A sit-down counterbalanced lift truck is a regular lift truck vehicle which is commonly visualized when most people imagine a lift truck or forklift. This equipment come in any of the tire types such as pneumatic or solid options in addition to different types of fuel like gas, electric and diesel models. It has various types of attachments, weight capacities and lift heights.
The workhorses within most warehouses are the smaller 3000 pound to 4000 lb. trucks. If you are only able to have one truck and are running a smaller operation, this is a great choice because it is a very practical option. The typical forklift is a wide aisle truck which needs at least 11' aisles to turn in. The width of the aisle is determined by the turn radius, the size of the truck as well as the size of the load. Available options and attachments consist of side shifts, fork shifts, slip sheet attachments and hydraulic clamps.
Reach Truck
Reach trucks or stand-up reach, straddle reach and double-deep reach trucks are a particularly designed narrow aisle reach truck utilized for racked pallet storage. This model measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck consists of telescoping forks and utilizes a hydraulic scissors-type device as well as outriggers in front. The hydraulic scissors type of mechanism allows you to pick up the load and retract it over the outriggers. This particular design allows the operator to turn in a narrower aisle by reducing the overall load length of the truck.
The double-deep reach trucks allow the operator to store pallets 2 deep in a uniquely designed double-deep rack. This outcome is provided by a specially extended reach mechanism. Reach trucks are made only for racking areas. They do not work well for quickly transporting loads over distances or for loading trucks. These reach trucks make particular easy work of some specific heavy-duty operations.