HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR PALLET TRUCK?

You would like to improve your productivity and facilitate your daily operations? Did you think about acquiring a pallet truck to help you with your activities? Pretty popular, this piece of equipment can be found in many warehouses to ease operators’ actions and faster everyday processes.

But what is a pallet truck and how can it help you? Which model should you get? We will intend to answer all of these questions through this article in order to help you decide which one would be most useful for your operations.

What is a pallet truck ?

First of all, let’s define what is a pallet truck. It is one of the most basic types of forklift and is used in warehouses to transport and lift heavy and light loads. It is a wheeled trolley with two or three forks that can be manually operated or that can be powered and that can move severals pallets at the same time.

Its mission is to make transportation easier for operators, allowing them to access narrow areas, to travel long distances and to carry out heavy pallets.

How can it help you ?

Pallet trucks are usually used to load and unload trucks but can also be useful for order-picking. If you have severals pallets that you need to move, either for short or long distances, using a pallet truck is the most effective solution as it will help you save a lot of time. The pallet truck will highly facilitate your operations, especially the electric model as it allows you to travel long distances with heavy pallets. Thus, you will be able to increase your productivity significantly.

Which model to choose ?

Depending on your facility needs, you might opt for different types of pallet truck. In fact, there are various models available, each of them having different characteristics. Thus, you need to consider in which conditions, where and how you want to use your pallet truck. Will you use it for outdoor or indoor activities? Which distances will it have to travel? How high do you want it to lift your pallets? How heavy will they be?

All of these factors have to be considered in order to know the size and the features you want your pallet truck to have. You might also want to add some accessories to adapt your pallet truck to your different activities.