Don't ask me why I'd want to do this....

[medieval]

grumpy52 said:

I have lifted many vehicles with fork lifts . You need extended forks and an extra large pallet .
If possible a pallet large enough to fit the vehicle on .
Make sure the parking brake is on and in gear . Best to strap it to the lifting points on top of the container .
Or contact the local scrap man to lift it with his hiab .
If you do it yourself I can guarantee that you will clench when lifting .

He will certainly unclench when lowering it if quickly

[GAjon]

Hire another container for a few weeks, get delivery by a large capacity hiab.
Lift the hire container into the ground.
Put the car in and secure down.
Lift the container with car inside on top of the existing container.
Reverse procedure and off hire.

[renorti]

hire a truck with a larger hiab 4ton lift, it will easily put the car up there, will cost around £100 each time.

[yosini]

Thanks for all the suggestions - I've spoken with a local chap who has a couple of fork lift trucks - he apparently used to lift cars into shipping containers so has all the extenders needed too - they used old tyres and pallets between forks and chassis, also reckons they can lift 2.5 tonnes so I think it might work.

Now I just need to work out whether it's worth doing... if I do I'll make sure to post some pics

cheers

Joe

[finishing touch]

Telehandler, Manitou, Teleporter, JCB, Merlo, or several more makes. Every farmer seems to have one.

There's one stacking big square straw bales outside at the moment.



Fork extensions with blocks of wood to match the jacking points of the car.






PS
If you don't know a friendly farmer then try the blokes that remove cash machines from supermarket walls.

Edited by finishing touch on Friday 30th August 16:56

[Dynamic Space Wizard]

yosini said:

Now I just need to work out whether it's worth doing...

It isn't