When the time comes to pick the right warehouse truck, it is a good idea to figure out how high you intend to raise your cargo, how much you have to lift, how much space you have to work in and how far you would like to travel. These factors will influence your buying decision and help decipher what kind of forklift truck is the ideal one out there to meet your requirements and meet your overall expectations.
Normal Aisles
The most inexpensive trucks are pedestrian stackers. These machines are ideal for working in normal width aisles and completing ordinary stacking jobs in a warehouse. They could easily raise loads of less than 750kg and can stack them to heights of approximately 4.5 metres. One more kind referred to as rider stackers could successfully raise loads to approximately 6 metres.
Yet a different alternative to think about are reach trucks because they offer much greater load and lift capacities, whereas several models complete with telescopic forks. This feature enables you the ability to stack pallets two deep. For added flexibility in handling goods, there is a multi-way and a 4-way reach truck that as the name implies, could be driven in four directions. These models are specifically great for handling bulky and long things such as planks, boards and piping.
Counterbalance trucks are best suited for traveling longer distance and are a great option for stacking jobs, specially block stacking. They are also a great choice for stacking loads which weigh over 2 tonnes and free stacking.
A Tight Squeeze
If you are working in a high-density storage operation, the aisle space would typically be much narrower and the heights you would want to reach to would potentially be a lot higher. Man-up telescopic lift trucks work well in narrow aisle, high-bay stores. They offer the driver or operator a good view of the stacking process. There are also kinds known as man-up combi trucks. These are quite versatile in that they could be utilized for both order- picking and stacking tasks. They could be driven throughout the warehouse or utilized in narrow aisles.