When the time comes to pick the appropriate warehouse truck, it is a great idea to figure out how high you plan to lift your loads, how much you have to lift, how much space you need to work in and how far you would like to travel. These considerations will truly affect your purchasing decision and help decipher what kind of forklift truck is the best one out there to suit your requirements and meet your whole expectations.
Normal Aisles
Pedestrian stackers are the most economical as these equipment are best utilized in normal width aisles and could complete ordinary warehouse stacking tasks. They are capable of easily raising cargo of less than 750kg and can stack them to heights of roughly 4.5 metres. Another model called rider stackers can successfully raise loads to around 6 metres.
Reach trucks are yet another option to think about. They give you much greater lift and load capacities and some models come complete with telescopic forks. This characteristic enables you the ability to stack pallets two deep. For added flexibility in handling goods, there is a 4-way and a multi-way reach truck which as the name implies, can be driven in four directions. These models are specifically best for handling bulky and long objects like boards, piping and planks.
Counterbalance trucks are best suitable for traveling longer distance and are a good choice for stacking jobs, especially block stacking. They are also a great choice for free stacking and stacking loads that weigh over 2 tonnes.
A Tight Squeeze
If you are working in a high-density storage operation, the aisle space would typically be a lot narrower and the heights you will want to reach to would possibly be a lot higher. Man-up telescopic lift trucks function well in high-bay, narrow aisle stores. They provide the operator or driver a good view of the stacking process. There are other kinds called man-up combi trucks. These are fairly versatile in that they can be used for both order- picking and stacking tasks. They could be driven all over the warehouse or used in narrow aisles.