Archive: Forklifts

Handling long loads such extended lengths of timber, steel or aluminium can be inherently dangerous for operators and those working in surrounding areas.

This week’s blog looks at the safety improvements and flow on benefits experienced by customers upon their adoption of Combilift multi-directional forklifts for the safe movement of extended length loads.

For companies whose forklifts operate in hazardous environments, Adaptalift Group with our partners are able to supply a range of flameproof forklifts to lower the risk of ignition whilst increasing overall safety.

This week’s blog provides a general overview of flameproof forklifts.

Steel manufacturers, fabricators and suppliers regularly lift and transport heavy and long loads such as such as structural steel beams.

Due to the size and weight of loads it can often be harder to manoeuvre them around a supply yard, onto transport or on a job site.

This week’s blog looks at specialist forklifts and materials handling unit that allow for the easy and safe movement of steel products.

In the farming and agriculture industries there are a wide variety of large and heavy loads that need lifting.

To safely and efficiently carry these large and heavy loads a rough terrain forklift or telehandler are the ideal solution.

This week’s blog highlights three ideal agriculture forklift solutions Adaptalift Group has for sale and hire that can assist our customers.

All forklifts and materials handling equipment (MHE) have a maximum lift capacity as specified by the manufacturer.

The overall rated capacity of a forklift is calculated based on a number of factors to specify the maximum weight a forklift or MHE can safely lift at any one time.

This week’s blog looks at 5 key consideration to help understand a forklifts lifting capacity.

Recycling plants are unforgiveable working environments for operators and forklifts.

Units need to be able to stand up to the more severe operating conditions of the plant environment.

Hyster has worked closely with industry partners to design and engineer its cool truck variant of its standard industry leading forklifts.

All construction sites have requirements for forklifts to assist in load and unload goods as well as transporting them around the site.

This week blogs looks at the types of construction industry forklifts and what tasks they are adept at carrying out.

Before renting a forklift there are a number of key considerations to ensure the most suitable unit for the application is selected.

Five of the most important considerations are detailed in this week’s blog.

Easy to install and operate forklift bin tipper attachments allow the easy and rapid movement and dumping of product and waste.

This week’s blog looks at the features and benefits of using bin tipper attachments.

This week’s blog looks at another beneficial forklift attachment bale clamps and how they benefits industries in moving bales of product.