Will a wood pallet fit into my rangers bed with the bed liner in ??

[SenorNoob]

We ended up replacing the tailgate on the work truck every six months or so because of forklift damage. A truck that only got used about every month... All depends on the driver. How much do you trust them?

The second thing in my mind is capacity. How is this pallet loaded? I've had to stop more than one person from trying to drop a pallet of cardboard on the back of my truck when using it at work. It might be light for a forklift but it's heavy for the Ranger.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

We ended up replacing the tailgate on the work truck every six months or so because of forklift damage. A truck that only got used about every month... All depends on the driver. How much do you trust them?

The second thing in my mind is capacity. How is this pallet loaded? I've had to stop more than one person from trying to drop a pallet of cardboard on the back of my truck when using it at work. It might be light for a forklift but it's heavy for the Ranger.

Good points both. I had a lot of experience with both kinds of forklifts and could do things with them that others could not. Not safely, anyway. Unfortunately, this meant I was stuck running a reach lift all day at the expense of getting my work done, when others with forklift certifications made excuses about why they couldn't handle their business...

The normal load rating for a sit-down or stand-up reach forklift is generally 3,000+ pounds, with some models capable of handling much more. Figure a maximum of 500 pounds for a Ranger payload if the truck has only a driver, no passengers. Remember, the Ranger payload rating includes the driver and any passengers. You must subtract their weight from the payload rating for the truck.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Good points both. I had a lot of experience with both kinds of forklifts and could do things with them that others could not. Not safely, anyway. Unfortunately, this meant I was stuck running a reach lift all day at the expense of getting my work done, when others with forklift certifications made excuses about why they couldn't handle their business...

The normal load rating for a sit-down or stand-up reach forklift is generally 3,000+ pounds, with some models capable of handling much more. Figure a maximum of 500 pounds for a Ranger payload if the truck has only a driver, no passengers. Remember, the Ranger payload rating includes the driver and any passengers. You must subtract their weight from the payload rating for the truck.

Much more is no joke. When I worked for the local newspaper as maintenance, they had a Hyster that was capable of lifting 6,000 lbs of paper rolls over 26’ in the air… forklift weighed over 14,000 lbs and had a Chevy 4.3 Vortec for power… it could push 6 tall stacks of 4’ wide rolls around… it was rated higher than it was used for and had a clamp instead of forks, but yeah, I got to run that beast unloaded trailers of paper and stacking it a few times. It was pretty wild feeling the floor of that flex under your feet when you ran two rolls up to the top of the pile and inched forward to set it down, watching the mast flex…

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Dont you have a fullsize too?

A 93 F150 IIRC.

Id use that