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In the beginning of the nineteen fifties, Henry Le Grande Lull from the Lull Manufacturing Company originally designed the sideloader forklift. These early models were requested from the United States Air Force. The initial concept was patented for commercial utilization but it was not made until Lull Manufacturing was taken over by the Baker Raulang Company in 1959. It was Baker Raulang who put the design into production. Later, the name was changed to Baker Traveloader. During the latter part of the nineteen fifties, the side-loaders were introduced to Europe. The early models were made by Italian manufacturer Fiora and the afterwards B-P Battioni e Pagani who pioneered the equipment's utilization within timber yards.
The side-loader is a bit different from the counterbalanced forklift, because the traditional forward-traveling forklifts have front facing forks while the side-loader has side facing forks. The operator though will drive inside a cabin like those used in conventional forklifts. The lifting, loading, and unloading functions are done by the mast situated at the driver's right-hand side. The cargo is normally transported lying on a metal or wooden deck. This helps to decrease stress, distortion and damage to the cargo. New innovations to the side-loader design have incorporated a huge range of lifting accessories being developed.
The utilization of side-loaders rather than the reach-stackers or conventional forklifts: safer operating conditions, improved visibility, and faster traveling speeds as well as the ability to utilize available space more effectively.
Having an equally distributed load it is advantageous to prevent excessive tilting, and lack of vehicle stability, in order to maintain safety. A cargo which is even helps to prevent unacceptable vehicle axle loading, and unacceptable load concentrations.
With the distribution of load in the container, the eccentricity of the center of gravity varies. It is very essential that the designers of handling machines and containers take this into account in the engineering process. For example, when 60% of the load by mass is distributed in 50 percent of the container length measured from one end of the machine, the eccentricity corresponds to 5 percent.
