Why your 3 t forklift will not lift 3 t
Rated capacity is measured at a 500 mm load centre. Move the load out and the number on the plate stops being true. Here is the arithmetic, and the three questions that decide whether a machine is big enough.
Technical notes
How the machines actually behave: capacity curves, cold-store specification, hydraulic limits. Written for the person who has to defend the decision.
Specifying a forklift for −25 °C: what changes
A cold-store truck is not a standard truck with a heated cab. Battery chemistry, hydraulic oil, seals, condensation and duty cycle all change at once — and the wrong combination costs more in downtime than the truck costs to buy.
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