In manufacturing and warehouse environments, the types of equipment that drivers use to transport supplies from one location to another are known as forklifts. The machinery lifts pallets, also known as skids, that are loaded with things. The lift truck is designed with forks that insert into the pallet rungs. Sometimes, forklifts are also called Lift Trucks, Pallet Trucks, High/Low, Skid Trucks, Stacker-Trucks and Side Loaders.
Companies like Clark and Yale & Towne Manufacturing sold the first forklifts during the early part of the 1900s. Nowadays the majority of supplies are delivered to warehouses and stores on pallets. Forklifts are normally found within warehouses and manufacturing factories, where they are depended upon to operate the business smoothly.
Among the various types of skid lifts or pallets are as follows: Walkie low lift truck - with electrical motor; Rider low lift truck; Hand pallet truck; IC counterbalanced truck; Telescopic handler; Towing tractor; Sideloader; Walkie stacker; Rider stacker; Slip Sheet machine; Electric counterbalanced truck; Walkie Order Picking truck; Reach truck; Rider Order Picking truck - also called "Order Picker"; Articulated Very Narrow Aisle Counterbalanced trucks - also called "Flexi Truck"; Truck Mounted Forklift / Sod Loader; Guided Very Narrow Aisle truck ; 'Man Down' - for narrow aisles; and 'Man Riser' Combination Order Picker/ Stacker truck
The articulated counterbalance truck is a type of counterbalanced forklift truck that is utilized for specialized applications. This hybrid is suggested for very narrow aisles since it can onload and offload 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" kind. These trucks are available in man-riser and man-down models. This machinery must be utilized only on floors that are even and flat.