A sit-down counterbalanced lift truck is a regular lift truck vehicle that is normally envisioned when most individuals picture a forklift or lift truck. This particular equipment come in any of the tire types like pneumatic or solid options as well as different fuel types including diesel, gas, and electric models. It has various kinds of attachments, weight capacities and lift heights.
The majority of warehouses utilize the smaller 3000 pound to 4000 pound lift trucks. If you run a small operation and need just one truck, this forklift size is a practical and ideal alternative. The standard forklift is a wide aisle truck that needs at least 11' aisles to turn in. The aisle's width is determined by the turn radius, the size of the truck as well as the size of the load. Options and attachments which are available comprise side shifts, fork shifts, slip sheet attachments and hydraulic clamps.
Reach Truck
The reach truck is also referred to as a straddle reach, double-deep reach and stand-up reach. The reach truck is a narrow aisle truck particularly designed for racked pallet storage. This specific unit measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck consists of telescoping forks and utilizes outriggers in front as well as a hydraulic scissors-type mechanism. The hydraulic scissors kind of device enables you to lift the load and retract it over the outriggers. This particular design enables the operator to turn in a narrower aisle by reducing the truck's overall load length.
Double-deep reach trucks allow the operator to store pallets in a two-deep double-deep rack system. The outcome has provided a specially extended reach mechanism. Reach trucks are made for racking areas only. They do not work well for quickly transporting loads over distances or for loading trucks. These types of reach trucks make particular simple work of some specific heavy-duty applications.