A sit-down counterbalanced lift truck is a regular lift truck vehicle which is commonly visualized when most people imagine a lift truck or forklift. This particular equipment is available in any of the tire types such as pneumatic or solid options as well as different fuel types including gas, electric and diesel models. It has different kinds of attachments, weight capacities and lift heights.
Most warehouses use the smaller 3000 pound to 4000 pound lift trucks. If you run a small operation and require only one truck, this forklift size is a practical and ideal option. The regular forklift is a wide aisle truck which needs at least 11' aisles to turn in. The width of the aisle is determined by the turn radius, the truck size and the load size. Options and attachments that are available include hydraulic clamps, slip sheet attachments, side shifts and fork shifts.
Reach Truck
Reach trucks or stand-up reach, straddle reach and double-deep reach trucks are a specifically designed narrow aisle reach truck utilized for racked pallet storage. This specific model measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck has telescoping forks and uses outriggers in front as well as a hydraulic scissors-type device. The hydraulic scissors type of device allows you to lift the load and retract it over the outriggers. This design allows the operator to turn in a narrower aisle by reducing the overall load length of the truck.
Double-deep reach trucks allow the operator to store pallets in a two-deep double-deep rack system. The outcome has provided a specially extended reach mechanism. Reach trucks are made for racking areas only. They do not work well for quickly transporting loads over distances or for loading trucks. These reach trucks make particular simple work of some specific heavy-duty operations.