When the time comes to select the suitable warehouse truck, it is a good idea to figure out 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 would like to travel. These considerations would truly affect your buying decision and help decipher which forklift truck is the ideal one out there to meet your needs and meet your whole expectations.
Normal Aisles
The most cost-effective trucks are pedestrian stackers. These equipment are ideal for working in normal width aisles and finishing regular stacking tasks in a warehouse. They are capable of easily lifting cargo of less than 750kg and can stack them to heights of roughly 4.5 metres. Another model called rider stackers can successfully raise cargo to approximately 6 metres.
Reach trucks are yet another option to think about. They give you much greater lift and load capacities and several models come complete with telescopic forks. This characteristic enables you the ability to stack pallets two deep. For added flexibility in goods handling, 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 particularly great for handling long and large things such as boards, piping and planks.
Counterbalance trucks are best suitable for traveling longer distance and are a good choice for stacking jobs, particularly block stacking. They are also an ideal option for free stacking and stacking cargo that weigh more than 2 tonnes.
A Tight Squeeze
The aisle space in a high-density storage operation will usually be a lot narrower, while the heights could be somewhat higher as well. The Man-up telescopic lift trucks are best used in high-bay, narrow aisle stores. They offer the operator or driver a good view of the stacking process. There are other types referred to as man-up combi trucks. These are quite versatile in that they could be utilized for both stacking and order-picking tasks. They could be utilized in narrow aisles or driven all over the warehouse.