It started as a bar bet. He has ended up with a forklift at 80 kilometers per hour and a Guinness Record

Dylan Phillips has broken the Guinness record by reaching a speed of 84 km/h with a motorized wheelbarrow. Seeing is believing, without a doubt

There are few things more motivating for a man than the typical bar conversation in which some absurd idea is born and ends with the phrase “you don’t have what it takes”. Normally, these types of conversations end in nothing, but when there is a mechanic involved things change and we are interested. Above all, because the good Dylan Phillips, protagonist of this story, has managed to establish the Guinness record for the fastest forklift ever built after reaching a speed of 84 km/h during an event held in the Yorkshire town.

This “you don’t have what it takes” led David Phillips to build this peculiar motorized contraption in the shed of his home, all after verifying that there was a precedent for a Guinness speed record with a wheelbarrow. A record of 74 km/h that this British mechanic has broken with some solvency after completing two passes on a 100-meter section in which this forklift with the soul of a scooter has reached 84 km/h to enter the Guinness Book of Recordswhich also includes, for example, the fastest car driving in reverse.

Dylan Phillips poses next to his wheelbarrow after achieving the Guinness record

Dylan Phillips has acknowledged after breaking this record that he has always liked to build different inventions, but that until the ‘fateful’ night in the pub it had never crossed his mind to build a vehicle of these characteristics. After shaping this motorized wheelbarrow, Dylan reached almost 60 km/h in the first testsso it didn’t take long for him to discover that his particular motorized wheelbarrow had enough potential to break the speed record.

You just have to look at the main photo of the article to see that driving this truck borders on madness. Especially since the weight balance is peculiar, since the engine and the exhaust outlet are located at the front of the truck, while the handlebars are located at the handlebars, a tubular structure on which the driver kneels to drive the vehicle. Dylan himself admits that his vehicle is as uncomfortable as it is terrifying, among other things. because it only has brakes in the front.

The fastest forklift in the world only has front brakes and no suspension system

Whether it’s madness or genius, the positive side is that there were no injuries in achieving this record, and it’s something that, seeing the design of the wheelbarrow, is almost unbelievable. In the end, Dylan has only had to regret some pain throughout his body because this wheelbarrow does not have any type of suspension., so all the irregularities of the asphalt at more than 80 km/h have been absorbed with his own body. The price to pay for this nonsense.

And it’s not just us who say it, it’s Dylan Phillips himself who says it: “I feel on top of the world. I mean, it’s actually absolute nonsense, but it’s nice. I think everyone loves it because it’s so stupid it’s hard to believeYou can’t help but smile when you see him.“All in all, Dylan’s wheelbarrow already has a place in the Guinness Book along with other crazy projects such as the Volkswagen Beetle capable of reaching 330 km/h.

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