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Old 11-04-2009, 03:14 PM  
Gabriel
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Originally Posted by Poindexterity View Post
i dont think it was user error.
just before the lift moves, there's a huge puff of black smoke comes from underneath it.

then, just after the hit, you can see a couple small fires near the rear of it before the boxes fall.

i think this was mechanical failure.
Diesel forklifts will smoke like that upon start up and acceleration. The fire you saw looks like reflections from the work lights mounted on the lift.

I'd be willing to bet those shelves were overloaded.
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