A counterbalanced sit-down lift truck is also called a standard lift truck. It is the vehicle that most people envision in their mind when they visualize a lift truck or a forklift. This particular machinery come in any of the tire types like for instance solid or pneumatic options along with various kinds of fuel including diesel, gas, and electric models. It has different types of attachments, weight capacities and lift heights.
The workhorses within the majority of warehouses are the smaller 3000 pound to 4000 lb. trucks. If you are only able to have one truck and are running a smaller operation, this is an ideal choice as it is a really practical alternative. The standard forklift is a wide aisle truck which requires at least 11' aisles to turn in. The aisle's width is determined by the truck size, the turn radius as well as the size of the load. Available options and attachments consist of fork shifts, side shifts, slip sheet attachments and hydraulic clamps.
Reach Truck
Reach trucks or straddle reach, double-deep reach and stand-up reach trucks are a particularly designed narrow aisle reach truck used for racked pallet storage. This particular model measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck consists of telescoping forks and utilizes a hydraulic scissors-type device as well as outriggers in front. The hydraulic scissors type of mechanism enables you to pick up the load and retract it over the outriggers. This particular design allows the operator to turn in a narrower aisle by reducing the truck's overall load length.
Double-deep reach trucks enable 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 designed only for racking areas. They do not work well for quickly transporting loads over distances or for loading trucks. These reach trucks make particular easy work of some specific heavy-duty operations.