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Old 08-22-2018, 10:02 AM   #9
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Re: Right tool for the job.

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Dang, you must be doing some fair sizes jobs then. I'd love to be needing one. Very handy for many things. We've always called them Pettibones around here... or at least the older guys did. I'm curious if that is what others call or called them. It's like calling a skid loader a Bobcat or a dozer a Cat.
Pettibone or lull which are manufacturers are usually what people call them, otherwise “reach fork” or “variable reach forklift”
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