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Unfortunately, all of our lifts are sit-down lifts. We only have 4 on our dock but they are antiques. I think one of them is still hand-crank start (kidding).

Getting service on our lifts entails sending them to one of our other terminals for repairs which means even the simplest repair (such as R&R of a tilt cylinder) takes a week. All but one of our lifts have over 15,000 hours on them (including a Yale dinosaur) so they're constantly needing bits and pieces fixed.

One of them, the seat had torn on the left side so the guy who uses it most bought some twin and stitched it back together. It's now known as "Frankenseat".

It's not an ideal situation but one we have to deal with. In the past, when it comes time to rotate out forklifts, we send up junk and get worse junk in return. It's gotten to where I've even done basic tune-ups on the lifts with parts from our regional repair depot just so I'm not without a forklift for a week.

Ok, done rambling and whining. I'm sure there are others out there with bigger issues and this was actually started to research back pain. Back on topic, DockPlate!
  • Posted 27 May 2010 13:31
  • By DockPlate
  • joined 25 May'10 - 5 messages
  • Texas, United States

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