Martin P
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2004
Ok, this was abuse. We were moving bundles of steel beams hanging from straps up a narrow steep path. A telehandler holding up the rear and a rough terrain forklift the front (going backwards).
Telehandler had a single FEM3 size (full size in my book) 2 meter fork with the strap hanging at about 1,80m out and about 2 tons of load.
The fork was bending but not deforming, but then it suddenly broke at the root and the load fell about a foot.
No biggy, but impressive failure mode.
Picture taken the day after, slight rust from rain.
Last pic shows mud on parts of the break of the vertical fork part..
Telehandler had a single FEM3 size (full size in my book) 2 meter fork with the strap hanging at about 1,80m out and about 2 tons of load.
The fork was bending but not deforming, but then it suddenly broke at the root and the load fell about a foot.
No biggy, but impressive failure mode.
Picture taken the day after, slight rust from rain.
Last pic shows mud on parts of the break of the vertical fork part..