Forklift Lift Hooks & Accessories

Sometimes you cannot us a crane, or you have a load that is too small to justify using one. However, you cannot pick it up manually, but must somehow suspend it using a fork truck attachment and lift it to a more elevated position by raising the forks to the appropriate height.

Never try to chain the object to the forks.

Instead, use an Easy Rack lift hook. It is the safest way of suspending objects of the forks of a fork truck. You can use it with both extendable reach and straight mast forklifts.

A lift hook is an fork lift extension attachment with two fork pockets that slide onto the forks. A swivel hook hangs between this attachment at 24”. The unit is secured to the forks by a heavy duty chain. This keeps it from sliding past the 24 inch mark, which is vital to safe operations.

This is because of the way a fork lift is built. On most fork trucks, the load center is 24 inches. Anything positioned forward or behind this center of gravity can throw the entire vehicle slightly off balance. This may be something you might be able to get away with when lifting an exceptionally light load. However, when you are lifting anything of considerable mass, you will probably losing your contents on the ground, or even worse, overturning the vehicle and seriously injure yourself.

An Easy Rack forklift attachment hook gives you a safe, ergonomic, and time-saving key to elevating loads with fork trucks. The swivel hook is positioned at exactly 24 inches to the rear of the lift hook frame. This places the lift hook squarely at the precise location where most forklifts are manufacturer rated—the 24 inch load center.

You can then your standard forklift as you normally would, although you have to subtract 265 pounds--the weight of the lift hook itself-- from the total rating. For example, if your fork truck is rated at 8,000 pounds in a specific boom configuration, you then subtract 265 pounds from 8,000 pounds and calculate a new rating of 7,735 pounds.

It is essential that you never try to go beyond this factored rating, even for the sake of running a test. Always check your forklift manual for variations of the load capacity based on variable boom position. Normally, when you elevate the forks, rated lift capacity decreases. Similarly, on expandable reach forklifts, the rated capacity also decreases when you extend the boom.

You should only use a lift hook plate with the forklift forks level or with the tips tilted slightly upward. The lift hook is intended to be used for vertical lifting only, so you should never use it to pull any anything. Clear the area around the load of all personnel before you lift something, and have them stay at a safe distance while the load is being lifted.

Easy Rack stocks a vast inventory of commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting, used pallet racks, work platform forklift attachments and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide.

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Brick, Mortar & Block Carts

Brick and block carts are designed to help masons in residential construction move brick and block into areas where there is no forklift access. This is very common in the home building industry, where there simply is no way to move a forklift into what will eventually be a home interior. Also, many home builders feel that forklifts are beyond their budget and choose to look for less expensive ways to move equipment around the site. Brick and block carts are remarkably efficient tools for this task, and they are affordable for even the smallest of family owned construction companies to invest in.

The brick and block cart is much safer and far more ergonomic than brick barrows. It is also helps move materials much more quickly. The reason for this is simple. Bricks and blocks tend to come stacked and banded. In order to transport them in a barrow, you have to cut the bands, stack them in the barrow, then unload and restack them after they are moved. This wastes considerable time on the job, which in turn results in a waste of money.

Brick and block carts allow you to move hand truck entire stacks of banded brick and block without having to undo the bands. Simply run the forks into the bricks and tilt the unit back. This will allow you to pick up as many as two bands of brick at a time and comfortably transport them to the work area. It is not necessary to hand stack or unstuck the bricks, so an enormous amount of time can be saved. Furthermore, it is much easier on your back because you do not have to stoop down to load and unload bricks like you do when using a barrow.

Most masons simply wheel the brick and block cart to the work area and stand it up in a vertical position with the bricks still held in place by the forks. They then cut the bands at the top and use from the stack however many bricks they needs. For scaffold work, brick and block carts can be placed right under the scaffold, and bricks can hand stacked on the scaffold as needed.

Easy Rack sells brick and block carts in two different model: the Rough Terrain Brick Cart and the Deluxe Rough Terrain Block/Brick cart. The Double Back Plate model features an additional pair of 15” forks specifically designed to handle any block package.

We see the greatest use of these carts in single story construction projects where forklifts are simply too expensive to purchase or lease, and where the work area itself is considerably smaller than that around larger homes. Having a convenient, ergonomic tool like the Easy Rack brick and block cart allows for quick mobility, safe labor, and rapid turnaround on the project. In fact, many companies who invest in brick and block carts, as well as other space saving and ergonomic tools by Easy Rack, are often able to lower their contract costs and win more bids by passing their material handling savings on to the general contractor.

If you are looking for a brick and block cart or a material handling cart of any type. Easy Rack has just what you are looking for.

Here are just a few of the many material handling equipment we carry:

Mobile Carts
Having mobile carts in place for staff to move goods and equipment with will ensure that all goods into the business are treated properly, and safely......

Platform Carts
The one tool that comes in handy under almost any different commercial and industrial circumstance is the platform cart. These hardy transportation devices are one of the most common sights in warehouses and factories all over the world......

Platform Trucks
One of the main advantages that heavy duty, aluminum, metal, plastic & folding platform trucks have over other carts is the sheer size of load that they are able to carry......

Push Carts
Push carts come in a wide variety of different forms, and have been designed to fulfill a number of different roles within the workplace. Whether you need to be able to carry a single heavy weight around and cannot find the appropriate resource for a forklift......

Rolling Carts
For light duty use throughout the workplace, rolling carts serve a number of functions, and are flexible enough for use in most situations......

Warehouse Carts
In a warehouse environment, there are always hundreds of jobs that need doing in order to ensure the greatest possible efficiency. From the careful distribution of items throughout the warehouse through to the actual picking of orders from the shelves......

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Skeleton Buckets & Skid Steer Bucket

Skeleton buckets are skid steer attachments with vertical tines that spaced a few inches apart. These tines let small rocks and dirt to fall through to the ground while simultaneously holding on to larger dirt and debris. These versatile and heavy-duty skid steer buckets are invaluable to both landscaping and construction because they allow workers to clear entire areas without gouging out deep holes in the ground.

There are many tools that workers have historically used to clear such. It is not like hauling trash away is all that hard. However, anything sold bottom container carries away dirt as well as debris, leaving holes in the ground that are both dangerous and unattractive.

Skeleton buckets move debris away much more effectively than other tools. In the western US, they are great for moving large rocks away from construction sites. In the southeastern and eastern parts of the nation, fork lift accessories are ideal for hauling away tree roots and the remnants of tree stumps. In urban areas, they are very used in demolition projects where crews must clear away fragments of previous buildings, such as broken cinder blocks and bricks, need to be removed from the lot. This saves tremendous money and time by maintaining keeping the terrain level for new construction. Farmers often use these buckets to remove debris, tree roots, and scrub brush from their fields and pastures. The environmental impact is minimal due to the open-ribbed bottom design. Scrap metal operations and junk yards will use skid steer skeleton buckets to sort out larger pieces of metal from smaller pieces of scrap. This helps them sort different materials according to size and place them in separate piles. Consolidating stock like this helps junk yards better organize scrap and keep it concentrated in areas away from human traffic and moving vehicles.

Skeleton Skid-Steer Buckets are designed with a leading edge, ¾” X 6” high carbon beveled blade that can be expanded with an optional, bolt-on blade attached. This attachment is often used for working around trees because it can more quickly cut through heavy root systems and stumps. Optional heavy duty teeth can be added when clearing metal, concrete, or cinder block. The top of the skeleton bucket is reinforced by closed box channel section, and heavy angle section at the bottom reinforces the structural backbone of the unit

Easy Rack skeleton buckets can be ordered in 66”, 72”, and 84” widths. Every unit is fitted with a heavy duty universal-fit skid-steer quick-tach intended to fit all current sized skid-steer loaders.

A skeleton bucket is a one-time investment that can be used in many applications for many years to come. Any construction or landscaping project that involves moving large amounts of debris off site will benefit from one of these rugged and versatile skid steer attachments.

See Heavy-Construction-Equipment products and forklift accessories from one of the largest online purveyor of material handling equipment. See for yourself:

Forktruck Attachments
Forklift Work Platforms
Heavy Duty Forklift Attachment Buckets
Self-Dumping Hoppers
Heavy Duty Jibs
Jib Boom Forklift Truck Attachment
Grapple Buckets
Skid Steer Bucket Concrete Mixer
Skid Steer Augers And Auger Drives
Self Dumping Bucket Loader Forklift Attachment
Skid Steer Concrete-Cement Mixer Drums
Portable Cement Mixers
Crane Forks
Skid Steer Buckets
Skid Steer & Forklift Bucket Attachments
Skid-Steer Attachment
Masonry Equipment
Mortar Tubs

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Mortar Tub & Masonry Tubs

One of the challenges faced by brick and block masonry contractors is the constant need to retemper mortar. Shallow pans are much longer and wider than deep, and so mortar dries out quickly, especially in hot climates. Easy Rack mortar tubs save construction companies a lot of time and money by preserving mortar longer and minimizing the need to retemper it.

A mortar tub is a deep mortar box designed to be transported by a forklift. Because it is a deep container, there is less surface area at the top. Less surface area means less evaporation, so mortar stays longer and does not evaporate as quickly as it does in a pan. This is a tremendous cost saver for masonry companies who work in Texas and other hot climates. Labor becomes more streamlined, and projects are therefore finished more quickly.

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Mortar tubs are also safer to use than pans when working on a scaffold. Multiple mortar pans often take up more room on the scaffold than is convenient or safe. Because they are shallow, they are easier for masons to both trip over and inadvertently kick off the scaffold. Many accidents can be prevented by using these deeper, more compact containers that takes up less total room on the scaffold, hold more product, and that have a more stable center of gravity that will hold it in place on the scaffold. Masons enjoy more freedom of movement when they use these containers, and they also have more room on the scaffold to arrange their masonry tools.

Forklift placement is another advantage of mortar tubs. Letting the forklift driver place a stable container in an accessible spot makes it much easier for masons to focus on their jobs rather than having to manually carry and arrange pans.

Mortar tubs and mortar buggies are manufactured using durable 10 gauge steel that can handle the often cramped and difficult environments of scaffold work. Every unit is also built with reinforced corners that brace the structure against accidental impact. One end of the unit slopes downward so the mason can shovel out the mortar and place it on boards. The mason can then take the mortar from the boards as needed without excess waste or spillage, and with the remainder of the supply kept insulated within the tub.

Forklift mortar tubs come in two standard sizes. The smaller container is 24"W x 22"H x 32"L and weights only 121 lbs. The larger container is 24"W x 22"H x 48"L and weights 155 lbs. Both offer companies a more consolidated and efficient form of mortar transport, storage, and retrieval.

Heavy Construction Equipment Products:

Fork truck Attachments
Forklift Work Platforms
Heavy Duty Forklift Attachment Buckets
Self-Dumping Hoppers
Heavy Duty Jibs
Jib Boom Forklift Truck Attachment
Grapple Buckets
Skid Steer Bucket Concrete Mixer
Skid Steer Augers And Auger Drives
Self Dumping Bucket Loader Forklift Attachment
Skid Steer Concrete-Cement Mixer Drums
Portable Cement Mixers
Crane Forks
Skid Steer BucketsSkid Steer & Forklift Bucket Attachments
Skid-Steer Attachment
Masonry Equipment

Easy Rack carries a wide variety of masonry stands, used pallet racks, commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting,and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-888-776-3720 and we will find it for you.

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Crane Garbage Skip Rubish Containers

What is a crane trash skip?
It is a 4' X10' steel box, sloped on one end, which attaches to a crane. It is used for transporting a variety of loose materials and debris. Trash skips and steel dumping hoppers are mostly used by construction companies, although commercial landscaping companies also use them at times.

How does a trash skip work?
The trash skip is suspended from a crane by four cables or strap slings measuring 10 feet or longer. The sloped end makes it safe and easy for the crane operator to discharge the contents, even when the trash skip is loaded to its full capacity. Because it is made out of heavy duty steel and reinforced at all stress points, this simple, powerful container can handle almost any kind of trash, debris, or excess material that accumulates on decks or rooftops

The steel dumping crane trash skip will easily hold and safely move up to 12,000 pounds of debris at a time. You can raise it to any height, and then lower it directly onto a clear area on top of a building. Here, your workers can fill it with debris, clear the area, and let the crane operator lift away the debris. If necessary, crane operators can also lower the top of the container parallel to the side of a building, allowing workers to simply push the debris off the roof into the container until it is full.

Is the trash skip easy to use?
Yes. The steel crain hopper is very easy to fill with trash its sides are only 2' high. Workers can shovel or hand load debris without having to reach up and over the sides of the unit and risk back or shoulder strain. This is both ergonomic and time efficient.

The crane trash skip is just as easy to unload because it has the ability to self dump. To release debris, the crane operator sets the trash skip on the ground. Then, the two forward slings that are attached to the lifting eyes closest to the front end are released. The operator then lifts the trash skip using the rear slings that are still connected. This causes the trash skip to tilt forward lets its contents slide onto the ground.

Where are trash skips used the most?
In the construction industry, trash skips are most commonly used to remove trash from buildings. Landscaping companies also use them to unload gravel, sand, and rock used in back filling operations.

What are the specifications of the trash skip?
The unit features a 2.75 cubic yard capacity, and it weighs 1,110 pounds when empty. All edges and corners are reinforced by one-quarter inch steel, and the interior is reinforced by 3/16” steel plate liner.

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