Long loads handled January 1st 2012 A bespoke multi-direction reach truck
from Sidetracker with front-loading
and side-loading capabilities has
minimised manual handling and
improved productivity for aluminium
glazing contractor Colorminium at its
manufacturing site in Essex.
The truck has been designed to
perform all load-carrying functions at
the site, including six-metre-long
stillages containing aluminium
profiles, steel box pallets, glass carriers,
timber pallets and steel waste bins. It
has to lift loads six metres high, pass
through a doorway 2550mm high x
1680mm wide and unload delivery
vehicles.
The previous lift truck was unable
to unload delivery vehicles, so
incoming loads had to be pushed
manually from the yard into the
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