by Enrique Hernandez, on April 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Operating a forklift is a dangerous activity made safer through stringent safety protocols. On average, forklift accidents kill 87 people per year. That number has risen almost continuously in the …
Read Storyby Greg Ullery, on April 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Out with the old and in with the new! Wait! Stop! Casting out your old forklift batteries might sound like progress, but really, it's just a waste. Your batteries still …
Read Storyby Dan Livingston, on March 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People in the Pacific Northwest don’t use umbrellas. Umbrellas are for tourists. When it rains—and it often does—you put on a rain jacket and get on with your day. That’s …
Read Storyby Enrique Hernandez, on March 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
An expert who doesn’t understand your business isn’t much of an expert at all. Knowing part numbers and specifications is one thing—knowing how those parts fit into your operation is …
Read Storyby 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 …
Read Storyby 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 …
Read Storyby 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 …
Read Storyby 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 …
Read Storyby 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, …
Read Storyby 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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