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Has anyone had experience in using a probst rough terrain pallet fork with block paving?
I just bought a second hand one for a specific job .
The blocks on this job are Marshalls Tegula , the packs are banded and wrapped with tine holes through the middle.
First pallet we moved ( large jumper tiles) had its own pallet and was easy to lift and move . The remainder have proved almost impossible to move because the tine holes are in the 3rd and 4th layer of the pack and when inserted and jacked up on the pallet fork there is only a small gap between floor and pack . The terrain is loose stone and as the pack sags a little it touches the ground .... no chance!
In hindsight we should have put every pack on pallets .

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  • can you get a couple of bearers under the pack and get the forks under it?

  • well that is worth a go, any ideas gladly received

  • PRO

    Is there enough room to lift the blocks, slide a pallet under, then lift the pallet to move ?
    If not perhaps a couple of scaffold boards under the wheels to give you a little bit more room to get a pallet under ?

  • Yes i had one on hire a few years ago for a specific job with no vehicle access. I had all the stuff delivered onto pallets though so it wasn't so bad.

    The weight of a full ball of tegula is twice the weight of a bulk bag of sand etc which makes trying to lift them 3 or 4 slices up very hard.

    Perhaps pumping the forks up once into the holes would allow you to split the bottom 2/3 courses off and slide a pallet under the bail? The whole thing may fall apart when you split the bands though depending on how they are wrapped?


    The other idea if its really that bad a shift is to simply get a grab vehicle back and lift them onto pallets, may be worth the charges depending on the job and it may save a lot of faffing about
  • PRO
    build the area infront of the blocks up with boards etc so the truck can lift high enough then put a pallet under it then you can lift normally
  • OK , we need to move more tomorrow so we will try a few of these ideas . I will report back
    Thanks Guys
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