Tiering truck, electric, narrow-aisle.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

Figure 4-12. Stock selector-counterbalanced.

c. Tiering truck, electric, narrow-aisle. The tiering

counterweight is required. The overall weight of the

tiering truck is generally less than that of a conventional

truck is an electric-powered forklift truck of the straddle

counter-balanced forklift truck of the same rated

arm design. The forks on this truck are located between

capacity. The tiering truck is more maneuverable than

two outriggers, or straddle arms, that extend forward in a

the standard forklift truck and can generally operate in

plane at floor level parallel to that of the forks to straddle

6-foot aisles. The standard tiering truck for the military

the pallet load. Because the straddle arms have contact

services is the electric-powered type that has a lifting

with the floor, they support the elevated load and no

height of 100 or 130 inches (fig 4-13).

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