Figure 4-15. Truck, forklift, solid, semisolid rubber, or pneumatic tires, 2,000-pound, 130-inch lift.

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

personnel, the following additional precautions will be

(d) Application-Standard,

medium

taken for the protection of personnel being elevated:

duty forklift truck used in overall storage operations.

use of safety platform firmly secured to the lifting

Also available with a low mast for use in areas with

carriage and/or forks; means shall be provided whereby

limited overhead clearance (fig 4-16).

personnel on the platform can shut off power to the

truck; and protection from falling objects, should the

operating conditions require it, will be provided. The

following types of forklift trucks have been adopted as

standard for the military services.

(1) Truck, forklift, solid, semisolid rubber

tires, 2,000-pound, 127or 130-inch lift.

(a) Type of power-gasoline or electric.

(b) Load center-24 inches.

(c) Standard operating aisle-9 feet 6

inches to 11 feet with a 40-inch load length.

(d) Application-This is a special-

purpose light duty forklift truck designed for use in areas

where low overhead clearance requires the use of a

truck with a low collapsed mast height. Also suitable for

truck and railcar loading. This truck when equipped with

pneumatic tires, may be used for limited outdoor storage

operations with hard standings and on smooth surfaces

with little tractive resistance (fig 4-15).

Figure 4-16. Truck, forklift, solid, semisolid rubber,

or pneumatic tires, 4,000-pound, 100- or 127- to 180-

inch lift.

(3) Truck, forklift, pneumatic tires, 3,200-

pound, 144-inch lift.

Figure 4-15. Truck, forklift, solid, semisolid rubber,

(a) Type of power-electric.

or pneumatic tires, 2,000-pound, 130-inch lift.

(b) Load center-24 inches.

(c) Application-General-purpose

(2) Truck, forklift, solid, semisolid rubber, or

medium duty forklift truck for indoor or outdoor storage

pneumatic tires, 4,000-pound, 144- to 180-inch lift.

operations.

It has maneuverability to operate in

(a) Type of power-diesel, gasoline, or

relatively confined storage areas, and can operate

electric.

satisfactorily on many types of road surfaces and graded

(b) Load center-24 inches.

areas, including cinders or gravel (fig 4-17).

(c) Standard operating aisle-12 to 14

feet with 40-inch load length.

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