Are forklifts Oppo?

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 10/21/2020 at 09:35 • Filed to: None

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I have to imagine this is way harder than doing it in person.

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E90M3 > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:38

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This sounds terrifying. I worked at a plant that has many forklifts, but many I mean 100+ running around at all times. That was not something I wanted to get hit by, making eye contact with the driver to make sure they see you is a pretty important part of forklift safety. 

Michael > E90M3 10/21/2020 at 09:43

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Yeah that’s like #1 - eye contact, and a head check or hand wave

Brickman > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:48

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A VR headset would make that better.

Then I would probably question reality when I go home.

Tripper > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:52

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Seems pretty Oppo to me.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:54

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A Robocop going on a killing spree ? No a RoboBob going on a stabbing spree.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:54

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Uh... no thanks. Sounds like imminent  death for any pedestrians.

Boxer_4 > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:54

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Linde forklifts can be had with a VW VR6, so yes. 

ibRAD > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/21/2020 at 09:55

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My favourite safety video of all time.

facw > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:56

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What I want to know is why one guy gets six screens, while the other gets one.

sony1492 > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:56

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Look s like a great way to outsource your labor

vondon302 > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:56

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Who picks up the dropped loads?

facw > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/21/2020 at 09:57

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Well everyone else would be in more danger, but this would offer Klaus significant protection against decapitation.

ibRAD > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:57

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It’s hard enough to drive them in person! Like driving one of those race-car shopping carts at Lowes.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 09:58

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Sim for klift racing IRL?

Brickman > facw 10/21/2020 at 10:07

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The one with six screens is in the union :P

ttyymmnn > E90M3 10/21/2020 at 10:15

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And bike safety. 

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 10:16

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Wouldn’t a robot be better? And what is gained by having these guys WFH or wherever?

BaconSandwich is tasty. > sony1492 10/21/2020 at 10:18

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...until a network outage happens.

vondon302 > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 10:25

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Speaking of forklifts.

mhr555 > E90M3 10/21/2020 at 10:27

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Yeah, I work in a manufacturing facility and there’s no way in hell, I’d get out on the floor with those. Perhaps in a warehouse situation where it’s just picking/pulling stock to get put on a conveyor or something but definitely NOT where humans are interacting. 

E90M3 > mhr555 10/21/2020 at 10:30

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Coupled with safety, I don’t see any advantage to this system. 

sony1492 > BaconSandwich is tasty. 10/21/2020 at 10:33

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Your right, Replace the humans with onboard ai

BaconSandwich is tasty. > sony1492 10/21/2020 at 10:55

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“Never let a human do a robot’s job”, as I like to say.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > vondon302 10/21/2020 at 11:02

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Holy shit, did anybody survive that?

vondon302 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/21/2020 at 11:12

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Minor injuries but that's kinda hard to believe. 

Cash Rewards > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 11:14

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Sure. House these guys in the same warehouse as Predator and Reaper drone operators. Hell, I bet this job is probably the harder of the two. It can be where the military guys graduate to. 

For Sweden > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 11:16

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The US Air Force is really embracing remotely piloted vehicles

For Sweden > Brickman 10/21/2020 at 11:16

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This company isn’t buying every operator an RTX 3090

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/21/2020 at 11:32

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Came for Klaus, left satisfied.

Chariotoflove > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 11:40

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So, does this mean a forklift  will be a build option on Grand Theft Auto, or whatever the gamers are flogging these days?

ST80MND > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 11:43

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Forklifts= Very Oppo. If it has a steering wheel, and will move you from point a- point whatever, and could feasibly be raced, OPPO. It doesn’t even need a motor, gravity is an ok power source.....

mhr555 > E90M3 10/21/2020 at 11:58

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I wonder how remote hi-lo drivers would have handled the situation I just had to assist with.

Hi-lo driver was stacking finished parts in a marketplace and got the top rack (I think 8 racks high) wedged on the horizontal bracing of the outer wall. The weight lifted the hi-lo off it’s back wheels.

We had to have another driver come in from the side and un-wedge the top rack and then steady everything to safely stack it all.

Not sure a remote guy could have seen what someone there in person could see. 

E90M3 > mhr555 10/21/2020 at 12:13

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Probably not well, this is one of those jobs that shouldn’t be done remotely . I can understand a long haul truck being driven remotely , but a forklift? See no upside.

TheRealBicycleBuck > vondon302 10/21/2020 at 12:58

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We had something similar happen at the plant I worked at. It was the guy’s third incident. Fortunately, he only took down two rack  sections. Still, it was 12 tons of material falling down on his head. This was the event that finally got the foreman’s nephew fired.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Just Jeepin' 10/21/2020 at 13:05

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Slow car fast with rear steering and front impalers- yeah, they’re Oppo.

I had a stint as a fork lift driver in my youth. Learning how to slide one was an essential skill for rapid truck loading. The procedure was simple - drop the load in the trailer, slam it into reverse with full throttle, raise the forks while careening full speed in reverse, hit the dock ramp, cut full left while slamming it into forward, stomp the gas as the front end slides around, as it finally gets grip and starts rolling forward drop and tilt the forks so you can pick up the next pallet.

Fun. 

mhr555 > E90M3 10/21/2020 at 13:12

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Remote OTR drivers? Shi t...I wouldn’t want that either.

vondon302 > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/21/2020 at 13:20

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Lol I bet.

Ive seen a few racks fall in my day.

Although It's been awhile since we put these in.