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Posted By Martin Grove
I'm trying to find guidance on the minimum distance that the forks should extend into or beyond the pallet to ensure a safe lift of palletised equipment/materials.
Can anyone help?
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Posted By Bob Matthews AIIRSM
Martin,
The load should normally be against the heels of the forks and and tilted back. The forks fitted should be according to the size of the pallet, ie if you are lifting a 1600mm x 1000mm pallet the forks should be no more than 1000mm as you should normally lift through the widest side of the pallet, to keep the load centre close to the heels of the forks( this is of course in a perfect World, where you would have forks of different lengths lying around waiting to be used)
I hope this helps
Regards
Bob
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Posted By Ian Lumsden
Martin,
There should be a load centre chart on all forklift trucks that tell you the correct distance for the weight of the load that you are carrying, this will determine the distance from the heel of the forks that your load can be.
Also the load should only be moved forward of the heel when taking or depositing the load, the load must then be readjusted.
Regards
Ian Lumsden
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Posted By Martin Grove
Bob, Ian
Thanks for the information. Key question; given that the widest side of the load is against the heel and load is within capacity of the truck, is there any guidance on how far into the load the forks should extend. Obviously the forks would need to extend beyond the load centre of gravity, but by how far?
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Posted By Bob Matthews AIIRSM
Martin,
As stated in my previous message the forks should ideally not be longer than the width of the pallet and not sticking out, so the ideal length would be the width of the pallet/load. If you had to fit short forks, then they need to be a minimum of 3/4 of the way through the pallet, any less than this and there is a risk of the load tipping over. You would also have to take into account the weight of the load if short forks were used, as the load centre would also change. I hope this helps
Regards
Bob
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Posted By Martin Grove
Thanks Bob,
Question answered.
Have a nice christmas
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