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Forklifts For Sale In Dallas Fort Worth

By Leslie Ball


The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) defines a forklift, also called a powered industrial truck (PIT), as a vehicle used to tier, stack, pull, push, carry, or lift materials. Other names are lift truck, pallet truck, rider truck, lifttruck or forktruck. Before going out shopping for forklifts for sale in Dallas and in Fort Worth, TX, it is a good idea to make sure you know all the different classes of forklift to make sure you get the right one for your uses.

The vector forces that influence a lift truck make it inherently unstable. Each year, almost 100 individuals are killed in accidents involving forktrucks, while more than 30,000 see the inside of an emergency room before they go home from work. Fatalities and serious injuries mostly arise as a result of the forklift tipping over and crushing the rider, or from a collision involving a pedestrian and a lift truck. Studies have shown that most serious forklift accidents in which someone is killed or maimed would have been prevented by proper training. In 1999, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began levying fines on companies that employed people who did not have the necessary training and certification.

Lift trucks may be powered by electricity or by an internal combustion engine with gasoline, diesel or LPG as the fuel. Another feature used in the classification of PITs is the type of tire, solid or pneumatic. Solid tires are used on smooth surfaces, while pneumatic tires work better on uneven surfaces. Pallet trucks are divided into six classifications.

Classes I, II, and III are battery powered machines with electric motors. Class I are called electric motor ricer trucks. The rider sits inside the vehicle. Because electric motors are not prone to giving out poisonous fumes, this class of lift truck is often used in enclosed spaces where air quality is a safety issue. These vehicles may be equipped with either cushion (solid) or pneumatic tires.

Class II forktrucks have incorporated design features that make them suitable for situations where the aisles are narrow. Because they are powered by electricity, they are also useful where air quality and noise levels need to be considered.

Class III is the designation for electric motor hand trucks or hand/rider trucks. In these trucks, the tiller is mounted on the side and all of the controls are located on the tiller. They are designed to enable the operator to walk at the front of the truck, similar to walking a bicycle.

Class IV forktrucks are powered by an internal combustion engine and use solid (cushion) wheels. These are used on dry, smooth floors to move materials between the loading dock and the storage area. Lower to the ground than trucks with pneumatic tires, these lifts are useful in low-clearance environments.

Like Class IV trucks, those that fall into Class 5 have internal combustion engines and run on LPG, diesel or gasoline. There are also some that use compressed natural gas, or CNG. These are the most versatile and the most popular type of lift truck. Trucks that are used in rough terrain are in Class VI.




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