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They may be engineers but I suspect they do not know or understand forklifts

I once saw an Insurance inspector checking forklifts on a very large fleet and had a quick discussion with him. When I realised he was spending about 5 min on each check I gave up and lost confidence in Insurance inspections,

I suspect if it had a firm brake pedal and the chains were Ok he was happy to claim his Fee !!!!!!!

Why these companies don't trust experts to do the job properly beats me.
  • Posted 30 Oct 2012 05:20
  • By Normandy
  • joined 28 Sep'06 - 186 messages
  • Co. Cork, Ireland

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