Tail lift 'flappy things' :D

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

What are those bits of thin, flappy plastic for, hanging off tail lifts?

Usually rectangular, about - ooh, I dunno, maybe 8 or 10 inches long by 6 inches wide. Normally rivetted along the top edge so that the thing hangs like a flap?

Lika dis:

[spike50]

usually just a bit of high viz stuff so numptys dont walk into the tail lift when it is down

[wormburner]

Safety flags so you don't drive into a horizontal tail lift?

[chilistrucker]

what they said

[philmots]

Legal requirement, too!

[Graham]

philmots said:

Legal requirement, too!

is it, my tail lift doesnt have anything like that, and vosa never pick it up mot time..

[italianjob1275]

Graham said:

philmots said:

Legal requirement, too!

is it, my tail lift doesnt have anything like that, and vosa never pick it up mot time..

I wouldn't have thought it'd be inside vosa's remit. More likely should be picked up when your tail lift has it's loler (or something like that) inspection.

Or maybe your tail lift's old? And old tail lifts Don't need flappy things?

[Graham]

What the heck is a loler inspection?

[Raddors]

Graham said:

What the heck is a loler inspection?

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations

[Graham]

TA, thats really helpful.

looks like im ok, as it relates to the use of lifting equipment at work, and although it feels like a full time job at times it isnt!!

[philmots]

Yeah it's for LOLER. Should of being clearer.

[Graham]

Mind you if you didnt see my tail lift you probably have a white stick its about 14ft long unfolded with 4 steel cables bracing it.


having said that i did manage to trip over one of the cables loading it last weekend... SPLAT>>

[googleowl]

Are the flashing led lights a loler requirement as well then?? You can just about see them on the corner of my tail lift

[crox]

Yep, lights, flags or reflectors are required when platform is horizontal.