Not got access to ramps? This clio owner has the answer....

rG-tom · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:42

Yes. that's right....he's used a forklift truck to suspend the car on stacked pallets.....

Seems the only proper tool in this guys arsenal is himself......

These links were passed to me by TomNBK on MSN, asking if I thought it was sturdy enough for him to get under his new clio or if it was a daft idea..

LukeTW · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:44

Classic

Fido McNasty · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:46

That looks like that might have been fairly dangerous.
For the forklift.

snowdog · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:48

Are pallets strong enough to carry 250 (ish) kg on such a small bit of surface :eek:

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Neg · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:48

snowdog said:
Are pallets strong enough to carry 250 (ish) kg on such a small bit of surface ?

Oooh yes, at work we get around that on each pallet, maybe more and sometimes less.

rG-tom · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:50

it's a good job it's a toy car really isnt it! Could've been dangerous with a real car on...

hope someone bookmarks the reg so that when it's up for sale no one touches it with a bargepole!

agw_01 · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:55

Wow

On a similar note... we're getting ramps fitted at the unit next week :cool:

rG-tom · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:58

the littleborough one Andy?

agw_01 · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:58

rG-tom · 9 Apr 2009 at 01:59

ooooh..........can i still borrow it if i need to??

MSN

agw_01 · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:02

No MSN... bed time

Should be able to sort something out if you want to use them... obviously it's not just me in the unit so it'd have to suit the others too

Can't see it being an issue though.

Gaygle · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:11

Utter genius

Rossi · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:15

I cant see a problem with that as long as when the car is lifted care is payed as to where the forks are placed

Pallets will hold that weight without a problem ....

Sam

Scania · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:22

The weak link in that is the Blue GKN/Chep pallet, they are considerably weaker than the Euro pallets that he used.

Placing a relatively heavy weight (such as a car's wheel) on a small part of one can easily snap a pallet, that said, I doubt the weight of that Clio is going to stress it.

I'd imagine the sill is not looking too clever now!

Dogbreath · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:24

PPC's Charlie Broomfield (owner of the 27 litre Meteor engined Rover SD1) uses the front end of a fork lift to work on his cars.

djbenjo · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:27

If it was suspended on solely EuroPallets then I wouldn't think twice about getting under it but some of those look really shabby.

Kudos to the guy for thinking outside the box a little though

Lopéz · 9 Apr 2009 at 07:54

Good idea.
The weakness there being that all the weight is concentrated on one spot of the pallet which can cause them to buckle - personally I'd have lined it up better (he has the left wheel spot on but the right looks a little too close to the edge of the pallet.

We carry pallets with over 700kg on them quite often, you'd be surprised how strong they are.

I wouldn't have used that particular mix of pallets, 4 Europallets per corner would have been better.

Howard · 9 Apr 2009 at 08:08

Yeah those pallets (with maybe the exception of the blue one as said) will be fine, but I'm surprised he managed to do each end at a time (I presume) with the forklifts without something giving way! Quite clever as long as he's careful where he places the forklifts under the car

Dup · 9 Apr 2009 at 09:26

The guy successfully fitted an LSD clutch and flywheel under this :s

Rich1988 · 9 Apr 2009 at 09:50

dear god i would get under that! i imagine one hard shove would send 1 and something tonnes of civic crashing down on your face