A lift truck is an essential piece of machinery within the material handling industry. Also called a powered industrial truck, a forklift is used to carry and move supplies from one place to another. These trucks revolutionized the warehousing and the manufacturing industries. Today they are utilized for a wide range of applications and are considered to be essential for material handling.
A lift truck is a machine which is driven by an operator who utilizes the truck to move cargo around a worksite or warehouse. Companies which own their own forklifts have to maintain the machinery to ensure they have a long lifespan. Similar to any machine components, lift truck parts, are prone to wear and tear and will become worn over time. In order to make sure the lift truck functions safely and efficiently, you should replace damaged or worn parts occasionally. Each and every lift truck part is made for a specific purpose. Below is a list of some lift truck attachments and their purposes:
Forklift Fork Positioner: The forklift fork positioner is a hydraulic attachment that helps to position the forks. It can move the forks either simultaneously or separately. Without the forklift fork positioner, the operator of the lift truck should manually adjust forklift forks for various sizes of loads.
Side Shifter: The hydraulic side shift attachment allows the operator to laterally shift both the forklift forks and the backrest. This type of attachment makes it really easier to position the cargo without having to change the truck's position.
Pole Attachments: Pole attachments are long metal poles utilized particularly to lift carpet rolls. The poles work better for this purpose than forklift forks.
Telescopic Forklift Forks: Telescoping tines are hydraulic attachments which allow the operator to both unload and load from a single side. The telescoping forks can handle two pallets of different sizes at the same time. This specific attachment is great for handling pallets in 'double deep racking'.