New Wheels!

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 04/03/2019 at 20:27 • Filed to: Forklift

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Also, a new forklift attached to those wheels. Its a 2019 Western Prowler P55, and its the new best friend of my Freightliner 114SD.

For the last nine months I’ve had a rotating cast of 2006-2008 Princeton Piggybacks , which are good machines, but this thing feels like a damn Cadillac compared to those.

Its about 150lbs heavier, it’ll lift 500lbs more, and I really haven’t used it at all yet. I had very little to do at work today, so they sent me to our main lumber yard to pick this guy up. I delivered some LVLs on my way back, but didn’t get a real good idea of how the machine works compared to the Princetons. 

Its quieter, its a LOT more comfortable, and everything on it just feels tighter...though I guess that can be attributed largely to this:

Two hours on the meter . It came off the truck from California, they offloaded it, and it sat and waited for me. My previous lift had something like 2500 hours on it.

Its weird, but I’m almost looking forward to going to work tomorrow to see what it can do. I’d rather stay home, but I’m dreading work less than usual, so thats something.

OPPOsaurus WRX > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/03/2019 at 20:44

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i love me some LVLs

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/03/2019 at 20:45

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I love them more when I'm not paying for them...

PowerstrokeorTDI > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/03/2019 at 21:11

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Nice Donkey!

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > PowerstrokeorTDI 04/03/2019 at 21:42

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It’s funny to me how everybody calls these something different, usually a brand name. I call it a Moffitt, my boss calls it a Teledyne...Donkey, Spider, Piggyback, Navigator. I have no idea what the type of machine actually is, haha. 

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/03/2019 at 21:44

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Probably my least favorite thing to deliver, at least in 28-40 foot lengths. My bed is 24 feet, so anything over 28 has to go up over my headboard and that sucks with LVLs because they’re not super stiff. Unpalleted Azek is also awful, you have to lift it six feet just to get the ends off the bed because it’s so floppy. 

shop-teacher > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/03/2019 at 22:27

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Cool!

CaptDale - is secretly British > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/04/2019 at 12:11

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My forklift is from 1965

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > CaptDale - is secretly British 04/04/2019 at 20:35

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Gonna need a picture of that. I love old equipment. 

CaptDale - is secretly British > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/04/2019 at 21:59

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That I can do