Jackson Allen Im sorry...all I can imagine is someone getting buried under that avalanche of studs. Real safety hazard. Thats why they push out the caution gate. Nobody’s company will pay employees to catch pallets of wood in their hands. Safer to let it all fall then play mop up.
As a former Home Depot associate in lumber I've seen this many times but it's mostly because the unit wasn't properly placed or the stickers was incorrect so whoever put it there should be held accountable
And that is why you were only a home depot associate. If you were a real forklift operator you would know that that load is too heavy for how high he is lifting The dude just straight up doesn't know how to operate one
One stack at a time. Or take it down one board at a time. Hand over hand until the lift can handle the load. Lazy crazy and stupid should never work on the same task at once.
getting a forklift cert isnt that hard hell you don't even need a drivers license typically you need to check if your forlift can handle the weight its about to pick usually being around 2 pallets or 6000 pounds, you also have to account for slopes and speed your driving. needless to say the fact he picked up what seemed to be 2 bunks of wood is ballsy
That's what happens when you hire 50 year old Susan's who couldn't tell the difference between a Phillips and Flat at a hardware store, old women need jobs to but that's what JC Penny's is for
That's how it is when you drive a fork truck I drive one at work everyday and people are always telling me what to do, and most of them aren't certified to even drive a fork truck, it's retarded
What's wrong ? He got the wood down and now it's at a reduced price. Safe work at it's finest. With so many employees blocking the aisle, how could anyone possibly get hurt? Bravo !!!
GUARDIAN702 I work for lowes I'm lumber and I been there 2 years now. And I'm tired of piece of shit like you ! You want straight Lumber ? Pay the fucking price for straight Lumber and don't be picking through our #2 And #3 grade boards and throwing what you do not like on the floor. I'M SICK OF IT. I have to pick up shit all the time because of ass holes like you. Fuck you go to home depot or something and do that shit or buy #1 Grade.
GUARDIAN702 how about I come to your house and tip over your bookshelf, TV, and smash your game console just to even the score? You throw half a bunk on the ground just for one piece of wood? Dumbass. You're the guy we talk shit about in the break room.
cmndrkool321 You talk shit about straingers in the break room? Your probably single. If not you get punkd by your chick. Your not gonna win in here dude. Youguys restock some fucked up shit. This whole team in this video fucked up.
Whoever the jackass that was directing him how to do it was annoying and didn't know shit! Telling him to tilt the load foward when you're supposed to tilt it backwards so all the weight is towards the forklift. He probably would have been fine then. I just wanted to jump through the screen and do it myself
I love when people do that when im on the lift, I'll just slam the forks down, pull the brake lever back, jump off and go here you go, you wanna do it? They go umm no, and I'll go good then stfu and go away.
@@english_muffinss I did that a few times so far and still get a laugh out of it every time ... I also get a laugh when people tell me I don't know how to drive a forklift yet I operate them with more skill then other's who have years more experience than me ...
They could have strapped those 2 pallets together , on each end ( the 2x4's are 8' at least ) .go up on the side with a Raymond Order Picker , keep pressure on the load . ..could have been avoided .. no ?
That's because none of those Associates work in the electrical department. Just because you work at Lowe's doesn't mean you're going to automatically know every department. They all looked at each other because they were finding the electrical associate. He was on lunch at the time of place.
I can't stand anyone just watching me at work when there's a really hard task like this that requires concentration. When the first person started gawking I know what I would have done because I've done it plenty of times before. I'd shut the lift off and walk away and ask everyone if they have anything better to do than watch me.
A spotter isn't a bad thing but they should also be an experienced operator. Actually even more the the guy on the machine. Giving less experienced operators get some time operatoring is also important. But there is way to many here. I'm a Forklift driver and from time to time I ask a spotter to help out. Especially when there's a lot of people walking around on a busy dynamic loading dock. Or in a retaill situation like this. But I pick who I trust. And always they have to be good operators themselves.
@bluegrassman3040 that good to here I'm glad you haven't had to many Accidents after what a year of operating. There are operators that have had there ticket fir 10 years but only drive a couple of times a week or even less that can say they have never had an accident. But it's relative to the Hours of operation that makes it impressive or not. Otherwise it doesn't really mean anything to say you haven't had an accident. So what how many hours have you operated for example. Tell me that after operating for 40+ hours a week then I'll be impressed.
Why the fuk all these people standing watching the man, probably hoping he would drop it so they would have something to talk about in the break room. Smh
This doesn’t occur at any Amazon warehouse, their employees don’t even have time to use the restroom to pee! Why do they hire all these lazy asses all the time?
hairoftehdog. reminds me the city of phoenix one working eight standing around when jobs done they all start saying man that guy works hard lets go get a beer
thats what i was thinking i feel so bad for the kid. I mean forklifts aren't this hard really but you need experience. poor guy has all these people watching and can probably barley think straight
Plot Twist: This actually took place at a Home Depot. The employees r wearing Lowe's gear as part of an elaborate ruse to virally embarrass the competition. Literal paid actors.
@@jasenrock whoever was directing him was an idiot telling him to angle it foward and he ended up pulling more out from the bottom. Plus you never angle it forward you angle it backwards so the weight transfers towards you. He probably would have been fine then
@Jack Mehoff U Said it brother! Who the hell in their right mind would have told him to lean the forks forward, that guy giving directions WAS, and might still be, an IDIOT!
i use to work at lowes. i can assure you each location has about 50-60 employees on the clock at all times. but 30-40 of them camp thier whole shift in the break room
At mine there are like 20. When it's 9pm you see all the workers cars. They have so many employees. Wal-Mart down the street is richer and only has 1 cashier and stocker
Not all of us stand around. Our policy at my store is to run to get it even if it isn't your dept. I'm a pro service loader. I have run across the store to hit a button
James Foskey how is it too high? That’s easily reachable. You could definitely get the top stack without getting the bottom because of the runners underneath the bunk that separate the two. That’s the entire point of them so the forks can easily get them
No the problem is the lower bunk had came unbanded and he couldnt get under the top one without further messing the bottom one up. So he unfortunately had to do this. I dont know why it couldnt wait until after hours
I worked at a home depot and one key they always tell you is to not double stack lumber while lifting. Home depot always had the best forklifts and all of em are durable 💪🏽🤘🏽
Yeah I blame that idiot too. Giving him wrong tips. Should’ve had an extension or should’ve moved forward too push the load into the mast then tip the mast back
I know lots of people who have driven fork lifts but never a fork truck..... Is that like a truck that delivers forks? And the guy in the blue is the idiot.
Jason Y he wasnt giving him tips to save the load he was giving him tips on how to let the load drop as safely as possible. No driver was gonna save that from falling so he was making sure it was done in the safest way possible
The workers must not like the forklift operator They are obviously standing around watching to make him nervous Just look at them judging the poor guy Those "workers" should of been fired
Ya know what's wierd?! Is the act of dropping all of those literally cripples me in anxiety, yet the thought of picking them up one at a time and being the guy to fix it comforts me.
I am a forklift operator at an actual lumberyard and this is just pathetic, take the top bundle set it on the ground and use the tilt back to grab the debanded bundle, and grab as much as you can and even if a quarter of the unit falls atleast you have a partial stack. GOOFS
Yeah, I was wondering how high his forks can go. Why is he picking up 2 units with such low backrests, especially 2 units with a rolled unit on the bottom with no banding. I would have done either what you said, but if the forks on that lift can't go that high, I would have gone all the way up on it, and tilted all the way back and then lowered it. The backests will keep the bottom rolled unit in place and the top unit should be just fine. I work at a lumber mill, have driven a Hyster XL for 6 years, and have dealt with MANY rolled units of lumber.
I used to work at a warehouse and this was my number one fear. My boss told me though to never try and pick up 2 bundles of anything at the same time unless they were wrapped.
I worked night stock at Lowes, and I have never attempted to lift more than one bundle at a time. The last thing you want to chance is a complete collapse and going over the load limit of the forklift. Also, one wrong move and you could have multiple collapse of the racking, it doesn't take much. Granted that the lumber is on cantilever racking, but the adjoining racking can still be adversely affected. The closest thing I had to a similar situation, was a pallet of disassembled wheelbarrows that started to come apart up in the top-racking as I was lifting them off the racking to bring them down. I managed to save the situation, with no help or onlookers.
tay gai that’s what you’re worried about? They get paid $10 an hour this took about 5 minutes so they each wasted about a dollar and you’re seriously telling me that if you worked at fucking Lowe’s and this shit happened at your work you wouldn’t go watch that shit fall too quit getting butthurt about people with minimum wage positions
My only question is why would they only have 7 employees standing around? I truly believe if 10 additional employees were added to stand around and stare, this would have never happened.
At the end of this occurrence all the employees scattered like roaches to their smoking break, the break room, and other parts unseen by customers. I've never seen that many of them in one place....heck, I've never seen that many during an entire trip to their store!
You that's a good point I've ever only seen the 2 cashiers and the one person in the paint section along with the random guy walking around pretending to work, never this many
bob knar legally you can't work at lowes or Home Depot unless your 18. You must be 18 to drive lift trucks. Yes it is very nerve racking to drive lift trucks for most of us. Doesn't mean I won't do it but I don't like doing it. Maybe if you're comfortable doing that kind of work and you don't really care that's great but when you work part time till you can start a real career you get pretty stressed having to do that kind of stuff. It's the companies faults for improper training. Why is it all the safety training is on the computer?
Don't fire the spotter. There's supposed to be someone (ONE person, lol) watching the aisle adjacent to this one while the forklift guy is pulling the lumber.
Overhead announcement: "code 50 to lumber, code 50 to lumber" , while another coworker tells you to go get carts from the parking lot. What a summer job that was.
I was thinking the same thing. And then some dumbshit tells him to tilt down and then bring it down. No tilt back then lift up a bit and back up some so you’re not riding the pallet below. Wtf.
Dell Scotten bro, do you even lift? As in forklift lol There IS an option of tilting up or down, you know. Granted, idk if this specific lift has said capabilities, but I'd figure it does
Shit happens, but at Lowe’s or Home Depot they act like it’s the end of the world. Come work in a real lumber yard and this shit is nothing, especially in the winter
John Riley I typically don’t build lumber loads unless we are slow that day, I work with engineered lumber such as ijoice and lvls which are anywhere from 6 ft to 48ft. So moving 2x really isn’t that bad
Outdoors Minnesota I'm in pressure treating. All of our bundles come from the mill so the only time anything gets stacked is if it gets dropped. Those untreated 2x4's just love to slide around lol.
Exactly what's wrong with everyone these days. You go to work but expect to get paid just because you showed up... take a little initiative. might get you somewhere..
The only thing that I can tell people is that if you work in a warehouse, if you think that you can get two loads of two by fours what appears to be a small forklift don’t do it because you’ll end up like this
This is actually standard practice. I worked at a Lowes lumber department for six years. The actual problem here was attempting to put a "rolled' unit on the stack with another unit above it. You just don't do that. The rolled unit needs to be placed on it's own cantilever rack, or worked into the active bay. The person who was working was an idiot.
Mr Leon sometimes lifts can’t reach that high. We used to be forced to do that at this country rural place where they didn’t give a shit about our safety. Just work work work.
Right? Something isnt right though. Both pallets got up there, but they can't get them down? If they put both up with the same lift, then it should be able to get both down. Maybe they hand stacked extra 2x4s on later to make it heavier, or used a different lift last time to put them up. As another poster wrote earlier, just about everything that could make this video a fail was done. This was the lottery fail
Mr Leon same thing I said... Or had another forklift on the other side ready to catch the good bale of 2x4s so you can just focus on the faulty one... Idk
Reminds me of one time I was working in a multiproduct warehouse. We were working with salsa displays that day and one of of the forklifts had picked up one of them to take to the wrapper. However on his way over there, the pallet the display was on broke sending who knows how many jars of Pace Salsa to the floor. Salsa went everywhere and it took ages to clean up, and the warehouse smelled like the stuff for the next few days.
Be glad it wasn't a case of Repel-All or Liquid Fence. One night, a co-worker came up to me complaining that he dropped a case of Repel-All AND Liquid Fence in the seasonal department, (I was working Tool-World). I helped him to clean up the super offensive mess (I have a "cast-iron" stomach) and he was ready to vomit. The birds in the overhead were awakened by the stench and started dive-bombing him. LOL
For those that aren't putting together what exactly happened, a strap broke on the lumber. This was noticed, and the driver halted immediately. Had the driver stuffed it back in, the entire pile was at risk of falling. This is very obviously a planned uh....... rapid descent. You can hear this at 1:52 where the manager says "Alright, angle foward."
David Fubuster I love ace too, mostly because they have dog food too. Not enough lumber or materials for bigger jobs but ace definitely has the best employees
