Forklifts
Forklifts are utilized to transport, lift and engage palletized loads in construction, material handling, manufacturing and warehousing operation. With manual-drive forklifts, the load or travel movement is either walk-behind or manually powered. Motorized drive forklifts have a motorized drive. In many types of forklifts, the forklift has a protected seat or cab for the operator. Fork trucks include features like for instance cabs, and backup alarms and are also motorized. Several types of forklifts are counterbalanced in order to prevent the vehicle from tipping over. Other kinds of forklifts are offered with safety rails, or a rotating element such as a turntable or a hand rail.
Other specifications that are essential to think about when choosing a forklift include the stroke and lift capacity. Lift capacity is defined as the maximum, supportable load or force. Stroke is defined as the difference between fully raised and fully lowered lift positions.
Several of the other important specifications for the forklift are tire type and fuel type. The available fuel choices include: natural gas, LP or liquid propane, compressed natural gas or CNG, electricity, gasoline, propane or diesel.
For fork trucks and forklifts, there are two basic kinds of tires that can be utilized. They are: solid and pneumatic. The cushion or solid tires require less maintenance than pneumatic tires and do not puncture as easy. Pneumatic or air-inflated tires offer great drive traction and load-cushioning. At the end of the day, cushion or solid tires provide less shock absorption.
Class VII forklifts are normally designed to be utilized on rough terrain. These machines are normally used in construction, agriculture and in logging environments. Lastly, Class VIII forklifts include all burden and personnel carriers. Dual Fuel lift trucks typically fit in this class.