I've been driving a forklift on and off over 30 years. This guy is very good at what he does. Obviously OSHA would not approve, however I'm sure his boss is very happy wih how efficient he was.
I have 33 years of experience in LTL transport. This guy is not doing anything dangerous. He is doing what he can with what he has. Their is always time frames to respect in any logistic job. He looks very efficient and competent.
i work in a warehouse. i taught myself to always look where im going. even if im only moving a foot or 3 inches. people will walk right up behind you trying to die 🤐
This guy is good. As a forklift driver myself with 27 years experience, one usually finds operators like this are generally the safest.....despite all the official training procedures.
as one forklift cowboy to another I salute his flagrant contempt for convention! I too do horrific things with my forklift at Tokyo international airport :)
When you drive a lift for so long, you learn things like these along the way, mostly from other old veteran drivers. We had a guy in our whse, Raul, who would do letdowns and he would never actually drive into the bay to put the product in. All his maneuvers were done by simply sliding or nudging the pallet with the tip of the forks. That guy made production standards like crazy, always had tons of time to burn.
I'd say it took quite a while to learn that routine. Nicely done! I'm a material handler in a warehouse, my skills are definitely up there. I wish my coworkers could say the same..lmao
I think he did pretty good in the environment that he is in. Different skills in different situations, he did amazing. Shaved a lot of time by doing it his way.
Good driver! What he is doing is pretty easy with plastic,, aluminum and wood container bins.. Its a different story when you are moving huge loads of product that have a ton more weight loading semi trailers,, 4&5 teer racks in warehouses and moving huge industrial equipment to and from with people around/cant drive as fast.. Im pretty sure this driver can do much more with his good driving skills in heavy equipment as well.. What he is doing in this video is years of experience and doing the same routine day in and day out.. I have about 15yrs in standup and sit down lift driving and i have to say im pretty damn good myself lol.. I can spot a skilled driver within 1 minute behind the lift..
I don't know about highly skilled but as far as getting the job done he is your man. borderline reckless definitely dangerous keep well away from his truck.
I have been at the incident time when I walked checking goods. One guy was showing his skills to the new starters. He spin around like crazy with FLT and in one moment the tub of shrink wrap flew out of the truck from the back of the seat. Another spin in circle made him ride right on the wrap tube and made him jump as well tipping over. Unfortunately he had no chance to grab the steering firmly and lean to opposite side from tipping direction so the forklift tipped over on his neck with the guard frame causing death. His 8 years experience has tragic final.
Oh, wow, a 3ton Komatsu, how did you handle such a raging monster of a machine on terrifying flat ground? My heart was in my mouth for a full 3 and a half minutes. I am now going to write a sternly worded letter to the entire world warning them not to watch such a pulsating and reckless display of load shifting.
