Lift trucks are used in a warehouse operation to handle a unit load that includes product sets on a pallet board, on a skid, on a slip sheet, or inside a container. The forks on lift trucks are the chisel type and can adjust to different pallet board, skid, or container fork openings.
To cater to todays warehouse layout concept, lift trucks are designed and classified into three basic categories and they include Wide-Aisle, Narrow-Aisle, and Very Narrow-Aisle Lift Trucks.
In this section, the objective is to develop an understanding of the various product storage vehicle types. We identify each vehicles power source, type of controls, right-angle stacking width, lift height, throughput capability and captive- versus mobile-aisle ability.
