Patent ID: 8505691

Claim:
A shipping and handling system for a motorized fork lift truck including a front, a back and an operator's compartment and lifting rails having a front and a back, the lifting rails connected to the front of the fork lift truck and extending upwardly beyond a top of the operator's compartment, wherein said system includes: a first bracket that is connected to the back of said lifting rails and spaced from said operator's compartment; a second bracket, separate from said first bracket, said second bracket directly connected to the back of said fork lift truck; a set of wheels mounted upon one of said brackets and an unwheeled support element mounted upon said other bracket so that said fork lift truck can be turned over onto its back and rested upon a surface when said wheels and said unwheeled support element contact said surface, thereby said brackets supporting said truck on said surface; and said first and second brackets are removably attached to said truck such that said first and second brackets are removed from said truck after shipment, and prior to operation, of said truck.