It is vital to figure out what type of needs you need before selecting the warehouse truck. Consider things like how high you plan to raise your loads, how much you need to lift, how much space you have to work in and how far you want to travel. These factors would influence your purchasing decision and help decipher what type of forklift truck is really the best one out there to suit all your needs and meet your overall expectations.
Normal Aisles
Pedestrian stackers are the most cost-effective since these machines are best utilized in normal width aisles and can complete ordinary warehouse stacking jobs. They could easily lift loads of less than 750kg and be able to stack them to heights of roughly 4.5 metres. One more type called rider stackers can successfully raise loads to roughly 6 metres.
Reach trucks are yet a different option to consider. They give you much greater lift and load capacities and some models come complete with telescopic forks. This characteristic enables you the ability of stacking pallets two deep. For added flexibility in goods handling, there is a multi-way and a 4-way reach truck which as the name implies, could be driven in four directions. These models are particularly suitable for handling bulky and long objects like boards, piping and planks.
Counterbalance trucks are best suitable for traveling longer distance and are a great choice for stacking jobs, specially block stacking. They are also an ideal choice for stacking loads that weigh more than 2 tonnes and free stacking.
A Tight Squeeze
The aisle space in a high-density storage operation will normally be much narrower, whilst the heights could be somewhat higher too. The Man-up telescopic lift trucks are best utilized in narrow aisle, high-bay stores. They offer the operator or driver a good view of the stacking process. There are other models known as man-up combi trucks. These are quite versatile in that they could be utilized for both order- picking and stacking jobs. They could be utilized in narrow aisles or driven all around the warehouse.