image says it all! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Is that image real, i read somewhere that says the image isnt real, it had been edited

but if its real...god, that was a close one!

I think it is real. I saw a different picture of the same accident taken from a different angle. Anyone know if those things would 'splode with no fuse?

Shaun

Wouldn´t want to have to wash the seat of the driver´s trousers either way! :-)

Ciao everyone,
Believe it or not, I can explain this one. I was an MN (Mineman) in the Navy for 10 years. I worked on underwater mines (not underground mines.) What you see on the forklift is a Quickstrike Mine system. They are airdropped, and very effective. But, the system, just like any other HE system, uses the explosive train to explode. That means that a little explosive lines up with a larger explosive which lines up with a larger explosive that would detonate the main charge. This system is probably in Charlie, which means that did doesn't have the arming device inserted in the side of the explosive case. Therefore, it has no chance (hardly, anyway) of exploding.
Now, as to how it got in that position is beyond me. The picture is not faked, because I received that a long time ago from one of my Mineman buddies. Mines in the skid (the aluminum case holding the mine) are pretty heavy, so a forklift has to be mindful raising the center of gravity so much that the forklift (especially a small one like that) will begin to pitch forward and hence lose its steering (the back wheels steer the thing.)
I actually witnessed a guy on a huge diesel with fork extensions try to pick up too many rounds at once, and lose so much control on the forklift, the counterweight jumped off the backend. No one was hurt, but that guy got Captain's Mast for doing it.
Ciao for now
Rob

I think that it would be classified as a whoops!

Wow, i drive a Lift 4 time that size...my dad says iam a louzy driver but compared to him iam an ace

Frank

Ciao Frank,
I can guarantee you that this guy might not be driving an FL for awhile. This is what we used to call an "explosive incident."
Ciao for now
Rob

HAHAHAHAHA, Poor fella, those propane powered fork-lifts have too much horsepower for their own good! He just shot right off the ramp.