by Shawn McQuary, on February 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM

There's a silent killer that's stalking your forklift. Maybe you've seen the signs. Has your steering locked up? Or has the mast dropped unexpectedly? Perhaps the lifting grows sluggish? Or …

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Topics:Forklift Parts

by Shawn McQuary, on February 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM

A reach truck is always a forklift, but a forklift is not always a reach truck. Confused? We don't blame you! There are a lot of similarities between reach trucks …

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Topics:Forklift

by Dan Livingston, on February 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM

For people who don't work in the material handling industry, most forklifts seem more or less the same. Some are bigger, some are smaller. Order pickers and reach trucks are …

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Topics:ForkliftWarehouse PlanningDoosanWarehouse Products & Equipment

by Trey Barber, on February 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM

Everyone knows forklifts are designed to do the heavy lifting. So why do some operations use their forklifts like a U-HAUL – shuttling items from one part of their facility …

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Topics:Warehouse Products & Equipment

by Dan Livingston, on February 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM

It’s 10 am. Do you know where your forklifts are? A forklift telematics system provides real-time information about who’s using your equipment and where. It can also generate behavior reports, …

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Topics:ForkliftForklift Fleet Management

by Mark Wilson, on February 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM

Understanding a forklift’s load capacity is not as simple as reading the maximum capacity and jumping to work - many factors influence how much a fork truck can lift at …

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Topics:Forklift

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