Wheel supported

Wheel-Supported

Property of an industrial truck in which the load is picked up and transported within the wheelbase area. The wheelbase area is formed by the drive wheel and the load wheels respectively rollers. For narrow-track lift trucks the wheel arms are located under the hollow forks, in wide-track lift trucks they drive around the load. In wheel-supported lift trucks the counterweight is not needed, resulting in a lower dead weight as compared to cantilevered construction.