Ah yes great answers. My co-worker and I were talking about this and I said the lifting force does not need to be increased but I never thought of the mechanical aspect of it as far as the friction due to stress of the load torquing forward. So I guess were both kind of right. Also our forklift...
The question being is it harder for a forklift to lift the same weight farther out than in closer? An example say you put 3000 lbs on the tip of the forks, does that require more effort/strain/hydraulics to lift vs 3000 lbs positioned closer to the lifting cylinder?
We have a truck that weighs 20,000 lbs, 8,100 on the front and 11,900 on the rear. The wheel base from the front axle to the rear axle is 272". The center of gravity is 161.84" which we found by taking 272" * 11,900 / 20,000 = 161.84".
What would the load be on each axle if we add a third...