Narrow Aisle Forklifts
Narrow aisle forklifts are specially designed in order to fit down extremely narrow warehouse aisles. This offers several benefits to business owners such as greatly increasing their space to store items. Even smaller aisles can fit a lift truck through them. Narrow aisle forklifts are famous for their maneuverability and not a lot of space is required to move a narrow aisle forklift. Their design has enabled them to move without much space due to the fact that the majority of things which hinder movement have been squished up the main lift truck body in their design.
These forklifts have a weakness in that they are somewhat slow. These forklifts would not cut it if you need it to move supplies across large distances. This issue can be easily solved if you also have access to a standard lift truck. Some businesses prefer to use the narrow aisle forklift to move the load to a central location. These objects are then handed off to a regular forklift which is responsible to take it the bulk of the distance. Usually, narrow aisle forklifts are unable to transport as much weight so they are just effective for loads which are small.
How to Drive a Forklift Truck
An industrial powered lift truck or a forklift operates on the same principal as your typical automobile. It has brakes, a steering wheel and an accelerator and also needs some good hand-eye coordination to operate and requires concentration. The forklift is capable of raising loads which weigh several tons up to heights of 24 feet or higher. They are able to work in very narrow confines. Operating a forklift needs additional expertise and training in order to work smoothly and efficiently.