Forklifts...

There are people who do not know what a forklift is all about,
and it's really funny when i go around asking "what is a forklift?"
they can give me answers like "oh, is it some type of lift that looks like a fork?",
"oh, i think it's just a name for some fork".

Alright, enough said on irrelevant stuff.....

OK!! Here I go about my research on the forklifts:


I have found out that many people misunderstand the fact that this is the only type of forklift:

In which, this is actually called the "4-wheel Counterbalanced Truck".

In terms of forklifts, there are so many shapes and sizes of forklifts...
...all depending on the type of racking system, the space that the warehouse have, the type of goods that the customer handles etc... This word 'Forklift" is way too general to specify a specialised type of truck to handle certain cargo or products.

Let me give u an example using the famous brand called "Crown":


One advantage that Crown have, is specializing in battery-operated type of forklifts and that these machines allows lower energy consumption comparing with other brands, which normally uses diesel-operated type of forklifts.

But in any cases, to operate one of these forklifts, the personnel handling the equipment will require a license to drive it. Therefore, here in Singapore, the PSA(Port of Singapore Authority) has training courses for companies to send their staff for the training in order to obtain forklift licences.

From the next post onwards, each post will look on different types of material handling equipment (in which forklifts are definitely part of MHE).

Ok! stay tuned for the next post by one of our group members!