| Nearly every industrial operation from warehousing | | | | for lanyards and fall-arrest systems for additional |
| and distribution to any industry that involves bulk or | | | | layers of protection. |
| heavy material handling will employ a significant forklift | | | | Booms, Hoists, And Accessories |
| fleet. Efficient material handling is the cornerstone of | | | | Forklift accessories come in every shape and size to |
| a highly productive process via the elimination of | | | | broaden the range of work that one vehicle can do. |
| bottlenecks. With the prevalence of lift fleets, finding | | | | Some are manually locked into position, others are |
| ways to utilize the vehicles beyond material handling | | | | powered by the lift's own drive system, and some |
| offers a huge cost savings. | | | | replace the tines entirely. |
| Forklifts are a unique vehicle with many different | | | | Boom attachments offer an alternate approach to |
| uses. The speed, maneuverability, and power of a lift | | | | lifting and positioning loads. Pole attachments can |
| can be applied in many more ways than just hauling | | | | replace the standard fork tines in order to lift and |
| pallets. | | | | move metal coils, carpet rolls, or any other long, |
| High Elevation Work | | | | round load. Hydraulic clamps give an operator the |
| Whether it is maintenance work on an overhead | | | | ability to open and close around a load, squeezing |
| system or a new construction for facility expansion, | | | | cartons, boxes and bales in order to pick them up. |
| there is always elevated work to be done. Having | | | | Similarly, drum handling attachments work wonders in |
| dedicated vehicles, such as scissor lifts, to perform | | | | the chemical industry with a spring loaded jaw that |
| this work is wasteful since this feature can be | | | | can lift drums by the lip edge. |
| integrated into an existing fleet with the use of man | | | | Telescopic forks can be extended to handle two |
| lifts. | | | | pallets or loads simultaneously, cutting movement |
| Man lifts come in many shapes and sizes, but they | | | | time in half. For handling unbalanced or asymmetric |
| are ultimately a safe way to lift personnel, their | | | | skids, a rotator attachment can be used to shift the |
| equipment and tools, plus light loads for elevated | | | | center of gravity. Hoppers and containers can also be |
| work. A secure carriage with cross bars is mounted | | | | dumped by rotating the forks to one side. |
| onto the forks of a lift and can be raised and | | | | Maintaining a forklift fleet can be costly, but they are |
| maneuvered like any load. A man lift is one of the | | | | very necessary for industrial work. With added |
| few approved ways to lift a worker in an OSHA | | | | accessories, such as man lifts, they can easily be |
| approved manner. | | | | adapted to performing multiple tasks. This versatility |
| While some people may want to take safety for | | | | adds to a fleet's value and helps to create profitability |
| granted and simply stand on a pallet, a man lift is | | | | through cost savings on additional hardware for |
| much more safe and effective especially for long | | | | specific applications. Lifts can offer a wide range of |
| term use. The man lift also provides a tie off point | | | | services. |