Michael Bristow of Bristow Bed, Keytesville, Missouri, has come up with a way to convert an ordinary pickup truck into a forklift.<\/p>\n
Including hydraulics and forks, the device is embedded into the bed of the pickup with controls in the cab to turn on the hydraulics and a remote that, when pressed, causes the forklift apparatus to rise from the bed and set into position to lift objects.<\/p>\n
The position of the forks can be adjusted to accommodate a load. Once the job is done, an operator pushes a button on the remote and the lift returns into the bed of the pickup. The apparatus is designed in such a way that the pickup truck is able to perform like any other pickup.<\/p>\n
Bristow is looking for a manufacturer to commercialize the innovation and introduce it into the market. He noted that he has been talking to a few manufacturers, but negotiations are still in the early stages.<\/p>\n
Bristow claims that any company that uses pickup trucks on a daily basis and need to move bulk material could benefit in using the device, which is dubbed the Bristow Bed.<\/p>\n
The bed could prove to be cost effective for a number of companies including landscaping, delivery services, lumberyards, mechanical contractors, and general contractors.<\/p>\n
Bristow suspects that once the invention has been commercialized and released into the market its price could run around $14,000 to $20,000 plus the cost of the vehicle, hydraulic pump option and installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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