[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

I used to to host OSHA training for forklift operators. When we got to the question "Why should you cross a railroad tracks at an angle?" the whole crew in unison would say "So I don't spill my beer!"

Nice. I'm a forklift and Boom/Scissor lift trainer. Good stuff. Oh the stories I hear.

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

Nice. I'm a forklift and Boom/Scissor lift trainer. Good stuff. Oh the stories I hear.

Yep, got a lot of stories. I worked in lumber yards, and did just about every job at one time or another - sawyer, fork lift operator, truck driver (flatbed, boom truck, dry van) before moving into management. At the biggest yard I ended up at, we moved 4 million pounds of lumber a day. Kept 6 Hyster 195XL's and a bunch of smaller lifts moving non-stop all day long. A LOT of weird shit can happen when you're handling that much material over rough ground, on snow and ice, and in searing heat in the summer.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Yep, got a lot of stories. I worked in lumber yards, and did just about every job at one time or another - sawyer, fork lift operator, truck driver (flatbed, boom truck, dry van) before moving into management. At the biggest yard I ended up at, we moved 4 million pounds of lumber a day. Kept 6 Hyster 195XL's and a bunch of smaller lifts moving non-stop all day long. A LOT of weird shit can happen when you're handling that much material over rough ground, on snow and ice, and in searing heat in the summer.

Much different environment in your case. Mine is all manufacturing industrial use and all indoors. You have WAY more potential of accidents. Hell, I can't even consistently get our guys to complete inspection reports at the beginning and end of each shift.

[Turkish Pickle]

Originally Posted by FuriouslyFast

You are doing it right

Originally Posted by JP10

Most boring training ever. Talk about beating a dead horse.

It's really, really boring because most of the stuff can be summarized as "don't be dumb, if someone is being dumb tell them to stop. come up with protective measures to combat against dumb people"

Originally Posted by FuriouslyFast

After doing a bunch of mods etc over the winter, I took the Miata out for the first drive of the year yesterday....only to have the crank position sensor fail & almost get me rear ended by a semi & dead. So now it sits till I replace that. Can't enjoy anything.

confession: NA miatas are the ugliest because of the pop ups, really appreciate the NB brother

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

I used to to host OSHA training for forklift operators. When we got to the question "Why should you cross a railroad tracks at an angle?" the whole crew in unison would say "So I don't spill my beer!"

Our training guy is very relaxed so that's kinda the environment we have going on too, but spending 3 weekends 9am-2pm on both days is really not ideal

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

Nice. I'm a forklift and Boom/Scissor lift trainer. Good stuff. Oh the stories I hear.

Oh? Train me please, the more the guy talked about forklifts the more I wanted to get one and make a racing version of it. Rear engine+rear wheel steering on front wheel drive sounds like the opposite of a shopping cart, lowering the center of gravity sounds like it would be a hoot to whip around the warehouse

[FuriouslyFast]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

I feel like if they move you into close quarters with other people, that it's discrimination because of your IBS and will make you feel uncomfortable.

With all the shit I have to deal with in life right now, I'm a ticking time bomb on losing my shit.

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

Much different environment in your case. Mine is all manufacturing industrial use and all indoors. You have WAY more potential of accidents. Hell, I can't even consistently get our guys to complete inspection reports at the beginning and end of each shift.

Once a month or so you'd hear the telltale "roar" of a unit of lumber getting dropped or tipped over and coming undone. You just hoped you didn't see blood oozing out from under it when you found it. In the lumber and construction business you'd usually expect to have a couple guys die on the job every year; it's gotten better lately, I think. We had some guys who had been in some nasty accidents. One guy was unloading a box car full of 2x4 studs and about a thousand of them tipped over and buried him. His face was crooked and full of titanium.

The trickiest maneuver we had to do was loading and unloading 60' laminated beams. They're packed flat, not on edge, so they sag. A lot. You'd have to get the middle - once you found it - at least 15' off the ground before the ends were off the ground. And then you had to maneuver through aisles that were only 20-30' wide. So you drove down one aisle, and the ends of the beams were traveling down the aisles on either side. And this is over unpaved ground, which was often snowy or muddy and always uneven. There were only a few of us who could do it consistently. Nobody else ever wanted to even try it. And if you dumped a pack of those, have fun wrestling 20 or 30 beams that are 60' long and weigh around 3-400 pounds each. Not for the faint of heart.

[Rmtt]

I remember being tapped to give forklift training years ago. They put me through some training, than I was certified.

When I gave classes, I found the cheesiest video I could that looked like it was made for "Faces of Death". I bet they used 50 gallons of fake blood in that video.

You should have seen the look on some of their faces. I just thought it was like those scared straight programs!

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by Rmtt

I remember being tapped to give forklift training years ago. They put me through some training, than I was certified.

When I gave classes, I found the cheesiest video I could that looked like it was made for "Faces of Death". I bet they used 50 gallons of fake blood in that video.

You should have seen the look on some of their faces. I just thought it was like those scared straight programs!

I remember having to watch a super-cheesy one out of the '50s. It was the Reefer Madness of forklift safety.

[FuriouslyFast]

Oh man, I miss playing on a forklift all day. My 1st job was in a warehouse & doing forklift donuts was awesome!!

We also (I worked with a HS friend) beat the hell out of the company cars (Escort wagons) and Econoline van. A whole $6 an hr to start!

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Once a month or so you'd hear the telltale "roar" of a unit of lumber getting dropped or tipped over and coming undone. You just hoped you didn't see blood oozing out from under it when you found it. In the lumber and construction business you'd usually expect to have a couple guys die on the job every year; it's gotten better lately, I think. We had some guys who had been in some nasty accidents. One guy was unloading a box car full of 2x4 studs and about a thousand of them tipped over and buried him. His face was crooked and full of titanium.

The trickiest maneuver we had to do was loading and unloading 60' laminated beams. They're packed flat, not on edge, so they sag. A lot. You'd have to get the middle - once you found it - at least 15' off the ground before the ends were off the ground. And then you had to maneuver through aisles that were only 20-30' wide. So you drove down one aisle, and the ends of the beams were traveling down the aisles on either side. And this is over unpaved ground, which was often snowy or muddy and always uneven. There were only a few of us who could do it consistently. Nobody else ever wanted to even try it. And if you dumped a pack of those, have fun wrestling 20 or 30 beams that are 60' long and weigh around 3-400 pounds each. Not for the faint of heart.

Similar experiences at a former employer. I was the Purchasing Supervisor and when the guy that worked in the tool crib was out of the office I would have to step in and unload trucks or containers. When we received flat carbon stock it was the same ordeal. Twenty foot sticks that had to be lifted from the center going inside a building with a 15' wide door. Forks way up, material sagging on both ends, then backing up the lift next to the building and carefully angling yourself inside with maybe 2" to spare. God I hated unloading the steel shipments. I was fortunate that I never hit or dropped anything. I had seen plenty of guys who are better forklift operators than I am, drop those loads.

I did watch one of our guys knock over a pallet that had 2 - 55 gallon drums of used hydraulic oil in the back of a box truck that belonged to our oil vendor. Even better, the guys that worked in the press department that pumped the oil into the drums failed to secure the lids. It was a fantastic mess.

[1MOREMOD]

Crazy I drove a forklift for a produce company and made deliveries in a flatbed f350 and worked at Sears automotive and drive an econoline van that caught fire while I was on the freeway.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by FuriouslyFast

With all the shit I have to deal with in life right now, I'm a ticking time bomb on losing my shit.

I can relate with this statement at the moment. I'm ready to drop bombs.

[Dpc2u]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

I can relate with this statement at the moment. I'm ready to drop bombs.

Right there with you. Just when things were starting to chill, life kicks me right in the balls again.

[Turkish Pickle]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

I can relate with this statement at the moment. I'm ready to drop bombs.

I was ready to explode on Thursday, weekend was a nice refresher but slowly building it up again

[Darth One]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Once a month or so you'd hear the telltale "roar" of a unit of lumber getting dropped or tipped over and coming undone. You just hoped you didn't see blood oozing out from under it when you found it. In the lumber and construction business you'd usually expect to have a couple guys die on the job every year; it's gotten better lately, I think. We had some guys who had been in some nasty accidents. One guy was unloading a box car full of 2x4 studs and about a thousand of them tipped over and buried him. His face was crooked and full of titanium.

The trickiest maneuver we had to do was loading and unloading 60' laminated beams. They're packed flat, not on edge, so they sag. A lot. You'd have to get the middle - once you found it - at least 15' off the ground before the ends were off the ground. And then you had to maneuver through aisles that were only 20-30' wide. So you drove down one aisle, and the ends of the beams were traveling down the aisles on either side. And this is over unpaved ground, which was often snowy or muddy and always uneven. There were only a few of us who could do it consistently. Nobody else ever wanted to even try it. And if you dumped a pack of those, have fun wrestling 20 or 30 beams that are 60' long and weigh around 3-400 pounds each. Not for the faint of heart.

So what you’re saying is, you handle a lot of wood in your line of work...

[1MOREMOD]

Points

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by Darth One

So what you’re saying is, you handle a lot of wood in your line of work...

Yes, I can honestly claim to have wielded 60-foot wood hundreds of times.

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Yes, I can honestly claim to have wielded 60-foot wood hundreds of times.

You gonna update your dating profile accordingly or what?

[FuriouslyFast]

Had our weekly sales meeting today & he brought up me moving out of my office. He thinks myself, him, the marketing lady & whomever the new OSR is (They are looking to hire someone) need to be together in the office.

He's making an issue when there is not one there IMO. I told him I should be left where I am so I have peace & quiet to talk to people. He was saying that he will move into my office & shove the 3 of us out in the "lobby" area sardine canned together. No thank you!

Next time, I might have to bring up my IBS, been doing this for years & have had my own office for as long as I can remember, I will be unhappy if moved to cube or whatever, everyone else does not want to hear my podcasts all day & I am not going to sit in silence all day...

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by FuriouslyFast

Had our weekly sales meeting today & he brought up me moving out of my office. He thinks myself, him, the marketing lady & whomever the new OSR is (They are looking to hire someone) need to be together in the office.

He's making an issue when there is not one there IMO. I told him I should be left where I am so I have peace & quiet to talk to people. He was saying that he will move into my office & shove the 3 of us out in the "lobby" area sardine canned together. No thank you!

Next time, I might have to bring up my IBS, been doing this for years & have had my own office for as long as I can remember, I will be unhappy if moved to cube or whatever, everyone else does not want to hear my podcasts all day & I am not going to sit in silence all day...

Ahhh, and there's your reasoning behind the whole thing. He wants your office. You're fucked.

[FuriouslyFast]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

Ahhh, and there's your reasoning behind the whole thing. He wants your office. You're fucked.

His thing is he wants us all together. He already has his own nice office.
I even suggested I then move into his old office or my old boss's vacant office, but no dice.

[FuriouslyFast]

& I came in today to see my nice pen has been stolen!

Good thing I took my hand sanitizer home last night to refill it w/homemade (Thanks aholes that have stripped shelves in all the stores of everything w/your panic buying). That would probably have been stolen too.