Heres the items I have replaced on this unit. finding the correct font was a bit of a challenge but I found it. the yellow "hyster" letters on the side of the mast are 5" high compared to approx 3" factory letters. but I maximized them in size to take advantage of the available area they were to be applied to. funny thing was they cost me less than the OEM stickers. I had custom HYSTER logos made for it instead of going with the factory ones from hyster. I am still leaning toward the std yellow but have considered making it a metallic yellow instead. my son keeps trying to get me to paint it some custom color. I have a couple small areas I need to address before I top coat it with the actual paint. ![]() I am getting closer to having this thing done. not a problem its easy to do unless youve been following it since the beginning. for anyone whos interested in seeing what a hyster S50XM looks like all torn apart. I actually have pics of it in its current condition there. so maybe when Im done I will just do that or on my facebook page. ![]() but the price was right and I love "projects" especially ones that arent really that difficult to bring back to like new condition.Īs for the posting pics. whoever owned this truck prior to me literally beat the snot out of it. I have repaired the fiberglass panels on the truck and got those back into respectable shape as well. like I said in a previous post this thing looked like it had been in a few demo derby's or perhaps owned by and axe murderer who used it for practice. I stripped the counter weight back down to the bare casting and skim coated the entire thing with body filler to get it back to where its presentable again. as far as the "body work" required for a metallic to look good. Pneumatic tires of comparable load capacity rating tend to be significantly larger in diameter & wider than a press-on cushion. pneumatic) - plus a host of working clearance issues both at the drive tire & steering tire end. The major issues are smaller frame (width & wheel base length) & installing a tire that has more deflection (i.e. This is feasible as you are dealing with a longer wheel base & wider frame & installing a tire that will deflect less ( lift capacity rating is not compromised).īut the initial question asked in this thread was about converting/modifying a "cushion tire unit" to incorporate "pneumatic" tires. See what happens when one retires from an industry after 41 years as I did in 2007, new stuff keeps comes along.Ĭertainly, there are & have been conversions for the 3 electric wheel truck where it is relatively easy to switch from a pneumatic style to cushion tire & vice versa but not inexpensive - but three wheelers units were initially designed to "go both way".Īnd while working with a Japanese F/L company we "toyed" with the idea of installing cushion press-ons on to a pneumatic electric chassis, even had prototype unit.
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