Lower Operating Expenses by Protecting Your Investment
Abuse of the lift truck is preventable, therefore Hyster lift trucks has a total solution to help get rid of this type of abuse. The dealers have a variety of cost effective options and easy solutions to consider in an effort to avoid forklift abuse from happening.
Worn Tires, Abuse Items, Service or Product Solutions
Not like your personal vehicle, forklifts are not outfitted with suspension springs which give extra cushioning. Thus, it is extremely essential to replace worn tires or chunked tires that cause jarring impacts to the axle parts, the operator, and to the wheel and load.
There are many demanding applications that depend upon utilizing the proper tires to guarantee maximum lift truck performance. In order to guarantee that your material handling equipment has the right tires, simply request an application survey from your local Cat forklift dealer. It is very essential not to forget that operating with worn forklift tires can cause premature wear to the bottom of the blades. Worn forks could really jeopardize the ability of the lift truck to lift. This situation creates an extremely unsafe and dangerous work environment.
It is time to change the blades, when the fork's heel is worn more than 10%. Routine blade inspections are required in order to make certain that your machinery is safely operating and that your machinery is operating with safe forks. These inspections are essential to the safety of your operators along with anybody else working near the equipment.
Sadly, a lot of lift truck drivers have taken up the bad habit of riding the inching pedal. This could result in expensive damage to the vehicle's transmission. In order to prevent major part failure from occurring, just utilize the inching pedal when you wish to apply the brakes while the engine is revving and are approaching a rack. This allows the hydraulics to work at full speed. The brake pedal is located in the middle and is utilized to regularly stop the lift truck when the hydraulics is not being utilized.
Impact Damage
There are major parts including tires, wheels, body panels, forks, backrests and attachments which suffer a lot anytime a lift truck encounters impact to its surroundings or to product while traveling at high speeds.
In addition to assigning equipment to a driver, there are particular products available to help lessen product damage like keyless access systems, vehicle speed limiter and impact monitor.