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Hi All
Looking for advice on a particular issue around load centres, SWL of trucks and one off lifts. If one truck does one job only, its not used for anything else but this one lift which is infrequent and is well within the SWL of the truck, but the load centres calculation is not actually at the centre point of the item being lifted; can this be simply risk assessed taking in controls and therefore be completed safely? Or is it something that should be looked at again?
This is also given that the lift is approximately shoulder height, flat ground and travel with the load is only approximately 5m or so. A larger truck is not an option without significant redesign of the work space.
Any advice is gratefully received.
Thanks.
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Hi Ken,
The truck should have a load rating plate on it stating what the max SWL is at several load centres (taking into account any extra equipment such as side shift, back guard, etc.) However, it will probably only state the load centres out to about two thirds of the fork length. Any further than this would put the load's centre of gravity too close to the fork tip (remember that the centre gravity will move as the truck accelerates and decelerates due to inertia and momentum).
So whilst it might be mathematically possible to calculate a safe SWL at a specified load centre you also need to take into account the shift in CoG and it's proximity to the fork tips.
The manufacturer of the FLT may be able to recommend fork extensions to overcome this.
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