National Forklift Heritage Centre
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:06 pm
Hi Folks,
Well must say that Forklifts don't really do anything for me, however there may be some interested so here goes;
The other day I was at one of my favourite haunts the MRC at Butterly and there is a museum which I am told is the only one worldwide dedicated to forklift trucks.
This place is normally shut up only this time I was lucky enough to catch the two guys who run the place. I did casually mention CP&M magazine to them but got no interest as I was told the place was advertised in some materials handling magazine.
However there is a very intersting bust of the late Leonard S Mathew who invented the pivot steer system and was a founder of Matbro
Anyways here's a couple of pics for yer perusal
Oh and they have what they say is the oldest surviving forklift truck which was built in 1926. Unless of course you know better
Jeremy
Well must say that Forklifts don't really do anything for me, however there may be some interested so here goes;
The other day I was at one of my favourite haunts the MRC at Butterly and there is a museum which I am told is the only one worldwide dedicated to forklift trucks.
This place is normally shut up only this time I was lucky enough to catch the two guys who run the place. I did casually mention CP&M magazine to them but got no interest as I was told the place was advertised in some materials handling magazine.
However there is a very intersting bust of the late Leonard S Mathew who invented the pivot steer system and was a founder of Matbro
Anyways here's a couple of pics for yer perusal
Oh and they have what they say is the oldest surviving forklift truck which was built in 1926. Unless of course you know better
Jeremy