For lift trucks nowadays, there are many attachment options available. Nearly all attachments are made to be used on typical lift trucks and are designed to be utilized on reach trucks and VNA. It is essential to note that OSHA requires approval for any attachment which must be approved for use by the specific lift truck manufacturer.
The sideshift attachment is considered to be standard lift truck equipment. The sideshift device allow for more accurate load positioning as well as allows the fork carriage to slide left and right. The sideshift allows the operator to be more versatile with the machine.
Fork positioners are an attachment choice that allows the operator to adjust the distance between the forks from the cab of the truck. This particular attachment is mainly utilized in high volume operations where there is a huge variety of pallet and crate sizes handled.
The fork pivot enables the carriage and forks to rotate or pivot. Used for dumping and transporting hoppers which is specially designed. These attachments are very useful for various industrial applications.
Slip sheet attachments are a different attachment which are utilized where slip sheets which is plastic, or paperboard or a sheet of cardboard which are utilized rather than pallets. The slip sheet attachments use a push and pull mechanism which clamps onto the slip sheet and pulls the load onto a thin platform. Afterwards, the load is pushed off the platform when the truck reaches the destination.
Drum handling attachments come in many different designs. They are many different models attached to handle 55 gallon drums. There are some smaller types of a paper roll clamps which go around the roll and also can rotate a full 360 degrees. There are other drum attachments that are able to pick up various drums all at once.
Another option is tilt control, that allows the operator to preset the fork tilt angles. For extensions slide over the forks to help lift and move longer loads. The Carton clamp operates similar to a paper roll clamp except instead of being circular, the clamping surface is flat.
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