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Re: Motor for a forklift

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Originally Posted by calvin1631 View Post
We are going with a forklift design and with the absence of the minibike motor we are looking for an alternate to raise/lower our forklift. Would using both fp motors create enough torque to lift a 6lb structure plus the 10lb ball at a reasonable speed? Or would the globe motors be a better alternative?
Yes. As long as you use a gear box. We actually just used our 2007 lift to lift the ball and it is driven by just 1 FP motor using an AM Planetary and a 56mm BaneBots Planetary. It was fast, but it was moving at a snails speed either.
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