forklifts

Pallet-moving machines

Forklifts are industrial vehicles with a pronged platform at the front for lifting and moving heavy loads.

The operator raises pallets of goods, stacks them on shelves, and transports materials around warehouses and construction sites.

As a verb, to forklift is to move something using one: We forklifted the crates onto the truck.

warehouse

pallets

Flat freight platforms

racking · inventory · shipping · receiving · dock · storage · distribution · shelving · stacking · logistics

machinery

hydraulic

Relating to pressurized liquids

propane · electric · diesel · capacity · tonnage · cylinder · carriage · tines · cab · controls

operation

certification

Attestation of qualification

  • OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator
  • trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
  • licenseFormal grant of permission

safety · inspection · maintenance · hazards · pedestrians · visibility · backing · signals · horn · load

types

reach

Extend to touch

stacker · counterbalanced · stand-up · sit-down · three-wheel · four-wheel · articulated · side-loader · cherry-picker · Toyota

Categories
Opposites
mechanization of material handling

forkliftsbare hands

Ungloved, unequipped extremities

hand carrying · hand trucks · manual labor · dollies · hand carts

lifting capacity/scale

forkliftstower cranes

Stationary elevated lifting machines

Phrases
Family

forklift, forklifted, forklifting

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G