maintenance

Your Essential Spring Forklift Maintenance Checklist for Efficient and Secure Operations

Equipment, Forklift Truck, Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance / April 16, 2024

As spring arrives, it’s prime time for a thorough check-up on your forklift trucks. In environments with seasonal changes and temperature fluctuations, ensuring the functionality of your equipment is paramount for smooth operations. Follow this guide to conduct a comprehensive inspection and necessary maintenance for secure and efficient workplace conditions. Forklift Statistics Regularly reviewing your …

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Maintaining Your Forklift – Keeping It Clean Will Prolong Its Working Life

Equipment, Maintenance, Parts and Service / April 20, 2023

Updated: 4/20/2023 When considering ways to extend the life of your forklift, one often gravitates to the more obvious ideas.  Depending on how your truck is powered, you may be thinking regular oil changes, keeping a close eye on the motor/engine, following the manufacturer’s maintenance schedule or regular up-keep of the tires.  However, one important …

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Electric Forklift Battery Charging

How to Make Battery Charging Rooms Safer

Maintenance / August 2, 2018

Many warehouses are beginning to switch from combustion engine forklifts to electric forklifts in order to lower operating costs and improve environmental impacts. While electric forklifts have a longer lifespan than gas forklifts, they require proper care and maintenance. Lead-acid batteries can take up to eight hours to charge fully, so it’s important that the …

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Electric Forklift Battery

Three Tips to Improve Electric Forklift Battery Life

Industry News, Maintenance / August 3, 2018

The majority of warehouses are making the switch from internal combustion forklifts to electric forklifts in order to reduce their carbon footprint. Electric forklifts, such as the Linde 346, produce zero emissions, have a longer economic life and more precise truck control than typical internal combustion forklifts. However, while electric forklifts are more efficient, they …

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Forklift Safety

5 Essential Elements of Forklift Safety

Equipment, Safety / July 2, 2018

Statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) indicate that approximately 34,900 forklift injuries occur every year. A number of factors contribute to accidents, including equipment and operator error. To reduce the risk of injury, it is crucial that operators understand the dangers asociated with improper operation of a forklift. In honor of National …

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Forks

Is It Time to Replace Your Forks?

Equipment, Maintenance / September 18, 2017

Forklifts are an invaluable tool in warehouses and manufacturing facilities. Without them, most operations could not continue. And the most important part of a forklift is the forks themselves, which carry the lift’s load. When a forklift’s forks are worn, bent, broken, or damaged, it not only affects the lift’s ability to function properly, but …

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Forklift Repairs

How to Prevent the Most Expensive Forklift Repairs

Maintenance / August 31, 2017

Forklifts are powerful machines with many working systems and moving parts. When a forklift and its various systems are not properly cared for, the resulting repairs can cost you thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. And not only are repairs themselves expensive, but performing forklift repairs can also mean time off the floor, …

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