Forklifts
In material handling, construction, warehousing and manufacturing applications, forklifts are commonly used to transport and raise palletized loads. With manual-drive forklifts, the travel or load movement is either walk-behind or manually powered. Motorized drive forklifts have a motorized drive. In various 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 additionally motorized. Various kinds of forklifts are counterbalanced so as to prevent the vehicle from tipping over. Other kinds of forklifts are offered with safety rails, or a rotating element like for example a hand rail or a turntable.
The lift capacity and stroke are other factors which you must take into consideration when choosing a type of forklift. Lift capacity is defined as the maximum, supportable load or force. Stroke is defined as the difference between fully lowered and fully raised lift positions.
Several of the other key specifications for the forklift are tire type and fuel type. The fuel choices available include: natural gas, LP or liquid propane, compressed natural gas or CNG, electricity, gasoline, propane or diesel.
For forklifts and fork trucks, there are two basic types of tires that can be utilized. They are: solid and pneumatic. The solid or cushion tires require less maintenance than pneumatic tires and do not puncture as easy. Air-inflated or pneumatic tires offer load cushioning and great drive traction. At the end of the day, solid or cushion tires provide less shock absorption.
Usually utilized on rough terrain are Class VII forklifts. These kinds of machines are often utilized in construction, agriculture and in logging environments. Lastly, Class VIII forklifts include all personnel and burden carriers. Dual Fuel lift trucks frequently fit in this class.