A sit-down counterbalanced forklift is a standard lift truck vehicle which is usually visualized when most people picture a forklift or lift truck. This particular machinery come in any of the tire types like for example pneumatic or solid options in addition to different fuel types like for example gas, electric and diesel models. It has different kinds of attachments, weight capacities and lift heights.

The majority of warehouses use the smaller 3000 lb. to 4000 lb. lift trucks. If you run a small operation and require just one truck, this forklift size is a practical and ideal alternative. The typical forklift is a wide aisle truck that requires at least 11' aisles to turn in. The aisle's width is determined by the truck size, the turn radius as well as the load size. Options and attachments which are available consist of fork shifts, side shifts, slip sheet attachments and hydraulic clamps.

Reach Truck
Reach trucks or double-deep reach, stand-up reach, and straddle reach trucks are a particularly designed narrow aisle reach truck used for racked pallet storage. This particular model measures 8' to 10'. The reach truck consists of telescoping forks and uses outriggers in front as well as a hydraulic scissors-type mechanism. The hydraulic scissors type of device allows you to pick up 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 device. Reach trucks are designed for racking areas only. They do not work well for loading trucks or for quickly transporting loads over distances. These types of reach trucks make particular easy work of some specific heavy-duty operations.