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    Welding of Forklift forks

    My maintenance crew wants to take some forks off of a lift that had an engine blow up and use them on a similar sized capacity forklift. However, the mounting is different. Thus, they want to remove the existing clip type mount and weld tubing to the top to enable mounting on the other lift. My...
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    How to determine aerator CFM

    I have a need to create an aeration tube in the bottom of a large storage tank. I plan on using 2" PVC pipe with a series of holes. I will construct a hexagonal shape with the PVC and place it in the bottom of the tank. I want to use an air compressor with a plate rating of 140CFM to aerate the...
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    Spring load ratings

    Is there any "general" rule of thumb for estimating the load increase by adding two springs (.490" thk. and .360" thk.) to a 1999 Ford SD F-350 4X4 rear axle? I told a customer his truck was under-rated at the 11,200 GVWR by almost 2,500 lbs, and he needed to reduce the load for that vehicle...

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