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Mar 12, 2010 17:33:35 GMT
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Didnt really know where to place this, so..(I seriously think we need a "general" non car/toy sub-forum..) I recently passed my counterbalance FLT training, after wanting to use one for over a year  Taking some getting used to, its certinatly not like a car, which I initially thought before driving one! Anyone else use one? |
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Mar 12, 2010 20:30:38 GMT
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I used to have a forklift license when I worked at BAe a few years ago , mainly to cover out of normal hours stuff also had a chance to use it in the USA I might even have an old photo somewhere |
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Brian Damaged
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Mar 12, 2010 21:04:22 GMT
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I drive a wagon for a living, but load it myself.... I took my c/b test on a 1.5t Hyster, but usually drive a 7-tonne V6-powered Hyster at work, as well as a 14-tonne US-made Hoist with a propane-fuelled GM V8 lump......and this bloody monstrosity....  1980's Hyster 15-tonner with VERY smoky Perkins 6.354 diesel, the turning circle of a cross-channel ferry, and no power steering. Sounds great, steering pulls your arms out, no side-shift so you HAVE to be accurate with it. It's actually quite fun to drive. I've had so much weight on those forks that it wouldn't steer and could pop wheelies. ;D |
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93fxdl
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Mar 12, 2010 21:38:55 GMT
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fork lifts are fun but how about a - 4 way travel reach truck- for some seriously wierd load moving
will try and find a picture
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curse word cant find any pictures but imagine a forklift which can jack itself up, turn its wheels to 90 degrees, drop down and then drive away sideways
the ones i used to drive/repair were called hunslet lizard and had all sorts of chains for the steering with the electric motors as part of the wheels oh and the forks also moved in and out as well as up and down
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Last Edit: Mar 12, 2010 21:52:22 GMT by 93fxdl
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slater
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i have a coventy climax, its a curse word to drive, no powersteering bull
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Mar 13, 2010 10:37:27 GMT
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My friend's dad used to drive a big Hyster like the one pictured above at work many years ago, but it had a Chrysler 360ci V8 small-block and a 4-speed. They took it down the highway at about 80km/h! Not bad for something with rear steer!
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Mar 13, 2010 15:06:18 GMT
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I drive a 4-way reach occasionally. Like this but yellow.  |
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Mar 13, 2010 18:31:15 GMT
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Wow..V6, V8? Bet they sound snorty as hell  We just got a Gecco LPG C/B truck..has a 4-cyl. VW Polo engine lol. I really didnt realize the vast amount of lifting machines out there, tis surprising. I wouldn't mind becoming a forklift service/repair guy, but I guess I'd need mechanics NVQ's etc, which I don't  I was taught not to use side shift, and wasn't allowed to use it on the test, but in out warehouse its an invaluable luxury. |
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Mar 13, 2010 20:10:37 GMT
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I had an ancient LPG Toyota FG15 for about 10 years but I offered to lend it to a local firm down the road to dismantle their mezzanine floor, so I drove it the mile or so down to them  and this broke the transmission. It never worked again and I had to buy another truck. Thats the last time I felt like feeling generous I now have a 1976 Lansing Bagnall 3 tonne with power steering and a perkins 4.108.  |
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Last Edit: Mar 13, 2010 20:45:35 GMT by datman
75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Mar 13, 2010 20:24:55 GMT
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I've been driving them since I passed my test at 18. Where I work now we used to have this orange one but it needed new batteries so we traded it in instead,a real shame as it had side-shift and was smooth and very controllable.  Our current one is this poxy little f**ker,it's either on or off so takes a lot of effort to control and has very limited ground clearance and inadequate tilt.So much for progress.  |
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Mar 13, 2010 23:15:02 GMT
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This.... is a Forklift truck.  |
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Mar 13, 2010 23:16:05 GMT
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One of my brothers toys.  |
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ive got reach,counter balance & bendy truck those bendy trucks are wierd to drive as most of the things you where taught for the others don't apply !!! i nearly failed my counter balance refresher course as i had to do all three refresher courses in three weeks !!! the instuctor could not belive ive had a valid truck license for 18 yrs till i told him that i had refeshed all of them in such a short time he said in the morning you drove fine then you drove like you had never been near a truck in your life for about an hour !!!!!
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find me on facebook to see photos of things I'm selling off !!!
All Forshow
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what on EARTH is that for? and whats the capacity?
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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what on EARTH is that for? and whats the capacity? If you are talking about my brothers toy.... and he has a load, licensed to operate, service and train and examine on everything from compacters to construction cranes . He is in the military, and these are used for moving things like containers of hardware about etc. Has an attachment to top load or bottom load containers. Reach: 2 containers on top of each other. Tonnage: 35 metric tonnes capacity. Engine : 2 Stroke Diesel. Everything is bigger and badder in his unit  |
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Last Edit: Mar 14, 2010 10:43:38 GMT by grizz
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Mar 14, 2010 17:15:37 GMT
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I have always worked on fork trucks (hence the name). Sarted out on smaller everyday ones and progressed to container moving equipment. I used to work for these people(until they made me redundant)  And now I work on these  I love it. Big boys toys every day. I've worked on most of the ones pictured above too |
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Mar 14, 2010 21:10:25 GMT
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Although I'm an office bod, we're a small company, so I'm licenced to drive counter balance and often load/unload trucks when the Stores folks have gone home.
We've only a little 1.5tonne electric three wheeler though.
Was fun drifting it round the carpark when we had the snow back in January.
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I actually miss driving the forklift more than anything out of any other job I've ever had.
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berendd
Europe
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Mar 16, 2010 13:00:16 GMT
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Use to work with a Linde diesel years ago.. was fun to drive as they have a forward and a reverse throttle pedal.. no side shift, but I worked at a building materials firm, so no real need to be precise.. looked like this:  we once had a Komatsu for temporary while the Linde was in revision, we did some restacking with that and when the Linde came back it turned out that the Komatsu reached slightly higher than the Linde. So we had to take out 2 pallets of wood stacked on top of eachother at once on maximum reach.. We had to sit at the back with 3 guys to get the pallets out.. |
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Last Edit: Mar 16, 2010 13:00:51 GMT by berendd
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Mar 16, 2010 17:49:59 GMT
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That looks very similar to what we have at work, same colour too..
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