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<blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 4607" data-attributes="member: 44"><p>I'll put this in the 'historical' section, as none of you would <em>currently</em> have any dangerous equipment, would you?</p><p></p><p>I only worked with Jasper Bray at Airborne Honey for a few months, maybe Jan to Jun? But there were two devices there at the time that scared the hell out of me...</p><p></p><p>There was a drum barrow. You'd push it up next to drum of honey, flip a sort of retaining bar over the drum, catch the rim of the drum with a small hook on the barrow - and lean back. Everyone else seemed to be able to do it. But for me, it would slip off the forks of the barrow and try to fall back on top of me. It once pinned me to a wall of cartons, making it even harder to get away.</p><p></p><p>And then there were the small trolleys for moving stacks of honey boxes around with. They were a neat design - two arms flip across the back, lifting the drip tray just barely off the ground. And then, on level ground, you could easily drag 4 or 5 full depth boxes of honey. </p><p></p><p>But those were the trolleys we used to unload the honey from the truck, before putting it into the old lift to take it upstairs. And the truck deck was somewhat higher than the factory floor level - so from the truck you had to <em>bump</em>/lift the trolley. And then it was going downhill, down the ramp to the honeyhouse. It wasn't finished yet. You had to do a quick <em>lift</em> just as it got to the bottom, so it didn't bottom out and drop all the honey boxes on you. Those trolleys were really useful - if the floor was flat...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NickWallingford, post: 4607, member: 44"] I'll put this in the 'historical' section, as none of you would [I]currently[/I] have any dangerous equipment, would you? I only worked with Jasper Bray at Airborne Honey for a few months, maybe Jan to Jun? But there were two devices there at the time that scared the hell out of me... There was a drum barrow. You'd push it up next to drum of honey, flip a sort of retaining bar over the drum, catch the rim of the drum with a small hook on the barrow - and lean back. Everyone else seemed to be able to do it. But for me, it would slip off the forks of the barrow and try to fall back on top of me. It once pinned me to a wall of cartons, making it even harder to get away. And then there were the small trolleys for moving stacks of honey boxes around with. They were a neat design - two arms flip across the back, lifting the drip tray just barely off the ground. And then, on level ground, you could easily drag 4 or 5 full depth boxes of honey. But those were the trolleys we used to unload the honey from the truck, before putting it into the old lift to take it upstairs. And the truck deck was somewhat higher than the factory floor level - so from the truck you had to [I]bump[/I]/lift the trolley. And then it was going downhill, down the ramp to the honeyhouse. It wasn't finished yet. You had to do a quick [I]lift[/I] just as it got to the bottom, so it didn't bottom out and drop all the honey boxes on you. Those trolleys were really useful - if the floor was flat... [/QUOTE]
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