Aerial Work Platforms - There are a lot of accessories designed for lift trucks that could be used so as to help expand the functionality of your forklift and allow you to carry items, handle materials with greater ease or to accomplish clean-up tasks.
Several of the accessories are specifically designed in order to fit on the blades themselves. Blade extensions for example, are used if you require much more blade length, that increases lifting capability. Fork extensions come in lengths ranging from 48-120 inches. Triangular or rounded accessories are one more variety used when moving rolled material to be able to make sure it does not roll off of the standard flat forks.
Examples of lifting accessories include pivoting and telescoping boom or crane accessories. They can come in several various styles and are most often meant for transferring metal bars, lumber, poles and various kinds of bulky items. Other attachments like various styles of hooks and hook plates are presented to be able to carry stuff utilizing a chain or sling. Slab filters and magnetic filters are other items which could be used with hook attachments. Slab lifters are specialized accessories which are used for carrying different materials that are delivered in a sheet or slab format. Rug rams or carpet poles are other lifting tools which attach to your forklift to make transporting rolls of carpet a lot easier. The accessory hooks onto the forklift's forks and has a pole that goes through the middle of the carpet roll.
There are many kinds of forklift accessory designed for facility maintenance like for instance snow forks. These industrial forks can be connected to front end loaders and intended for transporting materials like snow, dirt as well as mulch. Other common cleanup attachments comprise standard sweepers and magnetic sweepers. Standard sweepers comprise a broom which the forklift blades hook onto for sweeping large spaces like for example warehouse, factory floors and parking lots. The magnetic sweeper is the same except that it has a magnetic plate instead of bristles. The magnetic sweeper is used in places where there is lots of metal fragments 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.
Material spreaders are other attachments used on forklifts. These spreaders are useful for various applications such as spreading rock salt, pellets, fertilizers, insecticides, seed and ice melt.
Another optional lifting accessory are work platforms. These could be used by lots of various businesses on a daily basis. Platforms may vary in size from 36" x 36" to up to 60" x 60". Several models may be presented and are capable of folding up and storing into a smaller place. Work platforms are designed to raise workers up to an overhead location using the lift truck. Larger platform models have extra space for personnel to carry tools and other essential items for the job. Normally work platforms are constructed of poly material or steel.
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