Forklifts
In construction, material handling, warehousing and manufacturing applications, forklifts are commonly utilized to move 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 numerous kinds of forklifts, the forklift has a protected seat or cab for the operator. Fork trucks include features like cabs, and backup alarms and are additionally motorized. Some types 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 a turntable or a hand rail.
Other factors that are essential to think about when selecting a forklift are the stroke and lift capacity. Lift capacity is defined as the supportable, maximum load or force. Stroke is defined as the difference between fully raised and fully lowered lift positions.
Some of the other important specifications for the forklift are tire type and fuel type. The available fuel choices are: LP or liquid propane, natural gas, electricity, CNG or compressed natural gas, diesel, gasoline or propane.
There are two basic types of tires used for forklifts and fork trucks: pneumatic and solid. The cushion or solid tires need less maintenance compared to pneumatic tires and do not puncture easily. Air-inflated or pneumatic tires offer load cushioning and great drive traction. At the end of the day, cushion or solid tires offer less shock absorption.
Class VII forklifts are usually designed to be utilized on rough terrain. These types of machinery are usually utilized in agriculture, construction and in logging environments. Lastly, Class VIII forklifts have all personnel and burden carriers. Dual Fuel forklifts frequently fit in this class.