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The forklift is one of the workhorses of past and modern industries. Manufacturing facilities, warehouses, distributing centers, and many other commercial applications depend on forklifts of many types and sizes to keep daily workload running nicely. Other businesses only need a forklift to unload deliveries for more than an hour a day. Either way, having a forklift that can perform well for your specific needs is important.

Forklifts many times named for the L-shaped “forks” typically used to lift shipping pallets, but they can be outfitted with different accessories for picking up spools, drums, or other specific loads too. Also called “lift trucks” they are available for both indoor and outdoor jobs and can pick up loads of 3k lbs
to 30,000 lbs or more. If your usual load is less than 1275 lbs, a pallet jack or hand truck is probably a much easier choice.

Buying a forklift is a big investment for small businesses, and you need to make sure you get one that can handle your job without spending money you don't have.

Until you're looking at forklifts or investigating dealers, you need to determine exactly what you need the forklifts to do. These would be important questions to ask before you start comparison shopping:

-How weighty and what size are your regular loads?
-How high must you lift your load?
-Will you be working with it inside, outside, or each of those?
-How much space is it necessary to maneuver?
-How widespread are your smallest aisles?
-How many hours each day will it be used?
-Will you need a engine driven or electric lift?
-Do you need solid tires, cushion type or rough terrain tires?
-Do you need tractor tire type forklifts?
-Will you need osha approved safety extras?
-How many loads will you be moving around in a day?
-What kinds of product will you be working with?

Important Forklift Facts:

Rough terrain forklifts have two defining characteristics: they're powered by internal combustion (IC) engines, and they have pneumatic tires that let them handle uneven surfaces. This combination makes rough terrain forklifts the ideal choice for lumberyards, construction projects, landscaping, and other outdoor applications.

On Site Forklift Training

Main Parts of a Forklift:
1. The frame - wheels - drive train
2. Motor - (lp, gas, diesel or electric powered).
3. The counter balance
4. The mast
5. The lift carriage
6. Forks
7. The strong back rest
8. The driver's overhead guard
9. The cab

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Important Tips To Remember:

Be up to date with training.
OSHA training may seem like an unnecessary hassle and expense, since the rules are not strictly enforced. However if you have a fork lift accident, OSHA will investigate your training and licensing procedures and can levy significant fines if you have not followed all the procedures.

Be sure you understand the lift capacity.
Attachments like sideshift, adjustable forks, and spool handlers reduce load capacity of fork lifts. Every fork lift should have a capacity plate attached to it detailing what its capabilities are in its current configuration.

Check out multiple brands...
If you aren’t familiar with fork lifts, I strongly recommend renting a couple of different models for a month each. You will be able to get a much better sense for the strengths and weakness of different types of lifts.

… but stick with one brand once you decide.
If you plan to buy multiple fork lifts, standardizing on one brand gives you the advantage of dealing with one dealer for all your warranty and repair needs. Your operators will also benefit by not having to learn the control and handling quirks of multiple types of fork lifts. In some cases, this may not be possible, since not every manufacturer makes every type of fork lift and you may need multiple specialized machines.

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

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