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- Mainly indoor, warehouse or other smooth surface use where maneuverability and space requirements make four-wheel trucks inefficient
- Electric Powered
- Cushion tires
- Capacities range from 3,000 lbs - 5,000 lbs
- Use for unloading trucks and moving pallets and other loads
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| Four-Wheel Forklifts |
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Use for unloading trucks and moving pallets and other loads
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Electric, propane, diesel or gasoline engines
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Cushion or pneumatic tires
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Electric units fitted with cushion tires are mainly indoor trucks and run on smooth surfaces
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Electric units do not release emissions and work well where ventilation is poor
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Internal combustion forklifts (propane, gasoline, and diesel) will generate more power than electric trucks and move faster over long distances
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Propane forklifts can be used indoors where there is some ventilation
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If equipped with pneumatic tires, internal combustion units will have greater ground clearance and can travel on a variety of surfaces
- Capacities range from 3,000lbs - 80,000lbs
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Reach Trucks / Narrow-Aisle Trucks
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Use to rack pallets on smooth surfaces
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Single-reach trucks can extend the distance of one pallet
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Double-reach trucks can extend the distance of two pallets
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Outriggers on the front of the forklift support the weight of the load
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Electric Powered
- Capacities range from 2,500lbs - 5,500lbs
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| Order-Pickers / Stock-Pickers / Man-Up Units |
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Turret Trucks
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Forks are mounted on a mast and carriage that operates on a turret able to rotate 90 degrees in either direction for picking or stocking without turning the base of the forklift
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Use in very narrow aisles and employ a rotating mast
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Electric Powered
- Capacities range from 3,000lbs - 8,000lbs
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Jacks / Stackers
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Use as an economical solution for transporting loads short distances
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Walk-behind or ride-on
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Fork length is usually 48'' but some are double-long for loading two pallets
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Forks, or tines, rise slightly off the ground
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Wheels are solid
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Walk behind units may be equipped with a mast, and sometimes a reach and are used to raise loads onto racking
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Electric Powered
- Capacities range from 3,000lbs to 8,000lb
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Stand-Up Counter Balance forklifts
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Use for quick loading and unloading of trucks, in conditions were rider frequently needs to mount and dismount
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Primarily used indoors and on smooth surfaces
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Electric Powered
- Capacities range from 3,000lbs - 5,500lbs
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Sweepers & Scrubbers
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Use to sweep or scrub surfaces - some models do both
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Units are walk-behind or ride-on
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Powered by propane, gasoline, diesel or electric batteries
- Some models used either indoors or outdoors
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Personnel Carts
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- Use for quick movement of personnel around warehouse or farm
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Small one-man units with three wheels or large four-man trucks with beds on back used for hauling loads
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Powered by electric, diesel, gasoline and sometimes propane
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Pneumatic or cushion tires available
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Tow Tractors / Tuggers
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Use to pull loads on wheel-buggies around a warehouse
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Powered by electric, gas, propane or diesel
- Capacities are measured in 'draw bar pull,' - how much weight needs to be pulled
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Side Loaders
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Rough Terrain Forklifts
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Outdoors over uneven ground with pneumatic tires
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Powered by gasoline, diesel fuel, lpg or compressed natural gas
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Ideal for lumberyards, construction projects, landscaping and other outdoor applications.
- Maximum available capacity – 35,000 lbs. or more
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Piggy Back Lifts or Truck Mounted Forklifts
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- Truck-mounted forklift used for a variety of jobs and products such as roofing, lumber, sod, etc.
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Hand Pallet Jacks
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- Quickly transport pallets from one location to another with ease
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