Fork lift

[John Ashworth]

FOTR now has a fork lift truck, kindly donated by Xerox - thanks to Steve S for arranging that.

This morning Steve, Tom, Chris K, Spikkels and myself got it running after working on the starter motor, LPG supply pipe and cooling system. It still needs servicing, and a kink in the radiator pipe must be removed, which Steve and Les will do this coming weekend.

While trying to load the DZ where it's standing under the tree, we discovered that our new toy does not like soft ground - I suppose it was designed to work on smooth, flat, concrete surfaces. We'll need to use the Funkey to move wagons to the concrete walkway area for loading and unloading.