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Mercedes AMG GLE 53
I used a forklift to pick my old mini up yrs ago, but deffo wouldnt do it with the 182 :dapprove: lol
Old one was interesting to get off, and I was on my own. Took a while to jack it up and back down, bit by bit as well.
It is pretty loud, and very raspy. Can't help but squeeze the loud pedal every 10 seconds now
Forklifts are the way forwards! Couple of blocks of wood so the sills don't bend, sorted :approve:
lemonnobby
ClioSport Club Member
Good work dave, nice to have met you that day mate. We took it out all in one. but did it with the bumber off
Good to meet you too, I managed to get it in without taking the bumper off, slid it in upside down and twisted it the right way up, once the centre section had cleared the rear beam.
Haha, only used the jacking points, I'm not that daft!
Cheers!
It is lowered
Yes, they aren't shops
Yes, both forklifts can lift over a tonne
The few wooden pallets that it is sat on, could quite happily support more than 4 times the weight of my car.
Jesus wept
Did he?
I would rather jack my car up with solid forklifts and pallets than a flimsy little jack that Renault provide.
Still can't quite believe that, have you put him straight yet?
Albi Blue RS 200
Lol you don't get it, I and the rest of the internet still think you're an idiot. Imagine if the car had fallen off those unstable pallets or dislodged on one of the forklifts?, you'd be first in line for the Darwin award. How is the undercarriage after being lifted by those btw?
The whole thing screams complete fail to me, including dropping the axel and taking 7 hours to fit an exhaust..
No one in this thread, other than yourself, thinks I'm an idiot. I suggest you look at yourself before posting. If you had any experience in working with forklifts, or garage lifts for that matter, you would understand that what you have said, makes you look misinformed, and daft.
In regards to these "unstable pallets" that you speak of, we have over 50 tonnes of stock in our warehouse, all of which are in situe on "unstable" pallets, suspended 5 metres in the air on metal racking
They aren't used in every warehouse worldwide, just because they look pretty.
and if you could have removed a standard exhaust, replaced all the mounts, heatshield fixings, clamps, ate tea, fitted the new exhaust in one piece and sealed it, any quicker than I managed; please, you should have said sooner, and I'd have asked you to do it for me.
Megane Mk4
I've had a forklift license since 1985 (counter and reach) .. Even I think it's a bit dangerous lifting it and suspending it there, even if each FLT can lift more than a tonne of weight. Bearing in mind you have fuel piping underneath the car from front to back. Would've been more sensible to buy a set of car stands for £20 at Halfords than risk that IMO.
Btw.. 7 hours in the air? ... Did you clean it underneath too?
Btw.. 7 hours in the air? ... Did you clean it underneath too?
Mustang, S13, AX GT
Wrong infernoI've had a forklift license since 1985 (counter and reach) .. Even I think it's a bit dangerous lifting it and suspending it there, even if each FLT can lift more than a tonne of weight. Bearing in mind you have fuel piping underneath the car from front to back. Would've been more sensible to buy a set of car stands for £20 at Halfords than risk that IMO.
Btw.. 7 hours in the air? ... Did you clean it underneath too?
I would never risk lifting my car up using a forklift personally but the pallets are a brilliant ramp lol, but be carefull i've seen them snap with only 500KG rolls on purely because the weight was at a finer point, a pallet will hold easily over a ton provided the weights distributed over the entire pallet.
