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Abuse of the forklift is preventable, hence Hyster lift trucks has a total solution to help get rid of this kind of abuse. The dealers have a range of cost efficient alternatives and easy solutions to consider in order to prevent lift truck abuse from happening.
Abuse Items, Product or Service Solutions, Worn Tires
Forklifts, unlike your personal vehicle, are not outfitted with suspension springs which give added cushioning. Therefore, it is very important to replace worn tires or chunked tires which cause jarring impacts to the driver, the axle components, and load and to the wheel.
There are lots of demanding applications that depend upon using the correct tires to ensure maximum forklift performance. In order to ensure that your material handling equipment has the correct tires, just request an application survey from your local Cat forklift dealer. It is very essential to remember that operating with worn lift truck tires can lead to premature wear to the bottom of the forks. Forks that are worn could really jeopardize the ability of the lift truck to lift. This type of situation creates a dangerous and extremely unsafe work environment.
It is time to change the blades, when the fork's heel is worn over 10 percent. Routine tine inspections are needed in order to make sure that your machinery is safely operating and that your machine is operating with safe forks. These inspections are really important to the safety of your drivers along with anyone else working in close proximity to the machinery.
Riding the inching pedal is a bad habit which is unfortunately taken up by numerous lift truck drivers. This inching pedal riding could cause expensive damage to the transmission of the vehicle. To be able to prevent major part failure from happening, only 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 used to frequently stop the truck when the hydraulics is not being used and is located in the middle.
Impact Damage
There are major parts including wheels, tires, forks, body panels, backrests and attachments which suffer greatly anytime a forklift encounters impact to its surroundings or to product while traveling at high speeds.
You will find specific products available to help decrease product damage as well as assigning equipment to an operator. These products consist of keyless access systems, vehicle speed limiter and impact monitor.