It is important to figure out what kind of needs you have before choosing the warehouse truck. Think about things like how high you intend to raise your loads, how much you have to lift, how much space you have to work in and how far you would like to travel. These considerations will truly affect your buying decision and help decipher which forklift truck is truly the ideal one out there to meet all your requirements and meet your whole expectations.
Normal Aisles
The most inexpensive trucks are pedestrian stackers. These machinery are great for working in standard width aisles and completing ordinary stacking tasks in a warehouse. They are capable of easily raising loads of less than 750kg and could stack them to heights of around 4.5 metres. A different kind called rider stackers could successfully raise loads to about 6 metres.
Reach trucks are yet a different option to think about. They give you much greater lift and load capacities and some models come complete with telescopic forks. This characteristic allows you the ability to stack pallets two deep. For added flexibility in handling goods, there is a multi-way and a 4-way reach truck that as the name implies, can be driven in four directions. These models are particularly suitable for handling bulky and long objects such as boards, piping and planks.
Counterbalance trucks are best suited for traveling longer distance and are a great option for stacking jobs, specially block stacking. They are also a great alternative for stacking cargo which weigh over 2 tonnes and free stacking.
A Tight Squeeze
If you are working in a high-density storage operation, the aisle space will normally be much narrower and the heights you would want to reach to will likely be a lot higher. Man-up telescopic lift trucks work well in narrow aisle, high-bay stores. They offer the operator or driver a good view of the stacking process. There are also types called man-up combi trucks. These are quite versatile in that they could be utilized for both order- picking and stacking tasks. They could be utilized in narrow aisles or driven all over the warehouse.