[Duncan]

I certainly do understand that (and explicitly said so), but the impression in the thousands of "forklift" posts in this forum is that buying such a motor is like picking up scrap, not buying typical major car parts.


This illustrates the issue well - the expectation usually given is of £100, but the reality in this case is £350. I understand the shopper's disappointment.

The difference is between buying a motor that was going to be scrapped - and buying one that the seller knows there is a market for

 

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

This illustrates the issue well - the expectation usually given is of £100, but the reality in this case is £350. I understand the shopper's disappointment.

*nod*.

Fair enough.

I guess there's also a sampling bias in the people giving advice. By virtue of having done that, they're at least moderately experienced and connected. You're seeing the success stories. I somehow doubt Ireland is so different from England, and while Damien suggests you can do this all day (along with his battery deals, and controller deals), how much of that is something "anyone" can do and how much of it is something he can do because he's been heavily into the EV scene for 10 years and knows everyone and knows what types of things to say and what types of conversations to have even with strangers.

 

[Squidlings]

Ohhh man, i budgeted £500 for my dc motor. Id be all over one like a trap on chips if i could find one.

Ive found another forktruck which "looks" ideal but its 4hr drive and the advertiser isnt responding to my requests for a pic of the motor. I mean...he is selling the full forklift for £600. He just wants it gone.

Oh man, that 12" on american ebay looks stunning. Thx for the thought.

What do u think about these traction motors from china? Alibaba has a 12kw 72v. Looks big but again. They arent getting back to me regarding a price.

I know something will come up.... ive even toyed with buying a tilt trailer to buy and sell fork trucks. The batteries are worth £450 per ton at the recycling center. Plys the ferris metals of the main unit. I just gut the motor and controllers etc.

Yes there are leaf motors on ebay. But i imagine they are much harder to install and control right?

 

[GeorgeChapman]

So ebay appears to be the best place looking for a full fork lift, advertised as spares and repairs.

Another place to try is https://shpock.com/ I saw a full forklift on there for £200 the other day but the thought of dragging it from East Anglia to Surrey was not appealing!

 

[kevinjclancy]

I am using a 12 kg outrunner - it uses a 140 volt / 600 amp kelly controller that weighs 10kg

100kg motor OMG yea no

 

[Squidlings]

Kevin, you have my attention. Tell me more please. What vehicle and what performance do u achieve?

 

[Peterboat#1]

There's a few forklift breakers in the UK that I know of. I contacted a couple and they both wanted £350ish for a DC motor, I didn't want to pay that much for one.

http://www.forktruckbreakers.com/about.html there was another near Skegness.

I bought mine from a fork lift truck repairer in Chesterfield for £300 stripped it and it was like new, it now powers my boat

 

[Squidlings]

Was it a 7" motor? I went there the other week. I think 8" was the biggest he had.

 

[Squidlings]

He said £250 to me 😜 with the pump

 

[DrZzs]

I've got two extra 11" DC Forklift motors from Hyster e50's. I found a place where I can get more. I'd be willing to sell these two I have. Is there a marketplace here for posting things like this for sale?

 

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

Is there a marketplace here for posting things like this for sale?

Generally no, because shipping is more than buying the motors locally.

But for someone already shipping a used motor across the continent because it's all they can find... I dunno, maybe?

There's only been a couple times someone said they couldn't find a motor, you'd be waiting months in between, and DC conversions are on their way out.