the first Moffet had a Lister powering it. There wasn't anything wrong with the Lister I just liked Kubota products better I have owned a b2150, b7500, b6100, L3800 and a Mx5200 the last two loader backhoes I will keep the Mx around as long as I can breath very handy, for heavy lifting I have a Clark forklift rated for about 5,000 lbs. I used it to unload my Summit lathe the tcm 5,000 forklift from work wouldn't lift it but the old Clark lifted it off idle it did steer a lot better with that lathe on the forks

[Joey Mack]

I use mine to set Mack engines on and off the engine build stand.  Very handy for those 2500 pound engines.