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Mitgänger-Ameise

English translation: man-down forklift


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German term or phrase:Mitgänger-Ameise
English translation:man-down forklift
Entered by: Stephen Sadie
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10:07 Mar 19, 2006
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German term or phrase: Mitgänger-Ameise
Gültige Fahrausweise für Flurförderzeuge müssen nur dann vorgelegt werden, wenn der/die Arbeitnehmer/in einen Sitzstapler bedient.
Die Gültigkeit der Ausweise ist in der Regel unbefristet.
Bei der Bedienung von Mitgänger-Ameisen ist dies nicht erforderlich.

HELP!!
TIA Stephen
Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 14:27
man-down truck
Explanation:
but for the rest the explanations are to be found in that earlier Proz question

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man-down forklift is fine....
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xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 14:27
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thanks to all for excellent references and explanations, cmj was first with the term "man-down" which fits best with my uk english, bries had excellent references
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Summary of answers provided
4(hand) pallet truckDavid Moore
4walk-behind/walkie/pedestrian [truck]
Brie Vernier
3man-down truckxxxCMJ_Trans


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man-down truck


Explanation:
but for the rest the explanations are to be found in that earlier Proz question

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-19 11:29:53 GMT)
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man-down forklift is fine....


xxxCMJ_Trans
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thanks to all for excellent references and explanations, cmj was first with the term "man-down" which fits best with my uk english, bries had excellent references
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Asker: i cannot find any relevant refernces to your proposal so far

Asker: how about man-down fork lift?

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walk-behind/walkie/pedestrian [truck]


Explanation:
or walk-behind fork truck/fork lift/etc.

also "walkie truck/etc.", "hand truck", "walkie stacker" (possibly too American for you, but do see here: http://www.logismarket.co.uk/navigation/company/detail.jsp?i...


As http://www.inventoryops.com/lift_truck_basics.htm and http://www.plantservices.com/industrynews/2004/139.html explain, man-up/man-down specifies the position of the operator *on* (i.e. riding/driving) the lift. The distinction being made in your text is that no license is required to operate these vehicles because they are not driven, but accompanied on foot.

Re. 'Ameise': Jeder kennt sie, jeder hat sie schon einmal gesehen, aber nicht jeder darf sie ohne weiteres bedienen: Die Rede ist von sogenannten Mitgänger-Flurförderzeugen, elektrisch betriebenen Gabel-hubwagen, wie sie häufig in Lagern, im Handel oder auch in der Industrie zu finden sind. Manchem sind diese wendigen kleinen Helfer vielleicht unter anderen Begriffen wie „Ameise" und „Schildkröte" bekannt. Geräte dieser Art helfen ihrem Bediener beim Lastentransport über kürzere Strecken, beim Ein- oder Auslagern von Ware und beim Auf- und Abladen vom Lkw. Kurz: Es handelt sich dabei um nützliche Hilfsmittel, die immer dann eingesetzt werden sollten, wenn der Aufwand an menschlicher Kraft zu groß, der Einsatz starker Gabelstapler jedoch zu aufwendig oder aus räumlichen Gründen nicht möglich ist.
http://www.arbeit-und-gesundheit.de/webcom/show_article.php/...

Finally, see also http://www.proz.com/kudoz/271292



Brie Vernier
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(hand) pallet truck


Explanation:
This is what they call them in shops where they are often used.

There's a good illustration of an unpowered one on:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pallet-truck-2500kg-149-delivery-vat_W...

David Moore
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