When the time comes to pick the appropriate warehouse truck, it is a great idea to figure out how high you intend to lift your loads, how much you have to lift, how much space you have to work in and how far you want to travel. These considerations would truly influence your buying decision and help decipher which kind of forklift truck is the best one out there to suit all your needs and meet your whole expectations.
Normal Aisles
The most economical trucks are pedestrian stackers. These machinery are ideal for working in standard width aisles and completing ordinary stacking tasks in a warehouse. They can easily lift loads of less than 750kg and can stack them to heights of roughly 4.5 metres. One more model known as rider stackers could successfully lift cargo to roughly 6 metres.
Yet a different alternative to consider are reach trucks as they provide much greater load and lift capacities, while several models complete with telescopic forks. This feature enables you the ability to stack pallets two deep. For extra flexibility in goods handling, there is a 4-way and a multi-way reach truck that as the name implies, can be driven in four directions. These models are particularly best for handling large and long items like planks, boards and piping.
Counterbalance trucks are best suitable for traveling longer distance and are a good choice for stacking jobs, particularly block stacking. They are also an excellent choice for free stacking and stacking loads which weigh more than 2 tonnes.
A Tight Squeeze
If you are working in a high-density storage operation, the aisle space would typically be a lot narrower and the heights you would want to reach to will potentially be much higher. Man-up telescopic lift trucks function well in high-bay, narrow aisle stores. They offer the driver or operator a good view of the stacking process. There are other models referred to as man-up combi trucks. These are quite versatile in that they can be used for both order- picking and stacking jobs. They can be driven all around the warehouse or used in narrow aisles.