A counterbalanced sit-down forklift is also called a standard lift truck. It is the kind of vehicle that most individuals picture in their mind when they visualize a forklift or a lift truck. This machinery is available in any of the tire types like pneumatic or solid options in addition to various kinds of fuel including gas, electric and diesel models. It has a variety of attachment options, weight capacities and lift heights.
Most warehouses utilize the smaller 3000 lb. to 4000 lb. lift trucks. If you run a small operation and require only one truck, this forklift size is a practical and ideal choice. The regular forklift is a wide aisle truck which requires 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 size of the load. Options and attachments that are available comprise side shifts, fork shifts, hydraulic clamps and slip sheet attachments.
Reach Truck
Reach trucks or stand-up reach, straddle reach and double-deep reach trucks are a specially designed narrow aisle reach truck utilized for racked pallet storage. This particular unit 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 kind of mechanism allows you to pick up the load and retract it over the outriggers. This design enables the operator to turn in a narrower aisle by reducing the truck's overall load length.
Double-deep reach trucks allow the operator to store pallets in a two-deep double-deep rack system. The outcome has provided a specially extended reach mechanism. Reach trucks are designed only for racking areas. 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.