Why's there a post on my forklift?
We've already talked about how different the mast on the
RM/RMD 6000 looks. To the right your can see the top of one of these things (normally it has a solid steel plate on the top; the picture just has a fancy cut-away view). It looks pretty familiar from this angle right? Pairs of uprights, set together, on either side of a central yoke for chains, cables, and hoses. "All"
Crown did was take away all the extra space, pack it into a space 14"x14" (35cm x 35cm) square, and mount it a little off center on the forklift. Oh, and fit a jumbo sized lift cylinder in there too.
There was a lot of engineering that went into that feat. While wonderfully clear, the tech drawings look like a 3-D version of Tetris. It is just as well that
Crown's masts are legendarily tough, because getting to some of the components inside the mast requires it to be almost entirely disassembled.
Planned Maintenance is important like for all lift trucks and can mean the difference between replacing some mast shims and having to spend a couple of days pulling it apart to replace damaged thrust rollers.
All that engineering and steel go together to produce some truly impressive lift stats.
The
RM 6025 has lift heights ranging from 192" to 400" (4.8m to 10.1m), taking a base capacity of 4500lb (2000kg) all the way.
The
RMD 6025 with its double reach slims that down a little with the same height, lifting a base capacity of 3200lb (1450kg).
The
RM 6095S doubles down, taking that same 4500lb (2000kg) weight from 192" to 341" (4.8m to 8.6m) or the monster mast with 366" to 505" (9.3m to 12.8m). You will need to check doors on that mast though; even collapsed it is 160" (4m) tall!
The
RMD 6095S Like the RMD before it, this model takes 3200lb (1450kg) to the same height ranges as the
RM 6095S.