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0 pointsgadders11y ago0 comments

Or just have really heavy "feet". That's what the big block of steel/concrete on the back of a forklift is for.

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Yeah, but automated balancing might be significantly more energy efficient than sticking quater-ton blocks of metals to the feet.

gaddersOP11y ago

Maybe you could use the extra mass to provide super-protective steel toe caps, as per a comment above :-)

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0 pointsgadders11y ago0 comments

Or just have really heavy "feet". That's what the big block of steel/concrete on the back of a forklift is for.

Yeah, but automated balancing might be significantly more energy efficient than sticking quater-ton blocks of metals to the feet.

gaddersOP11y ago

Maybe you could use the extra mass to provide super-protective steel toe caps, as per a comment above :-)

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