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Nifty Lift and Ford F-250 Suspension

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What happens here

The presenter moves on to a Nifty Lift, a specialized piece of equipment designed for working at heights, often used in tree work or construction. He then brings the focus back to a black Ford F-250 pickup truck, demonstrating its recently installed new coils and shock absorbers, meant to enhance suspension and handling. The truck is hooked up to a trailer carrying a Manitou loader, and the presenter notes the 'green' indicator on the Gen-Y hitch, signifying proper tongue weight. He questions if the truck still appears 'squatting' despite the suspension upgrades, concluding that it might need more leaf springs for heavier loads.

Goal: Review a Nifty Lift and assess the performance of a truck's new suspension with a trailer.

Tools and materials

  • Extra Leaf Spring — Further enhancing rear suspension
  • Ford F-250 Pickup Truck Ford — Demonstrating new suspension
  • Gen-Y Hitch Gen-Y — Measuring tongue weight
  • New Coils — Upgrading truck suspension
  • New Shock Absorbers — Upgrading truck suspension
  • Nifty Lift Nifty Lift — Showcasing features for working at heights
  • Trailer Diamond C — Attached to the truck to test suspension

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back it is this is a twom man yep two man up to uh 450 lb do it have foam fil tires Dustin uh not this one you can foam them they say don't fo them them all though cuz it gets it really heats up the Hydraulics cuz you're put I mean those those tires foam with why would you want to foam tires on a Nifty lift better balance so when you're up higher stability more yeah well not necessarily uh cuz when you're flying it anyways you got the downriggers and the wheels off anyways right yep y but you know it depends on what kind of you're working in construction and you're hitting nails or uh oh okay okay little little bit of stability it's just so it is just a puncture proof thing but I wouldn't think that'd be a big deal if tree guys are doing it I mean normally you're just going on you know grass right right and I I probably wouldn't you you are going to get a little stability for like when you're on a side Hill or that type of thing but other than that for going up in the air it has no effect so yeah are we heading up um no cuz it's not working probably need to put the stabilizers down to activate the safety Swit yep you got to get it off the ground okay what do you say you sell the most of Dustin uh there's a good it's probably about the same between a CMC spider lift and these a lot of guys like these because they're a lot quicker uh on the ground and uh Turf friendly okay but guys like the spider lifts because they're uh you can get longer reach uh higher higher height and you can get into tighter spots with them okay and you sell and rent these right sell and rent yeah this is a rental somebody bash them B yeah the basket's $5,700 you're wreck it see the look in his eyes that means he doesn't yeah that's that's the look of oh that hurts that hurts I know that look I know that look just because I I'm assuming we we didn't catch it when the customer dropped it off and we probably didn't charge it for the damage right it can be really expensive cuz there is a lot of risk now are there safety valves cuz these are small hoses with one of these ruptures while we're up there will it automatically lock out or do we get to go for a free ride all free ride there every every cylinder has a locking belt on the cylinder itself the Nifty lift is for treor tree work construction guys will'll use it for like painting and uh buildings um all that kind of changing light bulbs and Christmas doing Christmas lights Christmas lights y lots of different reasons to do it now is…

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