The Coolest Forklift Truck

By Mike Pearson
Its a good thing that this video is worth the effort because the upload failed TWICE. This unique machine needed a video to fully comprehend what it is that you are looking at. I don't usually do videos for old iron, but this is a special case. This is late April in the BC interior, shorts and T-shirt weather, while it rained in Vancouver.
Also..I was wondering after the fact ...does this thing have one forward gear and four reverse...or did the builders do something about that? ( when it is going forward in forklift mode )

A second pick-up/forklift was found in Aug/2012 on Vancouver Island. The link to photos is here..
 http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/frankie-forklift-truck.html

Comments

  1. Anonymous31 July 2012 at 16:27

    The axle gets flipped around so it doesn't run in reverse when the forward gears are in use.

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  2. Mike Pearson 3 August 2012 at 08:30

    Awesome...thanks for that. I just returned from a trip to Vancouver Island. I found another "truck" forklift there.

    It'll be under the title "Frankie the Forklift" in a day or two.

    I'll put a link to it on this post.

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