It is vital to figure out what kind of needs you have prior to selecting the warehouse truck. Think about things such as how high you intend to lift your loads, how much you need to raise, how much space you need to work in and how far you want to travel. These considerations would influence your buying decision and help decipher what forklift truck is the ideal one out there to meet all your requirements and meet your whole expectations.
Normal Aisles
The most inexpensive trucks are pedestrian stackers. These equipment are great for working in normal width aisles and finishing regular stacking tasks in a warehouse. They could easily raise loads of less than 750kg and could stack them to heights of roughly 4.5 metres. One more kind called rider stackers can successfully lift loads to approximately 6 metres.
Reach trucks are yet a different option to consider. They give you much greater load and lift capacities and some models come complete with telescopic forks. This feature enables you the ability to stack pallets two deep. For extra flexibility in handling goods, there is a multi-way and a 4-way reach truck that as the name implies, can be driven in four directions. These models are specifically best for handling long and large things such as piping, planks and boards.
Counterbalance trucks are best suited for traveling longer distance and are a good choice for stacking jobs, specially block stacking. They are also an excellent option for free stacking and stacking loads that weigh over 2 tonnes.
A Tight Squeeze
If you are working in a high-density storage operation, the aisle space would usually be much narrower and the heights you will want to reach to would potentially be a lot higher. Man-up telescopic lift trucks work well in high-bay, narrow aisle stores. They provide the operator or driver a good view of the stacking process. There are also types called man-up combi trucks. These are fairly versatile in that they can be used for both stacking and order-picking jobs. They can be utilized in narrow aisles or driven all around the warehouse.