Counterbalanced Forklift Trucks

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A counterbalanced forklift offers some benefits over fork-over design and straddle-leg styles but with some other drawbacks. A counterbalanced forklift can lift pallets directly off the floor since there are no stabilisation legs to get in the way. The disadvantages of this type of counterbalanced forklift are that the weight capacity and lift height will typically be less than the other styles.

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The Counterweight - is a heavy cast iron mass attached to the rear of the forklift truck frame. The purpose of the counterweight is to counterbalance the load being lifted, obviously up to a certain load weight. In an electric forklift the large lead-acid battery itself may serve as part/all of the counterweight.




Forklift Trucks