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Abuse of the forklift is preventable, hence Hyster lift trucks has a complete solution to help eliminate this kind of abuse. The dealers have a variety of easy solutions and cost effective alternatives to consider in order to avoid lift truck abuse from occurring.

Abuse Items, Service or Product Solutions, Worn Tires
Forklifts, unlike your personal vehicle, are not outfitted with suspension springs which provide additional cushioning. Thus, it is very vital to replace worn tires or chunked tires that cause jarring impacts to the axle parts, the driver, and to the wheel and load.

There are lots of demanding applications which depend upon using the right tires to ensure maximum forklift performance. In order to guarantee that your material handling machine has the right tires, just request an application survey from your local Cat lift truck dealer. It is important to remember that operating with worn forklift tires may cause premature wear to the bottom of the tines. Forks which are worn can greatly jeopardize the lift truck's ability to lift. This type of situation creates an extremely unsafe and dangerous work environment.

When the heel on the forks is worn more than 10 percent, it is time to change the forks. In order to make sure that your machine is safely functioning, routine fork inspections are required to make sure that your machinery is working with safe forks. These inspections are really important to the safety of your drivers as well as anyone else working in close proximity to the equipment.

Sadly, lots of lift truck drivers have taken up the bad habit of riding the inching pedal. This can cause costly damage to the transmission of the vehicle. To be able to prevent major part failure from occurring, just use the inching pedal when you wish to apply the brakes while the engine is revving and are approaching a rack. This allows the hydraulics to function at full speed. The brake pedal is situated in the middle and is used to frequently stop the forklift when the hydraulics is not being utilized.

Impact Damage
There are major parts including tires, wheels, body panels, forks, attachments and brackets which suffer greatly anytime a lift truck encounters impact to its product or to its surrounding while traveling at high speeds.

You will find particular products available to help lessen product damage in addition to assigning machinery to an operator. These products comprise vehicle speed limiter, impact monitor, and keyless access systems.

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