A counterbalanced sit-down lift truck is also called a standard lift truck. It is the vehicle which most individuals picture in their mind when they visualize a forklift or a lift truck. This particular machine is available in any of the tire types such as solid or pneumatic options in addition to different types of fuel like for instance diesel, gas, and electric models. It has various kinds of attachments, lift heights and weight capacities.
The workhorses in most 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 since it is a really practical option. The typical forklift is a wide aisle truck that needs at least 11' aisles to turn in. The width of the aisle is determined by the truck size, the turn radius as well as the load size. Available attachments and options consist of fork shifts, side shifts, hydraulic clamps and slip sheet attachments.
Reach Truck
Reach trucks or straddle reach, double-deep reach and stand-up reach trucks are a specially designed narrow aisle reach truck for racked pallet storage. This unit measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck has telescoping forks and uses a hydraulic scissors-type device as well as outriggers in front. The hydraulic scissors type of device allows 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 enable the operator to store pallets in a two-deep double-deep rack system. The outcome has provided a specially extended reach device. Reach trucks are designed only for racking areas. They do not work well for loading trucks or for quickly transporting loads over distances. These types of reach trucks make particular easy work of some specific heavy-duty operations.