That reminds me of when I was about 21 and working at a grocery store in Texas. When the store closed at night, the whole night stocking crew would go to the back and unload the truck with motorized pallet jacks. Somebody did something to them that made the speed restrictor stop working and they would go twice as fast. We'd race them up and down the aisles the back of the store outside. I am surprised that we never broke anything. That was so dangerous in hindsight, but we were kids and there was no manager there.
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Much earlier in my life, I worked for a transport company as a apprentice. Exactly the same - well, almost, but the palette jacks were not motorized. We raced them on the loading dock ramps, one false move and it could be rather serious dropping off the edge of the ramp. Yes, kids ..... I was about 15 or 16. Back in those days school was done after 8 grades and one started a apprenticeship, with 2 half days in trade school per week.
We had the non-motorized pallet jacks as well. You could stand on the forks and hold the handle while kicking off like a skateboard. They were heavy but you could get them moving fast! I bit harder to stop. You could turn the handle sideways fast to sort of make it skid. haha.
I actually think this might be better. This way you can focus closely on the subject that you want to work in.