It’s easy to undervalue the need for regularly inspecting and maintaining warehouse rack systems. This often results in these tasks being postponed or overlooked. Just because racking looks sturdy doesn’t mean that it’s safe.

  Take a look at the forklift you’re driving now. There’s a good chance that many of the features you now take for granted weren’t available 10-20 years ago. Some of the most innovative forklift design changes in the past few years include: Enhanced safety Read More…

The Guinness Book of World Records has been around a while. Since the early 1950s, Guinness has tracked, calculated, verified, confirmed, measured, weighed, studied everything from the fastest bird in the world (that’s how the idea for the Guinness World Records started) to the most Read More…

Warehouse safety and forklift safety go hand in hand. Since forklifts are commonly used in warehouses, many of the best safety practices that apply to powered industrial trucks are also valid in warehouses.

Side loading forklifts, which are also known as sideloader lift trucks, are used for lifting, transporting and unloading long, heavy and awkward loads through narrow warehouse aisles. Around since the 1950s, side loading forklifts are typically found in steel service centers, lumber yards and other Read More…