When the time comes to choose the suitable warehouse truck, it is a good idea to figure out how high you plan to raise your cargo, how much you have to lift, how much space you need to work in and how far you would like to travel. These factors would influence your purchasing decision and help decipher what forklift truck is truly the ideal one out there to meet all your requirements and meet your overall expectations.
Normal Aisles
The most cost-effective trucks are pedestrian stackers. These machinery are ideal for working in standard width aisles and finishing ordinary stacking jobs inside a warehouse. They can easily raise cargo of less than 750kg and could stack them to heights of about 4.5 metres. A different type called rider stackers could successfully raise loads to around 6 metres.
Reach trucks are yet another choice to think about. They give you much greater load and lift capacities and several models come complete with telescopic forks. This characteristic enables you the ability of stacking pallets two deep. For added flexibility in handling goods, there is a multi-way and a 4-way reach truck which as the name implies, could be driven in four directions. These models are specifically best for handling bulky and long things such as planks, boards and piping.
Counterbalance trucks are best suited for traveling longer distance and are a great option for stacking jobs, especially block stacking. They are also an excellent option for stacking loads that weigh over 2 tonnes and free stacking.
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 will potentially be a lot higher. Man-up telescopic lift trucks function well in narrow aisle, high-bay stores. They provide the driver or operator a good view of the stacking process. There are other models referred to as man-up combi trucks. These are fairly versatile in that they can be utilized for both order- picking and stacking tasks. They can be driven throughout the warehouse or used in narrow aisles.