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FORKLIFTS and Rated Capacity

All forklifts have a rating, which is the maximum weight that they are designed to lift safely, often referred as SAFE WORKING LOAD (SWL) or WORKING LOAD LIMIT (WLL). Depending on the type of forklift depends on how they are actually calculated.

Counterbalanced forklifts

The rated capacity for counterbalanced trucks shall be expressed as the maximum load in kilograms that a truck is designed to transport and stack, operating on a hard level surface, with the mast vertical, with maximum lift height and at load-centre distances. (more…)

Bolzoni Auramo release the Stainless Steel Coated Fork Tyne

The Best Option - for the Spark Free Areas The stainless-steel-cladded forklift forks are the best option for areas that must be kept spark free. These areas include explosive environments where paint, chemicals and explosives are handled. These forks are also a great choice for food preparation areas for hygiene purposes and when you need to avoid risk of spark generation due to rubbing between similar metal materials (i.e. between fork steel and the load steel) or rusty and light metals (i.e. between rusty fork and an aluminium or magnesium load). (more…)

Forklifts and Indentifying Hazards

In warehouses, factories, shipping yards, freight terminals and other workplaces across Australia, forklifts are used to lift, stack and transfer loads.

While forklifts offer a practical materials handling solution for many businesses, each year they continue to be associated with workplace deaths and injuries. The human and financial cost of forklift-related incidents for employees, industry and the community is substantial, and in the most part completely avoidable, especially when employees and employers work together to improve health and safety at work. (more…)

Forklift Attachments and 4 Ways To Get The Best From Them

One of the most common forklift attachments is a set of slippers. Some times your load you are picking up might be a little longer then you might usually pickup. That's where a set of forklift slippers or tyne extensions come in handy, as a quick and easy solution.

That is where you are wrong. Quick yes, easy far from it..

As with any attachment you put onto a forklift, it can and will reduce the lifting capacity of the unit. There are some things you need to consider when putting a set of slippers onto a forklift :

Load size

As a general rule of thumb, the fork tyne should be at least 75% of the length of load that it is picking up.

Reduction is lifting capacity The forklift will lift LESS the further you further you extend the load center. It is highly recommended in going to the Forklift Manufacturer, to…

Having The Right Forklift Tyres, Can Save Your Business Money

Having the right forklift tyres on your forklift, is something that forklift owners often don't think about. But it is one thing on a forklift that can save your business a lot of cost.

The most common types of forklift tyres are solid or pneumatic.

Pneumatic - Think of these being just like your car tyres. They have tubes and are filled with air.

Solid - These tyres are generally referred to as Puncture Proof, and are a solid rubber filled pneumatic profile tyre (more…)

Chinese Forklifts Value or Not, Here’s The Truth

In the last five years sales of Chinese forklifts have exploded throughout Australia, now Chinese Forklift are almost 20% of unit sales. But the truth is the Chinese have been selling forklifts here in Australia for nearly four times as long.

The reason why so many people think this is a recent phenomenon is a simple matter of pacing. In the old days Chinese forklifts arrived in drips and drabs, but nowadays, of course, the Chinese don’t do anything in small measures. In fact, China has grown so much over the past decade, and at such an unprecedented level, that it’s almost impossible to remember a time when China wasn’t the massive manufacturing and export powerhouse that it is today. To put it bluntly, it’s looking like China is going to take over the world. (more…)

The Truth About Forklift LPG Inspections

Laws change all the time, and as a business it is crucial that you keep abreast of those changes. It happens with forklifts all the time, the rules change, which is just what happened with the LPG systems on forklifts and forklift LPG inspections that are required under law by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

Under the new laws and regulations from September 2016, the LPG system on forklifts now need to be inspected every six months if they are a commercial vehicle and if its a hire forklift the hire company needs to be checked before every hire. (more…)

How You Really Need To Use a Forklift to Make a Profit

The majority of forklifts are owned and operated by Businesses, they are a work tool. Even most farmers will have a old forklift out in the shed that will help them lift things when needed.

But it's the use of the forklift, not the ownership that provides profit and the best return on your overall investment. Sometimes rental programs will provide the benefit your business needs, but avoids the time consuming responsibilities of ownership and maintenance support.

Most forklift dealers will talk to you about the many cost effective benefits that a fleet management program can provide for your business.

We wanted to take a look some things to consider when you are looking at rental of a forklift.

Capital gains

Your forklift dealer can purchase your existing fleet of forklifts and provide replacem…

The Development Of a New Brand – Unicarriers

UniCarrier's are a new very forklift brand, with a very old History. Lencrow Materials Handling is the Australian dealer for Unicarrier's in Australia. So lets take a look at Unicarrier and how they have developed to become a world leading forklift brand.

UniCarriers Group - UniCarriers Holdings Corporation - UniCarriers Corporation 2013

• TCM Corporation and Nissan Forklift Co., Ltd. are integrated as UniCarriers Corporation. (more…)