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Problem: Forklift tire and rim damaged. No tire man or rim  available day after thanksgiving.Solution: Modify a truck rim to fit the lift truck by welding a new center with correct offset into the truck wheel rim. Parts - Local truck tire pile yields a tire and rim assembly. Same size tire, holds air, nice name too - “armor trac”. Truck rims have wrong offset for forklift. So the correct bolt pattern center was torched out of a second truck rim. Plate, 7/16, not too rusty, pulled from steel rack.Shop work - No time to set date on digital camera, let alone  fancy set up. A circle was laid out with soapstone and plasma cut freehand out of the 7/16 plate. Center of second truck rim was also cut into a circle so that the center with correct wheel mounting stud holes could be to be inserted into the 7/16 plate. Plates and rim where tacked together and checked to be true by spinning on the fork truck hub. Bench welded in position. Idealarc dc 400, LN7 feeder 045 solid wire.Fast and dirty, two men, two hours, spins true, back in service. Welds will not be ground polished or painted!   What do you think?Last edited by denrep; 08-26-2009 at 10:02 AM.
Reply:good job.. just keep an eye on it for awhile......zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Nice!Drivesector Hobart Handler 140Hobart Handler 180Ready Welder 2Hobart Air Force 400Airco Stinger 225Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."OZZY"
Reply:"No tire man or rim available day after thanksgiving."Must be nice to have the day off. I am on vacation and I got called in today. Hmmmm Maybe time for a change. Anyone looking for a fat guy who can fix stuff in the North Shore Massachusetts area? Drivesector Hobart Handler 140Hobart Handler 180Ready Welder 2Hobart Air Force 400Airco Stinger 225Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."OZZY"
Reply:Nice Job...That´s creativity and need.My Babies: HF Drill pressHF Pipe Bender3   4.5" Black and Decker angle grindersLincoln Electric PROMIG 175that´s it!
Reply:very nicely done
Reply:Necessity is the mother of invention!  Great job.Thermal Arc 185 TigHTP 200 MigCraftsman O/A1942 Bridgeport Mill12 Ton Hyd PressConsew Walking Foot
Reply:Was that a solid rubber tire ? A buddy of mine lost his eye when he was welding on a tractor rim... just curious... thanks
Reply:x26pfw, Sorry to hear of your friends accidentThis was a pneumatic tire. We broke the bead down before welding. No evidence of liquid or gaseous smells. Purged shop air through valve stem.  Assembly was held vertical on hub during the initial welds. Thought being, if somehow, despite precautions, there was to be a problem at least the assembly wouldn’t have a bench or floor to launch from. Do you know the cause of your friends mishap?
Reply:Nice job, might give you a little shimmy when you get above 60 or so ;-)Sure, I can fix it... I got a welder!!!
Reply:Originally Posted by denrepProblem: Forklift tire and rim damaged. No tire man or rim  available day after thanksgiving.Solution: Modify a truck rim to fit the lift truck by welding a new center with correct offset into the truck wheel rim. Parts - Local truck tire pile yields a tire and rim assembly. Same size tire, holds air, nice name too - “armor trac”. Truck rims have wrong offset for forklift. So the correct bolt pattern center was torched out of a second truck rim. Plate, 7/16, not too rusty, pulled from steel rack.Shop work - No time to set date on digital camera, let alone  fancy set up. A circle was laid out with soapstone and plasma cut freehand out of the 7/16 plate. Center of second truck rim was also cut into a circle so that the center with correct wheel mounting stud holes could be to be inserted into the 7/16 plate. Plates and rim where tacked together and checked to be true by spinning on the fork truck hub. Bench welded in position. Idealarc dc 400, LN7 feeder 045 solid wire.Fast and dirty, two men, two hours, spins true, back in service. Welds will not be ground polished or painted!   What do you think?
Reply:Hi denrep... the rim was on a tractor tire with calcium in it... he had done it before using an ac buzz box, figureing there wasnt that much penetrationcompared to dcrp at work...