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An Overview of 4 Wheel Sit Down Forklifts

These forklifts come in a very wide array of capacities and can handle very heavy loads. These trucks make right angle turns to store pallets into racking systems. Many specialized attachments are available for these forklifts, such as box clamps, carton clamps, slip-sheets, carpet poles, etc. The smallest 4 Wheel counterbalanced sit-down trucks require approximately 132-156? wide clear aisle to operate efficiently.

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Creative Use for Forklift Batteries

An environmental engineer uses industrial-type batteries for storing solar- and wind-generated energy and subsequently draws down the power for his domestic consumption.

Ulrich Schrems’ utilisation of two eight-year-old Yuasa-brand rechargeable lead-acid batteries suggests a possible end-life use for some of the industrial batteries currently providing electric power for forklifts in their many environments. Each of Schrems’ batteries can store up to 524 ampere-hours of energy.

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Via ForkliftAction -> Here

New Forklift Attachment to Help With Your Winter Freeze

A material handling company in the UK has come up with a new product to help companies deal with the winter freeze.

Contact Attachments, from Wales, has released the Ice Master Towable Salt Spreader. This attachment can be towed behind your forklift truck and spread salt up to 14 meters.

With a prolonged winter spell predicted for this year, this attachment may come in handy for your warehouse.

Via Material Handling World -> Here

Forklift Towable Salt Spreader

An Overview of Scissorlifts

Scissorlifts are also known as bucket trucks, man-lifts or cherry pickers. A mobile, elevating, aerial work platform that elevates using a scissor mechanism. These come in a variety of heights and platform dimensions.

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Forklift Industry Faces a Challenge in Late Payments

The forklift industry has not been spared from a trend towards increased delays in payments.

Recent research by credit analyst Dun & Bradstreet reveals that despite improving economic conditions, there is a growing trend of delinquent payment hitting the cash flow of companies.

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Phil Singleton, general manager of NYK Forklifts says some customers are taking longer to pay.

 

Article Via ForkliftAction

Student Dies in a Scissor Lift Accident

A Notre Dame Student died Wednesday in a scissorlift accident. The student had been instructed to use the scissor lift to videotape the Notre Dame football team’s practice. 50 mph gusts of winds caused the scissorlift to tragicly collapse.

Via ESPN -> Here

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