Our Hyster diesel from the 60s is still going! Doesn’t side shift and pops out of every gear, but dang is it strong and handy cause goes thru smaller openings than or John Deere’s
The obstacle course in this video is very similar to what I took about 10 years ago when I got my first fork truck license and it was for shipboard use. We had some Wilbers also but the one I remember most was named Randolph and he could ruin pallets of material in a storeroom in a heart beat because he wouldn't wear his glasses and couldn't see what he was running over or into and wouldn't listen to the spotters giving him direction because he thought he could always make it.
It's crazy that people used to drive these machines without seatbelts. When I was certified on the forklift a few years back, the instructor drove into our heads over and over that most fatal forklift accidents occur when the operator isn't wearing a seatbelt, since you can easily fall under the machine and get crushed during a tip-over. Say whatever you want about the good old days, but there's definitely some things that I'm glad we do differently now.
Yeah, funny thing is that back then it was widely, and wrongly, believed that the operator was more like to be killed wearing a seat belt because he couldn't "jump free" of the forklift if he were strapped in. Like many safety advances over the years, it takes time and a lot of injuries to get the statistics needed for change.
@@bc454irocz89 So you have no idea how a forklift tip over actually goes. Guess what? Out of all the accidents I’ve seen, the guy who was crushed and killed wasn’t wearing his seat belt. He tried to jump free and the lift crushed him. Wear the seatbelt.
@@Rob-tx3jl i work with guys who havent worn in a seatbelt in 40 years theyve worked here I think they know more than you. Seatbelts do nothing on a forklift
Naturally, every time they show Wilbur screwing up, it's in a Brand X forklift. "After this accident, it was determined to be more cost-effective to have Wilbur sit on his ass and watch cartoons all day..."
When I was working in the chocolate factory over 43 years I Saw co workers some times dropping skids of product off of racks smashing equipment running into over head door's ect and bags falling off skids you have to be safe on fork trucks are nothing to mess around with
@@jimhaines8370 True, but metal banding straps were available back then. We also use Hava-Strap for light loads of palleted material onboard ship when building a customer's order for delivery at sea, but we have to use metal banding when they order barrels of lube oil and other petroleum products.
The Wilbur we had took down a rack of shelves, rode his lift out the back of a truck he moved (but didn't set the brake, allowing it to roll from the dock), and was finally canned after he punctured a skid of muriatic acid with the forks and sent a guy to the hospital.
LOL Lift porn; That Hair will get me every time. I was a Wilber! I broke the main fire sprinkler pipe backing out once, and ran over a 6' 2X12 end that hit me in the head but on the other hand I learned safety and respect for any lifting machine. The last job I did was on a big 4x4, loads 3 stories up, in, not on, Texas clay. Yee Ha!
After watching this, you must watch the famous/infamous Forklift Driver Klaus. Who said German's don't have a sense of humour? ruclips.net/video/KJdrQXyfhnk/видео.html
Our Hyster diesel from the 60s is still going! Doesn’t side shift and pops out of every gear, but dang is it strong and handy cause goes thru smaller openings than or John Deere’s
This is so fun to watch, also very informative. I love this channel so much.
The obstacle course in this video is very similar to what I took about 10 years ago when I got my first fork truck license and it was for shipboard use. We had some Wilbers also but the one I remember most was named Randolph and he could ruin pallets of material in a storeroom in a heart beat because he wouldn't wear his glasses and couldn't see what he was running over or into and wouldn't listen to the spotters giving him direction because he thought he could always make it.
It's crazy that people used to drive these machines without seatbelts. When I was certified on the forklift a few years back, the instructor drove into our heads over and over that most fatal forklift accidents occur when the operator isn't wearing a seatbelt, since you can easily fall under the machine and get crushed during a tip-over. Say whatever you want about the good old days, but there's definitely some things that I'm glad we do differently now.
Yeah, funny thing is that back then it was widely, and wrongly, believed that the operator was more like to be killed wearing a seat belt because he couldn't "jump free" of the forklift if he were strapped in. Like many safety advances over the years, it takes time and a lot of injuries to get the statistics needed for change.
We never wear seatbelts, I dont wanna be strapped in not able to jump out
@@bc454irocz89 So you have no idea how a forklift tip over actually goes. Guess what? Out of all the accidents I’ve seen, the guy who was crushed and killed wasn’t wearing his seat belt. He tried to jump free and the lift crushed him. Wear the seatbelt.
@@Rob-tx3jl I've seen videos where the guy has jumped out just fine
@@Rob-tx3jl i work with guys who havent worn in a seatbelt in 40 years theyve worked here I think they know more than you. Seatbelts do nothing on a forklift
I have a "61" Hyster. Runs on pump gas. Use it regularly.
Naturally, every time they show Wilbur screwing up, it's in a Brand X forklift. "After this accident, it was determined to be more cost-effective to have Wilbur sit on his ass and watch cartoons all day..."
When I was working in the chocolate factory over 43 years I Saw co workers some times dropping skids of product off of racks smashing equipment running into over head door's ect and bags falling off skids you have to be safe on fork trucks are nothing to mess around with
Didn't those guys ever hear of shrink wrap?
They hadn't heard of containerized freight, either.
not back then
@@jimhaines8370 True, but metal banding straps were available back then. We also use Hava-Strap for light loads of palleted material onboard ship when building a customer's order for delivery at sea, but we have to use metal banding when they order barrels of lube oil and other petroleum products.
The Wilbur we had took down a rack of shelves, rode his lift out the back of a truck he moved (but didn't set the brake, allowing it to roll from the dock), and was finally canned after he punctured a skid of muriatic acid with the forks and sent a guy to the hospital.
I seen people take down whole 100 ft sections of 20 ft racks with forklifts, what a mess they were.
LOL Lift porn; That Hair will get me every time.
I was a Wilber! I broke the main fire sprinkler pipe backing out once, and ran over a 6' 2X12 end that hit me in the head but on the other hand I learned safety and respect for any lifting machine. The last job I did was on a big 4x4, loads 3 stories up, in, not on, Texas clay. Yee Ha!
Now we can thank our friends to the southwest for most of our deliveries. No more need for machines... 🇲🇽
Looks almost like the training course u had to drive for certification
After watching this, you must watch the famous/infamous Forklift Driver Klaus. Who said German's don't have a sense of humour? ruclips.net/video/KJdrQXyfhnk/видео.html
Oh man, no seat belts. Wouldn't fly in today's world.
We never wear seatbelts. You try driving backwards all day with one on.