An electric forklift truck is an alternative to a full-blown fork lift in a warehousing, manufacturing or particularly retail operation. Because a walkie electric forklift truck is powered by pollution free electric motors, they can be used effectively in major warehouse style retail stores to move heavy merchandise from shelving as much as 12 feet in the air. Vertical storage makes more effective use of expensive warehouse space and by utilizing an electric forklift truck, loads up to 3500 pounds can be safely lifted and positioned.
Self-propelled walkie forklift is similar to forklift trucks but not as large or as expensive usually. Yet, you can take a walkie forklift truck to the loading dock, pick up a loaded pallet of merchandise, travel with it back to the retail store side of the operation, position your stacker unit at the shelf up to twelve feet in the air and smoothly lift the pallet and merchandise to the level of the storage shelf and remove the forks from the pallet, leaving the merchandise and pallet safely positioned on a shelf.
An electric forklift truck is usually constructed of steel with the wheels of polyurethane. The controls for raising and lowering the forks, forward and reverse speeds and the brake are generally located on the control handle on the heavy duty models or as a separate lever for raising and lowering the forks on the medium duty units.
The unit is steered with the aid of a butterfly handle which tilts and twists as well as lowering or raising as required. A double safety braking system is available on an electric forklift truck. Not only does the dead man's feature prevent rider less runaway vehicles, but the unit ensures protection from dropping carriage, forks or mast.
The mast is the upright portion of the forklift truck on which the carriage rides that does the actual work of raising or lowering the forks. The mast also serves as protection for the operator from loads falling backward onto the stacker.
The stabilization legs and the forks may be adjustable for different pallet sizes or support needs. Stabilization legs may be straddle type, fork over or in some instances there will be no stabilization legs, being replaced by a counterbalance system.
Although the electric forklift truck is not capable of a high rate of speed and most have a top speed of around 5 miles per hour and they can still travel fast enough to create some safety hazards. Pushing the top limits of speed, especially with the load extended can create top-heavy conditions and may lead to longer stopping times in an emergency stop situations. Although visibility is excellent on the empty electric forklift truck, when loaded they have almost no front visibility. Particularly in high traffic areas, care must be taken to avoid running into or over other employees.
Other common safety issues with an electric forklift truck is running over feet, backing into walls or other solid objects, or hooking one or both forks where they're not wanted. Training and awareness by operators will do much to reduce the incidence of such accidents.
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This is our entry level electric forklift truck and our most popular fully electric walkie forklift because of its great maneuverability, low price, and small footprint. Both electric drive and lift makes this walkie electric forklift truck extremely versatile.
Electric Forklift Truck 24V Electric Powered Lift and Drive Walkie Forklift. This is our newest powered drive / powered lift electric forklift truck. This walkie electric forklift truck is a walk behind and will work perfectly both in both small and large warehouses.
This electrical forklift truck will lift a total of 2640 pounds to a height of 111". Its operation is smooth both in lifting and moving. The ergonomic control handle on the walkie forklift easily allows you to control all of the motions and lifting and lowering of the forks. It also has a completely variable speed control.
This is a "fork over design" walkie forklift which means the forks lower right on top of the stabilization legs. The advantages of this forklift truck design are that it is less expensive, takes up less space and can maneuver in tight aisles. The disadvantage of this electric forklift truck is since the forks are directly over the stabilization legs, you cannot pick up a closed bottom pallet directly from the floor; however, this is still an excellent choice for unloading trucks and this disadvantage can be overcome with either open bottom pallets/skids or blocks.
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Model XP1229 Electric Forklift Truck
Warranty
Lift Height 9' 3" / 111"
Weight Capacity
Forks Fixed width. 42"L x 6"W x 3"H.
Drive Electric lift, electric drive
Power 24V 120 Ah
Charger
Safety
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