When the time comes to choose the proper warehouse truck, it is a great idea to figure out how high you plan to raise your loads, how much you need to raise, how much space you have to work in and how far you want to travel. These considerations will influence your buying decision and help decipher which kind of forklift truck is the ideal one out there to meet all your needs and meet your whole expectations.
Normal Aisles
The most cost-effective trucks are pedestrian stackers. These equipment are ideal for working in standard width aisles and finishing ordinary stacking jobs inside a warehouse. They can easily lift loads of less than 750kg and be able to stack them to heights of around 4.5 metres. Another kind known as rider stackers could successfully raise cargo to around 6 metres.
Reach trucks are yet a different option to think about. They give you much greater lift and load capacities and some models come complete with telescopic forks. This feature enables you the ability to stack pallets two deep. For extra flexibility in goods handling, 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 suitable for handling bulky and long objects such as boards, piping and planks.
Counterbalance trucks are best suitable for traveling longer distance and are a great option for stacking jobs, particularly block stacking. They are also a great option for free stacking and stacking cargo which weigh more than 2 tonnes.
A Tight Squeeze
The aisle space in a high-density storage operation would typically be much narrower, whereas the heights can be quite higher as well. The Man-up telescopic lift trucks are best utilized in narrow aisle, high-bay stores. They offer the operator or driver a good view of the stacking process. There are also kinds known as man-up combi trucks. These are fairly versatile in that they could be utilized for both stacking and order-picking jobs. They can be used in narrow aisles or driven all over the warehouse.