Forklift truck
Forklift Truck
Forklift and Transports with drivers compartment, designed to transport and stack loads with aid of
a mast on which a fork carriage moves up and down between the mast channels. The fork
carriage is suitable for load attachments. Loads are handle and transported outside of the
confines of the wheelbase.
Main rating for a forklift is its capacity - the load that can safely be transported
and handled while maintaining safety and stability guidelines. Capacity ratings are always
given with respect to the load centre. This dimension is measured as the distance between
the heel of the fork and the centre of the transported load. The maximum size and weight
of the load handling capacity is a direct relationship to the capacity of the vehicle
(measured in weight and load centre).
Forklift Truck types:
- • Front lift - counterbalanced vehicles
- • Reach trucks
- • Four-way directional vehicles
- • Lateral stacker vehicles
