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Lower Operating Costs by Protecting Your Investment
Abuse of the lift truck is preventable, therefore Hyster forklifts has a complete solution to help get rid of this type of abuse. The dealers have a range of cost efficient options and simple solutions to consider in an effort to avoid lift truck abuse from happening.

Service or Product Solutions, Worn Tires, Abuse Items
Lift trucks, unlike your personal vehicle, are not equipped with suspension springs that provide additional cushioning. Therefore, it is very essential to replace worn tires or chunked tires that cause jarring impacts to the axle parts, the operator, and load and to the wheel.

There are a lot of demanding applications which depend upon utilizing the right tires to guarantee maximum forklift performance. In order to ensure that your material handling equipment has the right tires, just request an application survey from your local Cat forklift dealer. It is essential to remember that operating with worn forklift tires can cause premature wear to the bottom of the forks. Worn forks can really jeopardize the lift truck's ability to lift. This situation creates a dangerous and extremely unsafe work environment.

It is time to change the blades, when the fork's heel is worn over 10 percent. Routine tine inspections are required in order to make sure that your equipment is safely functioning and that your equipment is operating with safe forks. These inspections are really important to the safety of your drivers as well as anybody else working near the equipment.

Unfortunately, many lift truck operators have taken up the bad habit of riding the inching pedal. This could cause costly damage to the vehicle's transmission. To be able to avoid major part failure from occurring, only utilize the inching pedal when you are approaching a rack and wish to apply the brakes while the engine is revving. This enables the hydraulics to work at full speed. The brake pedal is used to frequently stop the truck when the hydraulics is not being used and is located in the middle.

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

There are actually specific products available to help reduce product damage in addition to assigning machinery to a driver. These products include impact monitor, keyless access systems and vehicle speed limiter.

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