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ROF Eager Beaver Rough Terrain Fork Lift Mk.2

ROF Eager Beaver in Tomorrow Never Dies, Movie, 1997

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ROF Eager Beaver Rough Terrain Fork Lift Mk.2

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Author	Message
G-MANN ◊ 2008-10-16 01:57	The thing in front of the truck.
Ddey65 ◊ 2008-10-16 02:50	Looks like a Kawasaki Mule on steroids. -- Last edit: 2008-10-16 02:50:33
2491tj ◊ 2008-10-16 12:56	1970s/80s British Army ROF "Eager Beaver" forklift truck..built by Royal Ordnance factory using bedford RL gearbox and axle components..production started 1969..now obsolete..designated as "Tractor, Wheeled, Fork Lift, 4,00LB, Rough Terrain, Light (ROF Eager Beaver)"..originally built without the safety cage.but later, when health and safety became an issue, those which the army held on to were fitted with the cage as per the picture...some still in use by British army, but most declared obsolete, some on collector circuit, but most were sold abroad...list it as a tractor.
Sunbar ◊ 2008-10-16 13:18	If I am seeing it correctly its an air-portable forklift by the shorter lift height. So ROF APFLT "Eager Beaver" (APFLT = Air Portable Fork Lift Truck)? http://www.rofnottingham.co.uk/pics/03Product/P303/P30303/P30303_012.jpg The standard Eager Beaver was taller. http://www.rofnottingham.co.uk/pics/03Product/P303/P30303/P30303_006.jpg
antarmike ◊ 2009-12-30 18:27	Maker Royal ordnance Factory Nottingham. APFLT/ Eager beaver are the same vehicle. There were many ROF factories but the Eager Beaver was built in Nottingham only. Model is according to the Army "Tractor, Wheeled, fork lift, 4,000 Lbs, rough terrain, light, "Eager beaver" mk2" APFLT describes it's role not its model. The APFLT has the same two stage mast as the Eager Beaver. THIS IS AN EAGER BEAVER. I believe model name should show as "Eager Beaver Mk2" NOT APFLT. http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=10336 -- Last edit: 2009-12-31 16:03:10
antarmike ◊ 2009-12-31 16:02	I believe model name should show as "Eager Beaver Mk2" NOT APFLT. APFLT descibes the role of the Eager Beaver. For example ARV stands for the role Armoured Recovery Vehicle, but the army applied this description of the vehicle role to a variety of tank convertions, Churchill, Centurion, Cheftain, Conqueror etc all had an ARV version. APFLT is similarly the role and does not uniquely refer to the Eager Beaver. None of the user manuals, Parts books, workshop manuals, technical folders etc refer to APFLT, all refer to the vehicle as "Eager Beaver" There is no "Standard Model" and an APFLT model. There were two marks of Eager Beaver. The Mk 1 Eager Beaver were supplied to units for field trials in small numbers and these were rebuilt from the prototype Eager Beavers and carried some modifications identified as problem areas in the prototype versions. The Mk1 was issued to units as a stopgap. The main production run of the Eager Beaver was the MK2/ Mk II and this incorporated all the modifications identified by field testing of the prototypes and the Mk1's. The Prototype, the Mk1 and the Mk2 all used the same two stage lift arm, and all had exactly the same lift height. -- Last edit: 2010-01-01 17:38:28
Sunbar ◊ 2010-01-01 14:57	Thank you antarmike. The original link (http://www.rofnottingham.co.uk) in my comments appears to no longer work unfortunately. However I found these data sheets... also the NATO designation (military practice of naming everything in reverse perhaps?)... 'Tractor Wheeled, Fork Lift 4000lbs, Rough Terrain Light, Eager Beaver Mk.2 ROF Notts.

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