A sit-down counterbalanced lift truck is a standard lift truck vehicle that is usually envisioned when most people imagine a forklift or lift truck. This machine come in any of the tire types such as solid or pneumatic options as well as different fuel types including diesel, gas, and electric models. It has a variety of attachment options, lift heights and weight capacities.
Most warehouses utilize the smaller 3000 pound to 4000 pound lift trucks. If you run a small operation and require only one truck, this forklift size is a practical and ideal option. The standard forklift is a wide aisle truck that needs at least 11' aisles to turn in. The width of the aisle is determined by the turn radius, the truck size as well as the load size. Available options and attachments comprise side shifts, fork shifts, hydraulic clamps and slip sheet attachments.
Reach Truck
The reach truck is also known as a stand-up reach, straddle reach and double-deep reach. The reach truck is a narrow aisle truck specially made for racked pallet storage. This particular model measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck consists of telescoping forks and utilizes outriggers in front as well as a hydraulic scissors-type device. The hydraulic scissors type of mechanism allows you to lift the load and retract it over the outriggers. This 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 device. Reach trucks are made for racking areas only. They do not work well for loading trucks or for quickly transporting loads over distances. These kinds of reach trucks make particular simple work of some specific heavy-duty operations.