Video delivers. Big time.

Holy crap! I would say that single beam on the end is a weak point...

You would almost expect a Red Cross cleanup crew to show up.

That's coming out of you're paycheck Bucko

Pud: That's coming out of you're your paycheck Bucko

/ftfm

Pud: Pud: That's coming out of you're your paycheck life insurance Bucko

/ftfm

FTFY

UberDave: Holy crap! I would say that single beam on the endmoran on the fork lift is a weak point...

ftfy.

I almost lost patience and gave up but then the video delivered like few videos have delivered. That was fantastic.

Lucy, you have some 'splainin' to do...

Reminds me of those videos where the person is apparently trying to back out of a store parking lot, and goes full speed through the the wall and into the cashier counter. I can't imagine how slow the thought processes must be to keep a person from going "Holy crap, I'm moving too fast!" and immediately slamming on the brakes.

Was the dude ok in the end?

I'm going to be optimistic and assume he was, since the vid was posted and all...

/vid did indeed deliver

Transpogue: Was the dude ok in the end?

I'm going to be optimistic and assume he was, since the vid was posted and all...

/vid did indeed deliver

Another article about the same video said that everybody was okay, except that one guy got "punched in the leg", whatever that means.

Silly Russian forklift drivers ;)

FAKE. that was a viral video for the fork lift roll cage company.

how was everyone ok in that? i thoguht i'd just seen the first Fark snuff vid.

Transpogue: Was the dude ok in the end?

I'm going to be optimistic and assume he was, since the vid was posted and all...


He's Russian so I assume he just drank his way out.

Phideaux: Transpogue: Was the dude ok in the end?

I'm going to be optimistic and assume he was, since the vid was posted and all...


He's Russian so I assume he just drank his way out.

This.

crazycooter: FAKE. that was a viral video for the fork lift roll cage company.

has to be. one shelf coming down isn't going to collapse the racks on the other side. It's well done, though.
[ tower seven tinfoil hat goes here ]

puckhead: crazycooter: FAKE. that was a viral video for the fork lift roll cage company.

has to be. one shelf coming down isn't going to collapse the racks on the other side. It's well done, though.
[ tower seven tinfoil hat goes here ]

There's no WAY a forklift could generate enough speed to do that much damage. However a simultaneous controlled detonation can account for the precise nature of the collapse. All that alcohol would have washed away the evidence, the perfect crime....

dai the flu: There's no WAY a forklift could generate enough speed to do that much damage. However a simultaneous controlled detonation can account for the precise nature of the collapse. All that alcohol would have washed away the evidence, the perfect crime....

I have gone ahead and created my own experiment to see if the "forklift" explanation holds up.



As you can clearly see, the structure remains intact. Thus confirms our suspicions that the Freemasons run the world.

1 million bottle of beer all destroyed at once? I knew I felt a great disturbance in the force.

dude is jacked up if not dead.

/can you pick up a coin with a forklift?

Obligatory. (new window)

mason4300: Obligatory. (new window)

Beat me to it. Staplerfahrer Klaus is indeed obligatory in any thread related to a forklift.

The German narration makes it twice as funny. Skip to about two minutes in for the start of teh lulz.

I used to work at Sams Club back in the 90s and I used to have to drive a forklift every farking day. Those pallet racks aren't very sturdy. The bottoms are only held in place by screws that aren't that big. Don't know what the guy did to reverse so fast but that sure was farked up.

Also, who knows if the racks were overloaded (weight-wise) or not, or replaced on a regular basis. Over time, the metal can stress and start to bend. The only safe assumption I will make is that if that driver lived through this, he's out on the streets looking for a new job.

Rock_Strongo: how was everyone ok in that? i thoguht i'd just seen the first Fark snuff vid.

Forklifts have decent rollbars, and heavy sheet steel between them, on top, with holes for visibility. I have a forklift, and I assumed that the drivers survived the impact. There could be some injury from boxes coming in on an angle, from the side. My biggest thought/worry was fire, if there was indeed liquor in there.

I'm guessing that those racks were overloaded, to be that unstable. There might have also been some accumulated denting and damage to parts over time, which weakens them. They should have better guards/barriers protecting the bases of the uprights.

I like how at the end, everyone runs in and starts grabbing all the free liquor.

"What the hell? No no no no NO NO NO!

I gotta stop takin' my baths during Peter's shenanigans."

Mr. Crankypants: I like how at the end, everyone runs in and starts grabbing all the free liquor to dig out the guy who was crushed under the initial collapse.

/FTFYVCS
//Fixed That For Your Video Comprehension Skill

I used to work at Home Depot. They had much stronger shelving than this place, but they also stored much heavier materials too. I could see this happening.

You bend the end and it collapse taking the rest of the rack with it. The falling stuff hits the other aisle doing the same thing.

those racks are sturdy, I doubt it was bottles in the boxes.

machine parts maybe, but booze does not weigh that much

Tater1337: those racks are sturdy, I doubt it was bottles in the boxes.

machine parts maybe, but booze does not weigh that much

Yup, defiantly machine parts and not bottles in those open cases.

puckhead: crazycooter: FAKE. that was a viral video for the fork lift roll cage company.

has to be. one shelf coming down isn't going to collapse the racks on the other side. It's well done, though.
[ tower seven tinfoil hat goes here ]


The top product on one side caved in the supports on the other. I haven't driven a lift in years and the 'wrong pedal moment' made me wince.

That's why you don't keep crap all over the aisles like that.

He wouldn't have had to try backing up and turning at the same time if he was able to simply back up into the other isle and then move forward and turn.

Threads like this one help me understand the thought process (or lack thereof) that leads to Truther-ism. 35 different people with 35 different and often bizarre interpretations of a relatively simple event.

Jeff73: The top product on one side caved in the supports on the other. I haven't driven a lift in years and the 'wrong pedal moment' made me wince.

This. Have hit the wrong pedal before and bumped into things.

Used to work in a warehouse with similar shelving and it does indeed crash down if hit hard by a 4-6k lb forklift. Specially when you have pallets up to half a ton or more sitting on each shelf.

mason4300: Obligatory. (new window)

Thank you, I needed that today. It looked like an early Peter Jackson film.

Wow. That was amazing. The best part is, you know what's going to happen, but when it does, its so much better than you thought it was gonna be.

BTW, if you think its fake, here's a similar one:
Link

BizarreRecords: Wow. That was amazing. The best part is, you know what's going to happen, but when it does, its so much better than you thought it was gonna be.

BTW, if you think its fake, here's a similar one:
Link


Wow, he barely touched it. That is not entirely his fault

/Taught forklift safety for years

puckhead: one shelf coming down isn't going to collapse the racks on the other side

Sure it will. When I was in high school I worked for MacMillian Publishing and watched a similar incident happen to racks filled with skids of textbooks.

Airfoilsguy: /Taught forklift safety for years

So, what was that guy's biggest mistake in that video?

Manic_Repressive: So, what was that guy's biggest mistake in that video?


He was lazy.

He ought to have either chosen a different path or raised the load over the barrels. Also either he's the fastest unbuckler in the West or he wasn't wearing a seatbelt ...which arguably might have been a good thing in that instance.

They fell...and then they fell some more...and when that was done, they JUST KEPT FALLING!

WCBS just showed the "Forklift backs into shelves" video.
They called it Vodka, and $150k.

Not sure if they mean "$150k in product rendered unsellable"
or "$150k of stuff on the floor".

The shelves came down like Dominoes !

Scutter I think you mean...

{That Monty Python sketch where things just fall off the wall.}

This kept me entertained until action started.

Think that couldn't happen. Check out what happened to some guy on My last day at Home Depot (new window). He's lucky just to be alive. And this seems to prove that this really can happen.

Chris P. Bacon: Think that couldn't happen. Check out what happened to some guy on My last day at Home Depot (new window). He's lucky just to be alive. And this seems to prove that this really can happen.

If this is real then there is some incompetence far beyond a careless driver. You have to assume that the shelving will on occasion will take a hit. This is especially the case if you are put up expensive and/or very heavy items. Shelving is supposed to designed to take abuse. If someone was hurt then one could very likely have some lawyers, government inspectors, and insurance adjusters showed up in very short order. And none of them will be in a very charitable mood.

/Of course the video for this thread is a fake.

TheMysteriousStranger: /Of course the video for this thread is a fake.


You have never worked in a warehouse.

dai the flu: puckhead: crazycooter: FAKE. that was a viral video for the fork lift roll cage company.

has to be. one shelf coming down isn't going to collapse the racks on the other side. It's well done, though.
[ tower seven tinfoil hat goes here ]

There's no WAY a forklift could generate enough speed to do that much damage. However a simultaneous controlled detonation can account for the precise nature of the collapse. All that alcohol would have washed away the evidence, the perfect crime....

You two have no idea what you're talking about. Do you realize how much those forklifts weigh? It's simple physics. With all the weight bearing down vertically across those pallet racks, a forklift packs more than enough weight & momentum to buckle one leg. When one goes, they ALL go. Same principle goes for the racks on the other side -- the falling pallets from the first side hit them with even more force than the forklift, since they were falling from near ceiling-level. You just aren't comprehending the amount of weight & force that's involved here.