Warehouse Job Equipment

There is a wide variety of warehouse equipment. From machinery to every day materials, there are countless of items needed. Some sites match all warehouse needs and provides a list of needed items. To get well acquainted with the equipment needed, below, there is brief list of items essential to working in a warehouse job environment.

-aluminum dockplates & dockboards

-automatic pallet positioners

-bins & storage containers

-cantilever rack

-casters

-serco dock levelers & restraints

-kelley dock levelers & restraints

-dock seals
-dock impact barriers
-fans
-flexscreen door
-hand trucks
-load hog

-high speed doors
-lockers
-matting
-modular building systems
-packing equipment & supplies
-pallet jacks
-pallet racks
-product lines directory
-protective railing
-shelving
-stretch wrap systems
-shrink packaging systems
-TKO doors

-utility carts

-wire containers

-wire decking

-yard ramps

Machinery:
There are eight different types of forklifts. We will go over these briefly and discuss the differences to allow you to choose the perfect forklift for your warehouse. Listed below are each forklift and their unique description.

Pneumatic Tire Forklifts: 
These type of forklifts come with air filled pneumatic tires. They are usually used outside on concrete, gravel, or limestone.. Forklifts with these type of tires have a larger turner radius than cushion warehouse forklifts. These forklifts have a capacity of 3,000-105,000 lbs.

Three-wheel Forklifts: 
These forklifts are mainly used indoor. They are good for unloading trucks and moving pallets and other loads throughout the warehouse. Electric forklifts have the lowest overall cost and the capacity ranges from 3,000-5,000 lbs.

Four-wheel Forklifts: 
Four-wheel electric forklifts come with cushion or pneumatic tires. Electric forklifts with cushion tires are mainly indoor forklifts. Capacities range from 3,000-30,000 lbs.

Reach Trucks: 
These forklifts are sometimes referred to as narrow-aisle forklifts. They are designed to rack pallets on smooth surfaces. Capacities range from 2,500-5,500 lbs.

Order-Pickers: 
These electric forklifts are sometimes called stock-pickers or man-up forklifts. The rider stands on an elevating platform so that they are able to rise with the forklift to select a load. They can be used in narrow aisles. Capacities are 3,500 lbs.

Turret forklifts
These can be used in narrow aisles. The masts of the forklifts can rotate 90 degrees in order for the operator to pick a load from either side. Capacities range from 3,000-8,000 lbs.

Stand-up Counter Balance Forklifts: 
These electric forklifts are perfect for quick loading and unloading of trucks. The forklifts are primarily used indoor on smooth surfaces. Capacities range from 3,000-5,500 lbs.

Deciding which type of forklift is best depends solely on your application. Electric forklifts cost the least to operate.  To look at the disadvantages of electric forklifts, we see there is an eight hour recharge every time it runs out of power and the hassle of you constantly returning it to the charger every time.