Design a forklift

[tim-tim]

Originally Posted by RunawayEngineer

I haven't designed a forklift before, but Adam Heard has a video about the design of an elevator that I found helpful:
Here
And he also has a video about setting up some of the calculations for an elevator:
Here

These videos, and all of the others, that Adam Heard has done are great resources.
I also recommend taking a look at this thread. There are several links inside that go to white papers, photo galleries, CAD files, etc.

[Mike Marandola]

A few things that might assist you:
-Team 254's 2011 build blog
-Photos of lifts I have compiled
-Patrick Fairbank's 2011 Championship photos (there are a few good lift photos)

[Jared]

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

How much do you want to carry? How high do you want it to go? Does it need to collapse down to a low height? How fast must it go?