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Having doubts on whether your forklift is able to lift certain goods?
You are not alone! We often receive queries from old and new customers on whether a certain forklift will be able to lift certain goods. With our free tool below, you will be able to perform a simple calculation to determine whether the goods carried will be within the safe working load of a forklift.
Forklifts operate on the principle of moments
All forklifts come with a safe working load chart as well as a rated weight at a certain load centre.
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In any lifting scenario, the rear counter weight acts in tandem with the goods carried, pivoting on the centre of the frontal wheel
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For this calculation you need 4 main key information
-Rated Load of Forklift
-Rated Load Centre
-Centre of Gravity of Goods
-Distance of Centre of Gravity to Carriage (X)
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Step 1:
Locate the following information
- Rated load of forklift
- Rated load Centre
Step 2:
Determine the Centre of Gravity for your goods
Step 3:
Determine the Goods Centre of Gravity Line distance from the Carriage (X)
