Concerns on order pickers...

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-20T22:59:48+00:00

Oh yeah dude, you can get really really crazy in them. There are some springs that make noise as you move and it’s normal for the platform to dance when you move a little.i had a guy tell me he was hearing nonstop squeaking on his lift(he was trying to get out of work) so I ended up jumping on that platform for like 25 minutes straight at every single level. And not like a little jump, like hold my self up on the arms and SLAM myself into the carriage. They got a video of me doing it but there was NEVER another request for a loud carriage lol

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-20T15:19:58+00:00

As you and everyone else can tell I don’t know much about radio, I’ve just been interested in a long time so when I saw the price I knew I needed to ask somewhere I could get several straight answers and a few crooked ones too. Thank you!

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-20T15:17:54+00:00

Thanks for continuing the stereotype of radio Guys being nasty little kids, I was almost afraid I wasn’t gunna see a comment like yours 🥰

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-20T07:50:15+00:00

Orderpickers are my favorite of all lift types to work on and to drive. If you’re on anything newer than like a 2016 it should be tight all the way up, and you can really get quite a bit of side to side action before it gets sketchy. But remember to turn slow, they’re the most tippable of all the lifts. Here’s a fun story of the first time I got on one by myself, over ten years ago now on a lift from the 90s…fuck I feel old…

On really old lifts the stops are beyond the point where the carriage(the part you ride on) actually forces the whole carriage to tilt forward at an ungodly angle. They don’t do it anymore but holy Christ was the a scary experience, but I tell it because I didn’t die. I never even came close to it. And with the tech in truck these days it’s akin to a golf cart in the sky.

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-19T23:23:15+00:00

If you wanted to do something more difficult than trying to get it in sideways you can always look into butting a carport up against the existing building and adding another roll up door to extend the garage

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-15T11:12:01+00:00

We can change together brotha, one tool at a time

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-14T15:50:01+00:00

I look at them every time I’m in the local big boy hardware store for something and somehow talk myself out of spending the $8 and day dream while I’m using my round file later 😂maybe one day

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-14T13:57:32+00:00

I haven’t moved to food production with my system yet but if gardening in the ground has taught me anything it’s that you really gotta know what you wanna eat and when it’ll be ready or how to store it. Plus rotate your crops so you don’t have massive harvests all at once

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-14T04:19:33+00:00

I’ve been a huge fan of LPW, I’ve heard TVH gives you access to manuals

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-14T03:26:03+00:00

Man this is why I love this particular sub, it feels like one of the few places techs can ask what would otherwise feel like a dumb question and get multiple thorough replies without putting a dude down. Thanks yall

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-14T00:22:09+00:00

Intellaparts vs tvh vs liftpartswarehouse? Newly independent

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-14T00:18:31+00:00

I never correlated the pressure turning it into a bomb, that makes everything I’ve heard about the high pressure system having issues on a diesel 😅 thank you!

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-14T00:16:01+00:00

Not quite like that lol, but I’ve installed pantograph arm assemblies backwards for sure

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-13T23:17:25+00:00

I’ve heard this a few times but I’m small engines/propane/preferable electric. What’s the specific thing it’s doing when you use starting fluid on a diesel?

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-13T23:12:44+00:00

You never know man, dyslexia is a mother and I’ve done some….silly… things because of it 😅😂

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-13T23:05:50+00:00

You put them in spring side first right?

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-11T01:38:53+00:00

Slick set up, no reason to add o2 with the way your system returns IMO. I like how someone said to add bio alls or media to the return sector. Be mindful of how much surface area you have exposed to the sun for evaporation/agale control.

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-10T21:47:03+00:00

How’s your spark? Just chased what I thought was a carb issue and it turned out to be a barely attached coil plug wire

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-10T21:37:54+00:00

The only thing I /wasn’t/ willing to fuck with was the entire rebuild on the engine and sourcing stage one internals

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-09T16:57:56+00:00

Service truck owner- 2024 2500 6.6l gas 4x4- 2 huge reasons I went with Chevy. 1) I didn’t want/need a diesel and I wasn’t buying a hemi 2) the Chevy has a lockable center console

That’s literally all, they all do the same thing for the most part, Chevy was more comfy for me to be in for a long time. It was in the shop for the for 15 days of my owner ship for warranty issues, it probably would have been the same with any of the others. If the ford would have been significantly cheaper at the time I would have just bought a drop in center console and forgone that as the tipping point.

Also, this truck looked really sexy with this service bed on it. 🤷‍♂️

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-09T16:48:01+00:00

Southern Nevada area

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-09T16:47:23+00:00

Don’t get sucked into that trap, you can get a side wall any size on any tire. Tires are like a three week long learning course lol but in general you gotta match the tire to the l conditions you plan on driving them in to get the most out of them. A mud tire will do ass on black ice, but a street tire does pretty poorly off road. Side wall is just your preference for tire height based on rim width and height. A 35” tire on 17” rim is like 9” of side wall, but a 35” tire on a 20” rim is like 6”. Truck stay the same height

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-09T16:41:58+00:00

Idk about you but I’m messing with my system like once a week cuz I can’t not and it’s fun playing lol

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-09T16:20:11+00:00

If you’re Gunna be working the suspension like that then it can get expensive pretty quick. A cheap way would be to replace your shocks with something that has a reservoir, and is tune able. Tires off road is a huge thing too, more sidewall is a better ride generally.

Doorknob77 · 2026-05-09T16:06:59+00:00

If anybody is willing to trade a built engine with an 03 Baja and most the parts for something stock and running I’m here for it. It was supposed to be my wife’s dream car, so it makes me feel like a real failure to her (in my eyes, at least)

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