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    Default Forklift tynes

    I read somewhere that forklift tynes are a good source of decent quality and good sized steel for different machining projects. I don't need these but someone in or around Newcastle might be able to use them.

    https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/thor...nes/1189545641

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    About 10 years ago I found a set of tynes half buried in a big scrap metal heap after a big clean up at a tree loppers yard where I was occasionally milling timber. I grabbed them (and quite a few other bits and pieces as well) and put them in all my van. The tynes were bloody heavy and took them home and put them in the carport. The following week I was back at the yard cutting up timber and went to poke about the scrap heap again but it was gone - oh well I said I did get quite a bit of good stuff out of it already.

    A couple of weeks after that I nearly cut up one of the tynes but then decided I didn't need that grade of steel for the job so I used something else.

    Months later the tree lopper's son called me to ask in an urgent/desperate voice if I had seen a set of tynes at the yard and I yes I found them on that big scrap heap but I still have them and do you want them back. Well, was he happy as it was him who had put them on the scrap heap. They were never meant to be thrown out and they needed them in a hurry and had been looking for them for a while and was dreading having to tell dad they were "lost" because it was going to cost more than a grand to replace them. I thought of asking for a finders fee but knew that would not go down well. I don't know if dad ever found out what happened - I think the son may have just told Dad that they "found 'em".

    It's all good will at the tree loppers yard, as they have always treated me more than right with endless supplies of logs to cut up and sell and I've been able to keep most of the proceeds.

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