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If your shipping department just loads out a few box trucks or semi-trailers a week, then you probably won't need an expensive forklift to accomplish the job. A less expensive walkie-rider or walkie model would be able to handle the job if: You do not need to stack loads inside the trailer, and a four thousand five hundred to 6000 pound capacity is enough. Last of all, you must consider whether or not the transition from the dock floor to the dock leveler and into the trailer is not too jarring for the operator as the small load wheels must travel over the dock plate.
If your shipping facility is consistently loading trailers on the other hand, a stand-up end control model may make more sense over a walkie model or a walkie-rider. These battery-powered forklifts fit into a standard 108 inch trailer door easily. Their masts allow in-trailer stacking. These forklifts offer a model capacity range from 3000 to 4000 pounds.
Every company has a slightly different system for material handling. In certain circumstances, several forklift operators not just load trucks in the shipping department, but store inventory on racks, replenish the manufacturing line, handle the paperwork associated with the loads, attach and scan bar codes and other tasks. Usually, the forklift operators who are always on and off of their forklifts in their shifts find it a lot quicker and less fatiguing to exit a stand-up control model, rather than a sit down type.
Make the time to read the owners guidebook after acquiring a new forklift to help you get familiar with the controls. The instruction manual would feature the particular location of each and every control and the functions it has. Nearly all forklifts have two levers that control the forks. The first lever controls the fork height. In order to make the forks go down, you push the lever forward. To move the forks upwards, you just pull back on the lever.
The forklift's second lever is used to tilt the forks allowing for better weight distribution across the forklift. This tilting action helps to keep objects stable and won`t allow things to fall off while driving. Furthermore, it helps items slide off when unloading in a more balanced way.
By pulling the second lever back, the forks will tilt back, when pushing the lever forward will tilt the forks forward. Some forklift models are equipped with a third lever that controls the fork width. Every one of these levers is located just to the right of the driver's seat.
