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Got a call that a customer's Moffett fork lift had the tire fall off about 30 miles from us. My driver arrives on scene to find this machine in the middle of the road, with the hydraulic outrigger legs down, the drive wheel snapped off and no keys! We had to drive back to the store to get the keys & then return to load this "lobster" on to the truck...

 

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I didn't want to drag it off & scratch up the bed or damage anything else so we set up to lift it off the truck with the heavy...

 

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Snapped this huge shaft right off...

 

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Set it on some cribbing for now until we get authorization for repairs.

 

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