Those boys are really playing with fire. The capability of the upper fork truck is severely limited because it has no wheelbase when sitting on the forks of the lower truck.

Neither are scary if you ask me. Yes yachts being held up at first look scary- but they are safe. I know- I work on and under them everyday. I set them, block them and put the stands on them.
I'd bet a nickel that pic was taken in the Phillipines, and four of his friends helped him lift the toyota to near equalibrium. My guess there is about less than 10 pounds of weight on the 2 by 4s- but note that the curb is right there- I'd bet the curb is wedging the truck to stop it from falling away from the guy, and the 2 by 4's are keeping it wedged. After living abroad for 12 years, scenes like this dont faze me- they are alot more common than you think in the world. OTOH, I wouldn't work under that truck!

Or this one...

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The last three crashes I watched happen, where women driving SUV's.

#1. Backing out of a mall parking space while talking on her cell phone and screaming at the teens = three crunched cars.
#2. Speeding, doing makeup and talking on cell phone, cut me off to cross five lanes at the last second for an exit = six cars + SUV crunched on the ramp.
#3. Pimped out Cadillac SUV, female driver laying back watching a DVD, talking on cell phone and fighting with male in passenger seat + stereo booming, dived for the exit ramp through four lanes of rush hour traffic, cut off a moving Kenworth with zero space = SUV junked, Kenworth dinged and two hour traffic mess.

I am considering mounting four cameras on my car and selling the crash footage to news shows.
I watch at least one stupid crash happen every week.

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Was working in a hospital once and we had a patient who had been run over by his own truck. Seems he was working on it and when it started to roll away he jumped in front of it to stop it. The nurses laughed and laughed at that one.

You'll be surprised by how many things you don't do if you ask yourself- How will this sound if I'm explaining it in the Emergency Room?

Looking at the original picture that started this thread. Is he WELDING on the GAS TANK???!!!

As long as those props are OSHA approved everything is OK

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That one must be from North Korea--we really need to be worried about those guys..........

for laughs

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I wonder how he got it up there in the first place.

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three helpers I'll bet lifted it to the curb edge...

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