How to choose a suitable forklift?

Different storage modes need to configure the different forklift, the matching pattern to achieve a FIFO or advanced, space utilization, operating efficiency and investment costs will be a big difference. For example, a traditional heavy duty shelves with forklift trucks to any shelf-bit fork to take the goods, high efficiency, moderate investment cost, wide range of applications, but not enough space utilization; Drive-in shelves often with forklifts or small tonnage forklift trucks, stacking high-density, space utilization, but not any shelf fork to take the goods.

1. A full understanding of the required forklift operating environment, and then select the appropriate models and configurations

Cargo handling? What size card board? To get into the elevator or a container? Channel size is how much? ...

The horizontal movement of goods and enhance the basic functions of forklift trucks, along with stacking, loading and picking ability. Fully understand the weight of the goods, size, shape and height needs to be upgraded and the plant within the channel conditions (channel width, load-bearing ground, the need for anti-static, dust and pollution prevention of explosion-proof, noise) and other information in the case, you can basically determined by what kind of forklift is needed and how the configuration. At the same time, you can consult 1-3 different forklift company for consultation, to reduce the information asymmetry.

2. The cost

There are many companies business owners in the process of buying a forklift, and never carefully calculate the purchase cost. To eliminate the waste on the device, you should clearly know the number of devices they need to science and to maximize the use of its productive forces.

The Forklift price is only the "the tip of the iceberg".

You can also give a simple example, the goods are moved from A to distance B to 100 meters away, we can choose to not spend a penny to buy forklift manual handling of goods in the past, if only from the cost of the investment point of view of Select a few thousand dollars worth thousands of dollars, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands dollars of forklift equipment, cargo handling in the past, From the initial forklift procurement costs alone, a difference between the very poor, but if you calculate the operating costs may be the least investment in equipment required for a single piece of cargo handling costs.

3. The choice of leasing and direct purchase

Lease forklift has become a popular trend in the developed countries in Europe and the United States, 1/3 of the construction machinery is done by way of lease in the United States. Due to different national conditions, China's current forklift rental is still in its infancy. In the economically developed regions (coastal), forklift lease is in full swing. Can be thought of in the future, China's forklift rental business will also like the developed countries, occupy a very important proportion of the material handling procurement industry.

4. The final decision

If your business is to conduct large-scale procurement forklift (10), you need to be entrusted to professional and independent tender (very familiar with the forklift and industrial vehicles) or logistics consulting firm to assist. In order to save the cost of procurement, to prevent the operation of the camera obscura in the procurement process, the final procurement decision-making power into their own hands.

A final note, the cheapest forklift supplier is not necessarily the best, as you buy other consumer goods, a sub-price goods. The forklifts are industrial products, need long-term stability of the service as a support. If a lower than normal sales price supplier of forklift, you can purchase his services would be better to what extent. Smart buyers, do not just look forklift price, the need for a comprehensive assessment and then be decided upon.