Blocked... but not..

[Nekojin]

My last employer was a truck bed company. We had forklifts that looked like normal, everyday forklifts that were capable of picking up a car, and more. They had to... they were moving service beds around. Those aren't light.

[Arucard]

I've actually seen this happen once before, though it was to a contractor's car on an industrial site, because he'd accidentally parked in the manager's spot. The manager who took it into his head to do the forklift stunt was both fired and made to pay for the repairs to the car.

[Javarod]

You'd be amazed what you can move with a forklift. At a factory I worked in, it wasn't common, but it wasn't unknown to gather up as many guys as you could to hang onto the back of the forklift as a counter weight for something that needed to be moved in or out of a truck.

[marasbaras]

Shenanigans or not ... love the story.

[xcaptainhowdyx]

it can be done and the forklift in the video is a small piece of crap compared to the forklifts used at the home improvement warehouse I work at...

[Andara Bledin]

I also noticed the driver fo the forklift was not exactly moving at normal forklift speeds .... I bet his rear (steering) wheels were getting light.

Oh, yeah, they were. You can actually see it rock slightly as he's first lifting the car.

But it's still a small POS forklift. The stuff we have at my work are similar, but our remote warehouse (other side of the country... much cheaper rent... so much cheaper, we bought land and are building our own facility) just bought a much more robust 'lift that could, with the right forks, lift a full-size sedan.

^-.-^

[Stryker One]

This should do it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/52-000-Lb-CATERP...QQcmdZViewItem

[karath]

This should do it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/52-000-Lb-CATERP...QQcmdZViewItem

Yeah, that would DEFINITELY do it.

Great story there!

[Hawkguy]

At the UPS Hub

where I worked to put myself throught college, there was a massive strike of the Teamster's Union. During said strike there were several instances of union members hiding the vehicles of those who crossed the picket line in brown trucks or semi trailers. They just picked them ub with the fork lifts and shoved them in. Granted these were small cars and light pickups like a Ranger or and S10, but still.

Luck for me I was safe. I took public transportation to work.

[IHateStupidCustomers]

I was going to say "just have it towed..."

But that is WAY better!

[Girly]

Although I'm sure others will be along soon to say they went overboard.

While it gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing the lady got swift retribution (I know it did me!)... it WAS a little overboard. Calling the cops and having her towed would have been a better resolution.

[Cyphr]

hey its better than an "accident" as they parked in a forklift zone

[Geek King]

There are several heavy duty forks on the market that a store like Lowe's or Home Depot would likely have around for moving lumber and large merch that could move a car easily. There is also special attachments that can be mounted on a fork made especially for lifting from above rather than the normal carry. I've seen guys who really know their forks sling strapping properly in just a couple of minutes so that they could move fragile, oddly-shaped items safely. I'm willing to put this firmly in the plausable category.