Aerial Work Platforms - There are a lot of attachments utilized for forklifts which can be used to help expand the capabilities of your lift truck and allow you to pick up stuff, handle materials with less effort or to complete clean-up tasks.
A lot of the attachments are specifically designed to be able to fit on the forks themselves. Fork extensions for example, are used whenever you need much more fork length, which increases lifting capability. Blade extensions come in lengths varying from forty eight to one hundred twenty inches. Rounded or triangular attachments are another kind utilized if moving rolled material to be able to make sure it does not roll off of the typical flat forks.
Lifting accessories could be pivoting and telescoping crane accessories. They come in numerous kinds. These attachments are often utilized for moving poles, lumber, metal bars or whatever sort of bulky items. Other attachments such as different styles of hooks and hook plates are presented to be able to pick up objects making use of a chain or sling. Magnetic lifters and slab lifters are other things that can be utilized together with hook accessories. Slab lifters are specialized attachments which are used for carrying different materials which are delivered in a slab or sheet format. Rug rams or carpet poles are other lifting tools that connect to your forklift to make transferring rolls of carpet a lot easier. The attachment connects onto the lift truck's forks and has a pole that goes through the middle of the carpet roll.
There are many different types of forklift attachments that can be meant for facility maintenance like snow forks. These forks attach to front end loaders and can transport materials like snow, dirt and soil. Other common cleanup accessories consist of magnetic sweepers and standard sweepers. Standard sweepers comprise a broom that the lift truck forks connect onto for sweeping large spaces such as warehouse, factory floors and parking lots. The magnetic sweeper is similar except that it has a magnetic plate rather than bristles. The magnetic sweeper is utilized in places where there is lots of metal debris such as on shop floors for instance. Sweepers have widths as much as sixty inches and this surface area makes clean up simple and fast.
A material spreader is one more forklift attachment that is often used at facilities. These spreaders are useful for various applications like spreading ice melt, rock salt, pellets, seeds, fertilizers, insecticides and seed.
Work platforms are another optional lifting attachment which a lot of businesses utilize day after day. The platforms range in size from 36" x 36" to up to 60" x 60". There are a few units presented which are capable of folding up and storing into a smaller space. Work platforms are designed to raise employees up to an overhead location using the lift truck. Larger platform units have additional space for workers in order to bring tools and other essential objects intended for the task. Normally work platforms are constructed of poly material or steel.
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