Discussion:
I think I met Mongo today

Service call comes in, "my truck won't steer". I go check it out. A Clark C500-30 and the center bellcrank pin is snapped off. I jack it up, block it, and unbolt the steer axle. Pull and slide it out the side. Since the pin is welded on that type axle, I will have to take it to the shop to replace it. I ask one of the workers if they could help me get it in my truck. A minute later this "Mongo" shows up. It is 100 feet to my truck and suggest to Mongo that we both pick it up and put it on a pallet jack, wheel it to my truck, and we both lift it in. He says "I don't think we need to do that". Next thing I see is this one big hand, with a glove on, reach down and pick it up. I get out of his way and he carries it, one handed, to my truck, stops, swings it up, and plops it in my truck. OK, thank you.
  • Posted 8 Jul 2010 12:31
  • By mrfixit
  • joined 11 Dec'08 - 1,434 messages
  • New York, United States
Showing items 1 - 3 of 3 results.
**** we're old
  • Posted 11 Jul 2010 13:10
  • By rick_c
  • joined 30 Jul'09 - 204 messages
  • Texas, United States
technology: (no user serviceable parts inside)
You guys remember one of the lines in the first "Muppets Movie" when "Jack" walks over and picks up Fozzy's car.

Kermit say's "Thank's Jack".

and the muppet replied "Jack not name, Jack job".
  • Posted 11 Jul 2010 12:08
  • By roadtech
  • joined 2 May'09 - 81 messages
  • Ohio, United States
i think i met that guy, he was one handing engine blocks and other big scrap parts that i couldnt lift two handed. i asked him if he liked horses....no answer
  • Posted 8 Jul 2010 12:45
  • By toyzilla
  • joined 29 Mar'10 - 175 messages
  • Texas, United States
easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.

Post your Reply

Forkliftaction accepts no responsibility for forum content and requires forum participants to adhere to our rules of conduct. Click here for more information.

If you are having trouble using the Discussion Forums, please contact us for help.

Global Industry News
edition #1261 - 18 December 2025
In this week’s Forkliftaction News , we report on an activist investment firm increasing its stake in Toyota Industries Corp (TICO), in a bid to stop the privatisation of the materials handling equipment manufacturer... Continue reading
Toyota 8FG25
Braeside, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hire
Ncn 85TH
Ncn 85TH 2014
Balling, Denmark
Used - Sale
Upcoming industry events …
March 3-7, 2026 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
January 28-30, 2026 - Bangkok, Thailand
31 March 2026 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Fact of the week
The two internal cavities in our nose called nostrils function as separate organs. Each nostril has its own set of turbinates and olfactory receptors. The two independent organs work together through a mechanism called the nasal cycle, where one nostril is dominant for air intake while the other rests and is better at detecting scents.