Aerial Work Platforms - There are many attachments designed for lift trucks that could be utilized in order to help expand the functionality of your forklift and allow you to pick up things, handle materials with less effort or to finish clean-up tasks.
Several attachments were specially used for the blades themselves. For example, blade extensions can be utilized whenever you require more blade length, that increases lifting capability. Fork extensions come in lengths varying from 48-120 inches. Rounded or triangular accessories are another kind used whenever transferring rolled material to be able to ensure it does not roll off of the standard flat blades.
Examples of lifting attachments comprise pivoting and telescoping crane or boom attachments. They could come in quite a few various styles and are usually used for moving metal bars, lumber, poles and other sort of bulky stuff. Additional accessories like for instance various kinds of hooks and hook plates are presented to be able to lift stuff making use of a sling or chain. Magnetic lifters and slab lifters are other stuff that can be utilized with hook accessories. Slab lifters are specialized attachments which are intended for picking up various materials which are delivered in a slab or sheet format. Rug rams or carpet poles are other lifting tools which attach to your forklift to be able to make transporting rolls of carpet easier. The accessory hooks onto the lift truck's blades and has a pole which goes through the middle of the carpet roll.
There are many different kinds of lift truck accessories which could be utilized for facility maintenance such as snow blades. These blades connect to front end loaders and could transport materials like for example snow, dirt and soil. Other common cleanup accessories consist of standard sweepers and magnetic sweepers. Standard sweepers consist of a broom that the forklift blades hook onto for sweeping big spaces like parking lots or warehouse and factory floors. The magnetic sweeper is the same except that it has a magnetic plate rather than bristles. The magnetic sweeper is used in places where there is lots of metal fragments like on shop floors for instance. Sweepers have widths as much as 60 inches and this surface area makes clean up easy and quick.
Material spreaders are other attachments used on lift trucks. These spreaders are useful for a range of applications like spreading insecticides, seeds, ice melt, rock salt, pellets and fertilizers.
Another optional lifting accessory are work platforms. These could be used by numerous various companies everyday. Platforms may vary in size from 36" x 36" to up to 60" x 60". A few models may be offered and are capable of folding up and storing into a smaller place. Work platforms are designed to raise employees up to an overhead location utilizing the lift truck. Larger platform models have additional space for staff to be able to carry tools and other essential items for the task. Often work platforms are made of steel or ploy material.
Click to Download the pdf