In manufacturing and warehouse environments, the kinds of equipment that drivers utilize to shuttle supplies from one location to another are known as forklifts. The machine lifts pallets, also known as skids, that are loaded with things. The lift truck is made with forks which insert into the pallet rungs. Forklifts are also sometimes known as as Lift Trucks, Pallet Trucks, High/Low, Skid Trucks, Side Loaders and Stacker Trucks.
The first forklifts were marketed during the early 1900s by companies like Clark and Yale & Towne Manufacturing. These days the majority of supplies stores on pallets and are delivered to warehouses. Forklifts are normally found in manufacturing factories and warehouses, where they are utilized to operate the business smoothly.
The following are some of the various kinds of skid lifts or pallets: Hand pallet truck; Walkie low lift truck - with electrical motor; Rider low lift truck; Towing tractor; IC counterbalanced truck; Sideloader; Telescopic handler; Walkie stacker; Rider stacker; Slip Sheet machine; Electric counterbalanced truck; Walkie Order Picking truck; Reach truck; Rider Order Picking truck - also referred to as "Order Picker"; Articulated Very Narrow Aisle Counterbalanced trucks - also called "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 particular hybrid is suggested for really narrow aisles as it is capable of onloading and offloading within very tight spaces.
Capable if lifting as high as 12 meters are the Guided Vary Narrow Aisle Trucks. The "non top-tied" type can lift up to 30 meters high. These types of trucks are available in man down and man-riser models. This equipment must only be utilized on flat and even floors.