Quote Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK View Post
As an in reach and pull/push device fine, don't try to lift anything though. I was called to investigate a pedestrian forklift incident that broke legs, and it was pure luck the operator was in the corner of a building and the forklift couldn't hit him more that saved his life, that it had 'home-made' untested (thus illegal) extensions doubling the length of the forks, without the requisite additional counter-weight and they didn't know the eight and CoG of the box they were trying to unload completed the problem, as it dropped off the back of the truck the forks dropped pivoting around the front axle lifting the rear powered/braked/steering wheels off the road, then as it and the extensions slid off the forks it launched the forklift and operator into the corner of the building.
I would, sure, like to see of video of that occurrence.