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Lower Operating Costs by Protecting Your Investment
Abuse of the lift truck is preventable, therefore Hyster lift trucks has a complete solution to help eliminate this type of abuse. The dealers have a range of cost effective alternatives and easy solutions to consider in order to avoid forklift abuse from occurring.

Service or Product Solutions, Worn Tires, Abuse Items
Lift trucks, not like your personal vehicle, are not outfitted with suspension springs which give extra cushioning. Therefore, it is really essential to replace worn tires or chunked tires which cause jarring impacts to the driver, the axle components, and load and to the wheel.

There are many demanding applications that rely upon utilizing the proper tires to guarantee maximum forklift performance. In order to guarantee that your material handling equipment has the correct tires, just request an application survey from your local Cat forklift dealer. It is essential not to forget that operating with worn forklift tires could cause premature wear to the bottom of the blades. Worn forks could really jeopardize the forklift's ability to lift. This kind of situation creates a dangerous and awfully unsafe 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 certain that your machine is safely operating, routine fork inspections are required to make sure that your equipment is working with safe forks. These inspections are essential to the safety of your drivers along with anyone else working near the equipment.

Riding the inching pedal is a bad habit which is unfortunately taken up by lots of lift truck drivers. This inching pedal riding could lead to costly damage to the vehicle's transmission. In order to avoid major component failure from happening, only utilize the inching pedal when you are approaching a rack and wish to apply the brakes while the engine is revving. This allows the hydraulics to work at full speed. The brake pedal is used to frequently stop the forklift when the hydraulics is not being used and is situated in the middle.

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

In addition to assigning equipment to an operator, there are certain products available to help decrease product damage like impact monitor, keyless access systems and vehicle speed limiter.

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