Most of mine were operating an 18 ton off road forklift. Once in the middle of a January cold stretch, the left side main upright of the mast snapped with a 9k load 6' in the air - it dropped about 2 feet in less time than i could process the sound. That was a spike in the blood pressure... -15 degrees F does interesting things to steel.
With the same machine I punched through the top of an underground tank with the right front set of duals (about a week after i just installed a full set of 10.00-30s) fortunately was able to set the load down in front of and back up out of the hole.. 10K on the front that time.
The year prior s coworker made a hasty dismount when he found an abandoned septic tank with the rear end (steer axle). The counter weight stopped the machine from going backwards into the hole. I had the privilege of backing it out with the rear hung by a crane, followed by a re-rig on the front end (with me feathering the brakes) as he swung the crane and pulled me back over the hole and onto the hard ground.
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