Re: Suggestions for material handling equip

Posted by willie in mn on April 02, 2007 at 19:01:50 from (205.188.116.14):

In Reply to: Suggestions for material handling equip posted by nw_bearcat on April 02, 2007 at 06:16:11:

bearcat
Get yourself a real forklift. Spent many hours on a Clark like the one in Walt's pic. On packed gravel shouldn't have any problems if it has air tires, they flex a bit & give fair flotation. Foam filled or solid tires would be helpless on gravel.
Stay away from the 3 wheel Hyster unless on paved surface. Too much weight on that single rear wheel, it sinks fast.
A forklift like that Clark, or any other brand of that type, will let you store & retrieve pallets in 4 foot wide rows without disturbing the rows beside. Rear steering turns short, inside(drive) wheel can cut a circle of 12 in radius, sometimes shorter. Also can drive inside supplier's trucks to unload. BUT--- don't try to carry a pallet inside a single axle straight truck, the front end will lift, the rear drop, & you are stuck.
More info, too long to post here, quick & dirty ways to build a loading dock, etc. Shoot me an E-mail.
HTH
Willie- 40 yrs exp in freight business

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