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Maximize Efficiency with Narrow Aisle Forklifts: Warehouse Planning and Design

As businesses grow, it is important to find new methods of maximizing the number of pallet positions and warehouse storage space. This guide provided by ProLift Toyota Material Handling offers insight into how narrow aisle forklifts can be used and the advantages of selecting the right equipment for increasing storage capacity in the warehouse.  Industries: […]

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Maximize Space With Narrow Aisle Forklifts & Other Solutions

Narrow Aisle Forklifts & Other Warehouse-Space Saving Solutions More and more North American facilities are finding that their costs, volumes, and SKUs are going up, resulting in a need to maximize existing space. If you, like many others, have found the need to optimize existing storage capacity, then you’ll require specialized material handling equipment designed […]

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Maximizing Storage with a Double Reach Truck

Can warehouse storage increase using double reach trucks? Double reach trucks can increase pallet racking storage by up to 50%; however, it is best for applications that have a high quantity of pallets and a low number of SKUs. Number of SKUs Storing product double deep could decrease your selectivity because the forklift operator can’t […]

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Forklift History and Classification

The first seated counterbalance forklift was produced by Clark Material Handling Company in 1918. The forklift was gasoline powered and started by manually cranking the engine. The Tructrator, as it came to be known, was the first vehicle to integrate an engine, frame, transmission, brakes, wheels and a steering system to address material handling jobs. […]