Why your 3 t forklift will not lift 3 t
Rated capacity is measured at a 500 mm load centre. Move the load out and the number on the plate stops being true. Here is the arithmetic, and the three questions that decide whether a machine is big enough.
Technical notes and buying guides
Notes from the workshop and the quotation desk. No product announcements disguised as articles — only answers to questions buyers keep asking.
Specifying a forklift for −25 °C: what changes
A cold-store truck is not a standard truck with a heated cab. Battery chemistry, hydraulic oil, seals, condensation and duty cycle all change at once — and the wrong combination costs more in downtime than the truck costs to buy.
How many forklifts fit in a 40 ft container — and what that does to your landed cost
Freight per unit is not a detail, it is often the difference between a competitive price and a losing one. Here is how machines are actually packed, what gets removed, and why the quote per unit changes with quantity.
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