A sit-down counterbalanced forklift is a standard lift truck vehicle which is commonly envisioned when most people imagine a forklift or lift truck. This particular machine is available in any of the tire types like for example pneumatic or solid options along with various kinds of fuel like diesel, gas, and electric models. It has a variety of attachment options, lift heights and weight capacities.
Most warehouses utilize the smaller 3000 lb. to 4000 pound lift trucks. If you run a small operation and need only one truck, this forklift size is a practical and ideal option. The regular forklift is a wide aisle truck that needs at least 11' aisles to turn in. The aisle's width is determined by the truck size, the turn radius and the load size. Options and attachments that are available include slip sheet attachments, hydraulic clamps, side shifts and fork shifts.
Reach Truck
The reach truck is also referred to as a double-deep reach, stand-up reach, and straddle reach. The reach truck is a narrow aisle truck particularly designed utilized for racked pallet storage. This particular model measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck has telescoping forks and uses outriggers in front as well as a hydraulic scissors-type mechanism. The hydraulic scissors kind of device allows you to pick up 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 only for racking areas. They do not work well for loading trucks or for quickly transporting loads over distances. These types of reach trucks make particular easy work of some specific heavy-duty operations.