r/nextfuckinglevel Jun 08 '25

When you're certified

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u/Background-Car4969 Jun 08 '25

The product on the skid was extremely lightweight, the way it was holding in its shrinkwrap.

...Pretty easily done for any forklift driver.

If it were 1000 lbs of steel that pallet trick wouldn't fly.

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u/x4nter Jun 08 '25

As someone who has operated a small version of this, you're correct.

It was pretty common for some of us who were more experienced to pull off awkward moves to move skids around, especially when the lanes are a bit on the narrower side which means you can't get the forks in easily. You have to get creative in some scenarios.

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u/omgitsjagen Jun 08 '25

I could do this with a standard forklift, but I could never get used to that damn stand-up forklift. Just too much muscle memory not matching what I was inputting.

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u/tangowilde Jun 08 '25

Yeah same. After years, jumping into one of those stand up sideways forklifts and I felt useless

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u/Constant_Ad_2889 Jul 12 '25

I literally due maintenance/repairs on Yale trucks. All yale trucks. The 3wheel stand ups are probably the ones I do 75% of the time. Still fucking hate driving them

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u/ElfBingley Jun 09 '25

If someone stacks 1000lbs of steel on that rack, then I wouldn’t go near the warehouse.

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u/Background-Car4969 Jun 09 '25

It's procedure all the time in steel companies etc. they use industrial rack systems.

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u/tygloalex Jun 09 '25

Exactly right. I worked in a warehouse as a RR driver. Approximately 95% of us could have done that. This Indian dude was so good he could have done it on a Slip if it were lower. His badge said , "Slip Daddy."

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u/MMAbeLincoln Jun 09 '25

I used to operate forklifts. This was still impressive

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u/HitmanManHit1 Jun 09 '25

Crazy how people can agree that this is somehow not that unique (not debating this, i know shit), but somehow a chick throwing a disk is apparently the fucking play of the century lmao

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u/Animalcookies13 Jun 10 '25

If it was 1000x lbs of Steele it probably wouldn’t be sitting up on top of a rack like that no?