Forklifts are machines which forklift drivers utilize to transport supplies from one place to another in manufacturing and warehouse environments. The machinery lifts pallets, also called skids, that are loaded with things. The lift truck is made with forks that insert into the pallet rungs. Forklifts are also sometimes called Pallet Trucks, Lift Trucks, Skid Trucks, High/Low, Stacker-Trucks and Side Loaders.
Companies like Clark and Yale & Towne Manufacturing marketed the very first forklifts during the early part of the 1900s. Nowadays most supplies stores on pallets and are delivered to warehouses. Forklifts are normally found within manufacturing plants and warehouses, where they are utilized to operate the business smoothly.
The following are amongst the various kinds of pallet or skid lifts: Hand pallet truck; Walkie low lift truck - with electrical motor; Rider low lift truck; IC counterbalanced truck; Telescopic handler; Towing tractor; Sideloader; Slip Sheet machine; Walkie stacker; Rider stacker; Reach truck; Electric counterbalanced truck; Walkie Order Picking truck; Rider Order Picking truck - also called "Order Picker"; Articulated Very Narrow Aisle Counterbalanced trucks - also known as "Flexi Truck"; Truck Mounted Forklift / Sod Loader; Guided Very Narrow Aisle truck ; 'Man Down' - utilized for narrow aisles; and 'Man Riser' Combination Order Picker/ Stacker truck
There are counterbalanced forklift trucks available for specialized uses, like for example the articulated counterbalance truck. This hybrid is recommended for really narrow aisles because it is capable of offloading and onloading in really tight spaces.
The Guided Very Narrow Aisle Trucks are capable of lifting as high as 12 meters, and even up to 30 meters if it is a "non top-tied" version. These trucks are available in man down and man-riser models. This machinery should be utilized only on even and flat floors.