Went to the beach once

 

Didn't like it...

 

^You're obviously going to the wrong beaches. I was here yesterday:

 

Edited January 5, 201313 yr by rian

I remember seeing that when I first got my forklift ticket, great pic :P

Do you even double lift?

Edited January 8, 201313 yr by B.L.Z.BUB

couple randoms from the nats

Do you even double lift?

 

We do double lift sometimes when needed... by double lift I mean a forklift on either side of a load, not a forklift on a forklift. That's just supidity!

We do double lift sometimes when needed... by double lift I mean a forklift on either side of a load, not a forklift on a forklift. That's just supidity!

 

That is how they used to get unloaded when I worked at Komatsu.

I've some reeaaally dodgy stuff in the workshops at work, such as the 60T overhead crane being used to hang a continuous miner gathering head (think a giant flat dozer blade/shovel with big rotating crab-arms on it) wedged against a plate welded to the floor whilst a forklift gets a running start to try and rip a busted cylinder out...

 

Also, anytime you hear the word "Franna" around the workshop, just run. Something is always dodgy when a Franna is involved

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by Hiro Protagonist

haha, I used to work for a company that manufactured container forks and reach stackers.

 

Have you ever seen a dodgy lift cylinder from a 60 tonne capacity forlift loose pressure while holding 40 odd tonne 10 metres in the air?

 

Its loud and terrifying, but ohhhhh so cool!

Had a little holiday to Caloundra, and managed some nice images of the bushfires. What a sunset. I was expecting some Pterodactyls to fly over.

I thought you were in Egypt from the first pic :lol:

Went to the Palmer Car Museum before he put them all back in storage so he can build the bigger show room.

 

Here's a link to some pics, my phone went flat so missed a few pics of the oldest ones there. Jaw dropping some of these cars.

 

Is the 1st one a BMW Isetta?

Yeah. Cool how the steering wheel is connected to the door via a uni joint.

 

This one (below) is one of only 7 made, and the only one left in the world. It ferried passengers to the Titanic. can't remember what its called.

 

 

 

 

 

I spent more time with my light on my phone looking under them at the running gear, its amazing how far we've come. Some of them had manual lubrication systems, there were dash mounted glass vials that you adjusted the drip timing, it would run down tubes into the engine to lubricate the crank. At the end of the journey youd empty the oil from a reservoir and reuse it.

 

Absolutely awesome, crazy pedal arrangements, ignition advance and retard on the steering wheels, chain drives, kerosene head lamps.

 

Wish I had taken my SLR. :(

Edited January 13, 201313 yr by B.L.Z.BUB

failry sure ive seen a picture of my grandparents using an Isetta as one of their wedding cars.

might not of been then can't remember havnt seen the picture since i was little