Summer Heat and Forklifts: What Operators and Managers Need to Know When people think about forklift maintenance, they often focus on winter. Cold starts.Frozen fluids.Snow and ice. But after years in the forklift industry, I’ve found that summer can be just as hard on equipment—and in
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One of the most common mistakes I see when people shop for a forklift is focusing only on the numbers. They look at: And assume they’re comparing apples to apples. The problem is forklift specifications don’t always tell the whole story. In fact, some of the
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Just today someone asked me, “What’s really changed in forklifts over the last 20 years?” At first, it seems like a simple question. After all, a forklift today still has forks, a mast, tires and an operator. The basic job hasn’t changed. Move material safely and
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Forklifts are one of the most useful pieces of equipment in any warehouse, manufacturing plant, or distribution center. They’re also one of the most dangerous. What’s interesting is that most forklift accidents aren’t caused by equipment failure.They’re caused by operators and managers becoming comfortable. I’ve spent
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Most people look at a forklift and think, “It’s just a bigger version of the one in my warehouse.” Then they stand next to a 30,000 lb, 50,000 lb, or 80,000 lb forklift for the first time. And suddenly, everything changes. The photo above puts it
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One of the first questions almost every buyer asks about a used forklift is “How many hours does it have?” And that makes sense, hours matter. But after years in the used forklift world, I can tell you, an hour meters only tells part of the
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One of the biggest misconceptions in the used forklift market is that low hours or new paint means it’s a good truck.” Not necessarily. I’ve seen forklifts with 3,000 hours that were completely abused and others with 12,000+ hours that are still operating beautifully. Because when
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It’s easy to look at a forklift today and think, It’s just a machine that moves pallets. But the reality is, forklifts completely transformed the industry. Modern warehousing, manufacturing, shipping, & logistics. None of it looks the way it does today without the evolution of the
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Most people look at a high-capacity forklift and think, “It’s just a bigger forklift.” That couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s no “standard” or “one size fits all”. Almost every truck is a specialized piece of equipment engineered to succeed in specialized applications where the
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