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Racking and Forklifts Are One Decision, Not TwoMost warehouses choose racking first and think about the forklift later. That is how sites end up with aisles a reach truck cannot turn in, double-deep bays with no telescopic forks to reach the back pallet, or top beams...
One Truck That Bends the Rules of Warehouse LayoutMost forklifts turn the whole machine to face the racking. That is why aisles are wide: the truck needs room to swing round with a pallet on its forks. An articulated forklift does something different. It bends in the...
The Battery Decides How Your Electric Forklift WorksAsk a warehouse manager what they like about their electric forklift and the answer is usually about the truck: quiet, no fumes, cheap to run. Ask what frustrates them and it is almost always the battery. How long it...
Your Warehouse Is Probably Taller Than It Is FullWalk down almost any aisle in Jebel Ali, Al Quoz or Dubai Investment Park and look up. More often than not, the top beam sits a couple of metres below the roof steel and the space above it holds nothing but air. That...
How to Prepare Your Forklifts and Material Handling Equipment for UAE Summer UAE summer is not simply a hotter version of the rest of the year. Between June and September, ambient temperatures regularly sit in the mid-forties, humidity along the coast stays high...
