David Miller

@davidmiller01209

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  • Joined January 2026
David Miller @davidmiller01209 ·

Trolleys, Forklifts, and the Logic of Moving Things

Material handling equipment covers a spectrum from a pallet trolley pushed by one person to a diesel forklift moving tonnes across a yard. What sits in between — and what determines which end of that spectrum is right f…

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The Two Pieces of Kit That Make or Break a Worksite

A site supervisor I know lost half a day on a fit-out job because the boom lift ran out of battery mid-platform and the only generator on site wasn't compatible with the charging system. Not a major equipment failure. N…

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When Compressed Air and Power Go Wrong on Site

Most sites treat compressed air and power generation as solved problems — set up at the start of the job, then forgotten until something fails. That failure usually arrives at the worst possible time. Mid-pour, mid-shif…