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Analysis Series, Chapter 8: Emissions and Corporate Responsibility

Chapter 8: Emissions and Corporate Responsibility This section of this document discusses the Corporate Responsibility of the company to its employees. By converting from fossil fuel vehicles to electrics, the pollutants employees breathe are eliminated. While...

Gas vs. Electric Lift Trucks Analysis Series, Conclusions & Recap

HCO Innovations is publishing an eight-part series as an in-depth comparative analysis and discussion on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Internal Combustion (IC) motors and Alternating Current (AC) Eletric lift truck engines, Comparison Analysis of CNG (IC) vs. AC...

Analysis Series, Chapter 6: Battery and Charging Systems

Chapter 6: Battery and Charging Systems Lift truck batteries come in all shapes and sizes. A typical battery’s dimensions and weight can vary widely depending on the truck, but in the case of the 5,000 lb. electric sit-down counterbalanced lift truck, it’s...

Basic Forklift Principals

Understanding the stability of a powered industrial truck will be easier once you understand a few basic principles. The forklift's wheelbase is the distance between the center line of the vehicle's front and rear wheels. The track is the distance between wheels on...