For me I passed my test and on the first day nearly tipped the forklift. I still feel bad about it.
Moving pallets of copier paper. Sometimes I’d miss the pallet and spear a box with a forklift tine. Those ended up being sold byloose reams minus the mangled ream.
You should try the quarter trick. Lay a quarter on the ground, tilt the forks forward, back up dragging the tip of the fork across the quarter and the quarter will flip up and land on the same fork. It’s odd but it works.
I was using the forks as a workbench to cut a piece of 1/2" steel with an acetylene torch. I thought I had enough overhang to make it work.
Those forks ended up about 1.5" shorter after I finished my cut.
Sorry, but BOTH forks!?
How did you not notice the first one falling off?
Breaking traction when driving through a puddle.
I assumed they are super heavy and would stick to the ground, nope.
The tyres are essentially treadless drift-tyres, and any water on a polished concrete surface will allow some sliding.
This was without load and no crash ensued, just a momentary boost in adrenaline as 1.5 tons is moving a different direction as expected.
Example:
*tires
But yes, indoor forklifts are very, very heavy and have smooth AF tires. You can practically drift certain forklifts if you know what you’re doing.
‘Tyre’ is the american
bastardisationspelling, so maybe he is from the USA
I watched this safety video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJYOkZz6Dck
You know you’re a real forklift driver when you don’t even have to open the link to know what it is
I forgot I had an interview and stayed out drinking all night. went to the interview blind drunk and there was a practical test at the end.
Ended up getting the job so I clearly didn’t smell like a brewery.
how I imagine this interview:
