Are forklifts oppo?

"Noodles" (hilgyjeep) 10/27/2020 at 16:24 • Filed to: My Nissan can bench more than your Nissan

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Mine is.

JDM Yo!

Technically it’s LHD. So not really JDM. Just a Nissan.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:35

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Is that 4th control (far right) just hanging out, doing nothing ? Doesn’t look like there’s a rotisserie or other attachment that would need it.

lone_liberal > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:37

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They can be. I used to work for a company that sold building supplies and the guys out in the warehouse would on occasion race the forklifts. Of course then during such a race one of them ripped the oil pan off from the engine and killed the forklift and both of the guys racing were fired so maybe it’s best that forklifts aren’t Oppo.

Noodles > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 16:43

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It doesn't have anything attached to it. I just started there and have more experience than everyone else combined. When I asked about it they all looked at me like I was crazy. Probably a grabber attached to it long ago

Noodles > lone_liberal 10/27/2020 at 16:44

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I bottomed it out coming out of the barn. Had to yank it with the van. So this one IS oppo.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:44

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Not is more Oppo than rear wheel steer 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:45

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Those things are terrifying at speed.

Don’t ask me how I know.

AkursedX > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:46

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I used to drive a Toyota electric at my old place.

But this is Oppo:

https://m.facebook.com/story/graphql_permalink/?graphql_id=UzpfSTIwMTkyNzgxNDUwNjI2NDI6MjczMTEzNDU5NzIxMDMyMw%3D%3D

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 16:50

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Push/pull the forks in/out?

Noodles > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 10/27/2020 at 16:50

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Good call

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:51

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I submit that rear wheel steering makes the inherently Oppo just due to the oddity of it.

Also, my sister drives a forklift. I’ll have to ask her what kind she has.

Noodles > BaconSandwich is tasty. 10/27/2020 at 16:52

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Ha. The one I learned on years ago went fast as shit. When you hit top speed the dead man brake wouldn't catch for a couple seconds. I had to change my shorts when I found that out.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:57

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I really liked driving fork lift. The smug feeling you get when you have it mastered and can park a pallet of Pepsi into a hole 15 feet up with only 1/2" to spare on each side. Those were the days.

I did have a co-worker mess it up one day and dented several thousand cans of pepsi. We had to break the cans and drain it down the sewer.

Noodles > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/27/2020 at 16:57

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I've driven quite a few and this is the first Nissan I've seen. Rear steer is pretty fun though.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 10/27/2020 at 16:57

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Hydraulic fork spreaders (no clue what the official term is) are fancy, but I’ve never seen them on your average 5-6000# capacity fork truck .

( Also, Noodles said it’s not attached to anything .)

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 16:58

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Nice. One of our forklifts back in my hydraulic mechanic days was an old Toyota  running on propane.

Michael > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 17:03

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The Toyotas at the Yamaha factory were mostly all hydraulic spreaders.  The CATs at CAT were garbage, broken more than they were operational, and no spreaders

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Michael 10/27/2020 at 17:09

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I can only assume there was a regular need for that function . None of the Toyota lifts I’ve used were so equipped (but use of the fourth control for a rotisserie or bin-dumping attachment is extremely common in wineries, where the majority of my forklift experience has been ).

Jim Spanfeller > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 17:21

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Sporklift.

Michael > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 17:21

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Yeah they were constantly picking different sized pallets and knockdowns, so it was a good feature

Just Jeepin' > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 17:25

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For  anyone who missed ‘em the first time.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/homebrew-robot-forklift-1845149060

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/are-forklifts-oppo-1845435790

HammerheadFistpunch > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 17:26

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The engine in my land cruiser is found in certain Toyota forklifts

Noodles > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/27/2020 at 17:28

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Ha! I used to work in a Rust-Oleum warehouse. Spraypaint lets everyone know who sucks. Poor Norma got peppered in the face quite a bit

Noodles > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 10/27/2020 at 17:31

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I’ve worked in a few places with side grabbers. Not sure what they’re called but it’s for grabbing the sides of a giant roll of paper or there was a home insulation company that used em because their insulation on a pallet was  wobbly as shit

Noodles > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 17:32

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Doesn't look like it's setup for spreaders. 

Noodles > AkursedX 10/27/2020 at 17:33

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That's funny

Noodles > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 10/27/2020 at 17:35

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The only Toyota lift I've seen was old as hell and not fun to use. 

Noodles > HammerheadFistpunch 10/27/2020 at 17:36

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Nice. This one has a little straight 4 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 17:37

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Some people learn how to do it, then there are others that suck and some that have a knack and become masters of the art.

functionoverfashion > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 17:41

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I’ve spent a lot of time driving an old forklift that had an inline 6 gas engine with 4 speed manual, both forward and reverse. It was a mean machine. 

HammerheadFistpunch > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 17:42

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Mine is the 1FZ-FE.  The difference is an Iron head not allow, plus different tuning for low redlines (2350 rpm...ha). 84 furious HP at 2350

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > BaconSandwich is tasty. 10/27/2020 at 17:53

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The newest one at my work can do 25kph/15mph. 

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 17:55

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I play with diesel & propane ones where I work. It depends what warehouse I’m in. Mostly CAT’s, & a few Toyotas.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 18:08

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This was certainly old, but it was actually out biggest forklift rated for 3 tons. Our other two forklifts were electric and smaller. The fact that all three were wildly different and different to operate made us proud of our *frequent* synchronized forklift driving to move giant hydraulic cylinders from cranes and the like that were much too large to move with a single forklift.  OSHA would not have approved.

sn4cktimes > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 10/27/2020 at 18:44

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I’m familiar with that game. We once unloaded a 120’ crated replacement ballscrew off a trailer and into a building using 5 very different forklifts of varying sizes. It was a “scenario”. The 90° pivoting was really something to watch as everyone struggled to maintain their own radii . Each forklift had one driver and one dedicated spotter. There were also about 5 other spotters. If anybody yelled STOP we all would yell stop and come to a slow metered stop. No jerky motions allowed. The spotters we quite good at passing instructions along the line so we the operators could focus on our own section and obstacles. There were many pickups and put downs involved. And once inside some  forklifts were exchanged for hoists with spreader bars. 

Noodles > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/27/2020 at 18:59

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This is true. Norma knocked over 10 pallets of 5 gallon buckets on her last day. That’s 36x5x10 gallons of primer in the middle of the loading dock.

1800 gallons of primer every fucking where.

I hated Norma. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 19:13

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I hate Norma too and I don’t even know Norma. 

Noodles > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/27/2020 at 19:39

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I think that old one went 13 mph. I bet 15 feels pretty fast in a warehouse. We were always slowed down by the shitty concrete

Noodles > HammerheadFistpunch 10/27/2020 at 19:40

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She has a sweet ass

TrickJos > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 19:51

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I’ve done a few forklift burnouts in my day. Very Oppo.

Those things are tough as nails. I drove a Nissan forklift for a few years.  I slammed that shift lever, at full speed, from reverse to forward countless times and it never skipped a beat.

gmctavish needs more space > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 20:45

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We have a lovely electric Toyota forklift at my work as our indoor lift. Central doubled steer wheel so it can turn with the inside front wheel stopped

gmctavish needs more space > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 21:07

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Here’s what I’ve got to play with at work

The propane lift is a Doosan. Poor thing has been beat on so badly, I’m amazed it works as well as it does. We’ve also got another Raymond order picker, same model as the one pictured but 10 years older. It has a circuit board problem where it thinks the battery is dead after 2 or 3 hours running, so you have to charge it once or twice a day. Oh and a quite old Clark order picker that we use as an elevator 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/27/2020 at 21:30

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Plenty scary at those speeds!

Tohru > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/27/2020 at 23:00

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Look up a Landoll Bendi if you want something really odd. We keep getting them on trade-in cause companies are tired of racking getting knocked over by them.

Tohru > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 10/27/2020 at 23:01

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Most of our 5k and heavier lifts have fork spreaders on them. If you have the means, it is very choice.

Tohru > Noodles 10/27/2020 at 23:03

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The forklifts I work on feature things like Mazda 2.0s and 2.2s, GM 2.2s, 2.4s, and 4.3s.
I’ve had to pull out two 4.3s in the past 2 months and replace the flywheel because people ruin the ring gears on them somehow.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Tohru 10/28/2020 at 01:08

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I bet! Although we have very infrequent  need to change fork spacing, whereas not having a rotisserie attachment would be a huge pain in the ass.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Tohru 10/28/2020 at 08:00

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At one point when I was in the Navy I was working in a warehouse that had one.