A forklift truck, a lift truck or a forklift is a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport materials, normally by means of steel forks inserted under the load. Forklifts are most commonly used to move loads stored on pallets.
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SYDNEY'S Glebe Morgue has been forced to buy a forklift truck to cope with obese corpses.The proportion of obese patients requiring coronial autopsies has doubled from 15 per cent in 1986 to 30 per cent, according to a study by forensic pathologist Professor Roger Byard.
Advances in hydrostatic (fluid drive) technology for forklift trucks have made them safer, longer-lasting, more reliable less costly to maintain and more environmentally friendly.
So what are the pitfalls when buying or renting a second hand lift truck? Barloworld Handling, one of the UK's largest and most respected suppliers of quality used lift trucks, provides some top tips to help you drive safely through the 'used truck' minefield.
Combilift four-way forklift trucks operate as three machines in one to handle awkward and long loads: as a counterbalance truck, as a sideloader, and as a narrow-aisle forklift.