by "gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
Published 04/10/2017 at 16:54
by "gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
Published 04/10/2017 at 16:54
Tags: Do you even lift?
STARS: 3
Update: The order pickers are weird and the total lack of feedback through the controls isn’t my favourite thing ever. The electric Toyota forklift is nice, if a little annoying for the same reasons. I don’t like electric drivetrains I guess. The propane Doosan outside is my favourite so far. Time to go get used to them all more.
My work is bringing in an instructor to train me on their two forklifts and order pickers. I’ve never driven either before, so this should be interesting.
"Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24)
04/10/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 1
theyre fun little things. the rear steering makes snowdrifts super simple
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
04/10/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 0
That bottom one is a hoot to drive. Takes some getting used to.
"Tennessee Dreamer" (smokymtnhigh)
04/10/2017 at 12:10, STARS: 1
I used the red thing at a former job and it was pretty fun to drive around the ware house, we would have it up on 3 (or 2?) wheels thru the corners all the time*, never flipped though*. with a little practice you can also pull off a pretty sweet J-turn*.
*these maneuvers are in no way approved by the safety person, probably
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/10/2017 at 12:10, STARS: 5
Inb4
Staplerfahrer Klaus.
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
04/10/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 1
I drove a propane-powered Mitsubishi similar to the top one. One of our favorite activities was power-sliding it through the puddle that developed at the bottom of the lower-warehouse ramp every time it rained. Getting back up that ramp was always a challenge in the wet.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
04/10/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 0
Screw regulations and training. I used to beg and plead with absolutely everyone to just once let me drive the Genie scissor lift at my old work and absolutely no one would let me.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
04/10/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 2
I drove a 14,000 lb marine forklift with 14' forks for years... without any official training. We also drove it literally into a river, at least a little bit, to pick up boats out of the water. Sometimes you’d reverse wheelie going down the ramp, so you had to go easy on the brakes. Which also didn’t work very well when they were wet. Good times, good times. At least we were only handling $100k boats.
You’ll be fine.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
04/10/2017 at 12:21, STARS: 4
Forklif gif of forklif giving another forklif a lif.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
04/10/2017 at 12:24, STARS: 1
The only forklift training video anyone will ever need
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/10/2017 at 12:27, STARS: 1
It’s kind of awesome how the Rube Goldbergian nature of the horrible things helps stick in your mind the exact fuckup that led to them. Could they have created the best safety video of all time just by engaging in parody? Probably.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/10/2017 at 12:28, STARS: 1
“that forklift had a child”
"vondon302" (vondon302)
04/10/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 1
As long as your not driving a reach stacker you’ll be fine. Also see if anyone can pick up a Nickel there’s a trick to it but it is doable. I’ve got 3 free lunches from it so far.
"diplodicus" (diplodicus)
04/10/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 1
I learned how to drive a forklift before I had a license. Electric ones are the best IMO. Getting used to rear steering can take a bit. For really tight maneuvering I recommend left foot braking if the truck will let you. Some have a switch that doesn’t allow it.
"TheD0k_2many toys 2little time" (thed0ck)
04/10/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 1
once you do it a few times it becomes like second nature. I am licenced to drive our electric ones at work and you never forget either. Like a bike
"tromoly" (tromoly)
04/10/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 1
Forklifts are easy, remember where your fork tips are and you’re fine.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
04/10/2017 at 14:21, STARS: 1
Very not ok, Chinese videos are scary.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
04/10/2017 at 14:23, STARS: 1
Easy, you will be fine. I have to move stuff in our warehouse if nobody is around, so I am certified. I also drive boom lifts for rigging on a crowded show floor. I will say a nice Toyota is much nicer to drive than another one I tried.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
04/10/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 1
I like driving ours. Have driven it for three years before getting “certified”
"Speed" (raggedrides)
04/10/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 1
Warehouse work got me along for damn near 10 years until getting through college and finding work in my field. I love driving powered equipmebt, especially forklifts. I’d do that shit forever if the pay was there.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
04/10/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 1
I definitely prefer the forklifts to the order pickers. It feels like video game controls, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
04/10/2017 at 16:58, STARS: 1
I got to drive fork lift at two jobs, one electric and one propane powered. Very fun, better than weighing trucks or washing out pepsi syrup reservoirs.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
04/10/2017 at 16:59, STARS: 0
This is a bit less fun than beating on a Yaris all day, but it pays better. Those jobs sound rather unpleasant
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
04/10/2017 at 17:11, STARS: 1
When I worked at Pepsi I was a tank washer and fork lift driver because I had to move my own work around. I stayed away from moving product in the warehouse. One day a guy dumped a whole pallett of pepsi onto the floor. We had to throw away 1,000's of cans due to dents. It’s the tight space manuvering and stacking challenges I liked. I stacked the tanks 4-5 pallets high, so maybe 15 feet or so, but not very stable.
"user314" (user314)
04/10/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 1
I’d love to learn how to drive one with the omni wheels:
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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
04/10/2017 at 17:56, STARS: 0
I had a job at a steel plant driving a Raymond like this:
I had to quit tho because it was a stand up job, and I had just got back to work from a back injury and apparently standing there holding pressure on the dead-man’s pedal with a bulging disc and sciatica was not a good thing.
Carrying around coils of steel the size of a small kitchen table that weighed as much as a full size truck was kinda cool tho.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
04/10/2017 at 19:48, STARS: 0
Oh wow, I didn’t even know those were a thing. Really cool, but that sounds like hell with the injuries
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
04/10/2017 at 19:50, STARS: 1
They had 4-wheel steer. Learning to swing into and out of aisles and crabbing across the warehouse was fun. And I didn’t need a forklift license to drive it, somehow.
"greasemonkey235097" (greasemonkey235097)
04/11/2017 at 08:20, STARS: 0
conventional toyota forklift with diesel engine, used in the shop to push disabled trucks.