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Working as a forklift technician (TNT Forklifts) in the 80s and 90s in Sydney (Mascot) at the end of daylight savings the job got dangerous. Heavy machinery and dark don't mix, especially when you're crawling under something which if it dropped/fell off the forklift you picked it up with and had to get under with a torch to see it was properly supported (big forklifts lifting little things) it was instant death in near pitch black (if it wouldn't move in the yard). Even just moving the forklifts around in the yard was a major hazard because most don't have lighting, again, hit someone with one and they escape with serious injury at best. We had good lighting in the factory, not so in the yard.
We also did military vehicles and equipment from the airport around the corner, mostly heavy machinery but anything with hydraulics and an engine/electric drive.
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