Originally Posted by
Scott Bernstein
They backed the rollback truck as far up as they could, which meant they were already about 1/4 of the way up. Then they went up forwards with the forklift (machine out front). It was raining and when they hit the steepest part (30% grade), the wheels slipped and could not make progress. I cannot see how they could have made it up that grade with the forklift backwards (machine facing down hill) - the forklift would have tumbled forwards down the hill for sure.
Scott