Figure 4-119. A double pallet load must be tiered with an overhang of no more than 2 inches in any direction.

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This lesson is designed to teach placement and handling

of loads in limited spaces. The trainee should now be

ready to place a pallet load between two other pallet

loads with only 1/2-inch clearance on either side of the

load (fig 4-120). This is to be accomplished without

stopping the fork truck. For the first few attempts,

additional clearance may be provided. In the next

operation, the trainee makes a similar maneuver, except

that they turn off a 14foot warehouse aisle and into

another aisle which is not more than 4 inches wider than

the pallet load. Since the space is only an inch or two

wider than the pallet load, the truck's line of approach

must be at a right angle to the line of stack. Making this

turn from a 14-foot aisle requires considerable practice;

the trainee should completely master this maneuver

before going on to the next lesson.

Figure 4-119. A double pallet load must be tiered with

an overhang of no more than 2 inches in any direction.

(b) The next step pertains to the tiering

of a double pallet load adjacent to the stacks. This

should also be accomplished with one swing of the truck

and with an error of not more than 2 inches on any side.

In carrying double pallet loads, the truck is operated in

reverse so that the operator will have an unobstructed

view. A fork truck has the same speed in reverse

motion as it does in forward motion. At this point, the

trainee can be instructed in the proper method of

operating loaded fork trucks up and down ramps. A

loaded truck, moving in a forward direction, can

negotiate a slight downward grade (not to exceed 50)

safely when the mast is tilted back. However, a loaded

fork truck will be driven up in forward motion and down

in reverse motion on all ramps.

Figure 4-120. The trainee must be able to take a pallet

(3) Lesson three.

load between two other pallet loads with only 1/2-inch

This lesson is a continuation of the trainee's practice in

clearance on either side.

tiering pallet loads. In the previous lessons, there were

no turning radius restrictions for the beginner. To get

(5) Lesson five.

the feel of the truck and to accustom their eye to its

This lesson is a continuation of lesson four. The trainee

travel, the operator was allowed unlimited space for

is required to back through the space between two pallet

maneuvering. Now, however, warehouse aisles should

loads with only 1-inch clearance on either side of the

be simulated by the placement of pallet loads in two

load. It is a difficult maneuver and must be performed

straight lines. The two stacks should be placed to form

often in warehousing operations. The trainee must learn

an aisle 14 feet wide. The trainee should not be

that, as the fork truck is traveling backward, they must

instructed to do the same tiering done in the previous

give equal attention to both the rear of the machine and

lessons in this limited aisle space. As the trainee

to the pallet load, which are in opposite directions

progresses, the aisle width can be reduced to the width

normally used at the installation.

(4) Lesson four.

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