Multi-directional solution to steel February 1st 2008 Moving, stacking and
locating stock at Access
Technologies has become
easier and safer since a
Combilift forklift arrived at
the Shropshire site.
The company produces
open steel flooring and
safety access products and
wanted to improve its
handling procedures.
Tony Baldassarra,
operations director, explains
"Trying to get 6m long packs
of panels and 7.5m long
tubes up a gradient and
through a 4.8m wide
doorway with counterbalance
trucks was a trial,
and potentially dangerous,
not to mention time
consuming."
The solution came in the
form of a Combilift C3000 3t
capacity multi-directional
forklift, supplied by Abex.
The LPG-powered truck
works both as a counterbalance
and sideloader,
inside and out. It offloads
deliveries in the yard in
forward mode, the push of a
button initiates sideways
mode to carry long lengths
through doors, and the truck
will block stack in narrow
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