When the Load Is Heavy and the Stakes Are High – Why You Need a High Capacity Custom Pallet Jack
pallet jack A traditional pallet jack capable of lifting between 4,500 and 5,500 pounds is able to easily manage the vast majority of the loads that are encountered in normal material handling situations. However, the loads being transported are not standard in a vast spectrum of manufacturing, heavy industrial, aerospace, defence, energy and infrastructure industries. They are, generally, heavy — sometimes rather heavy. When you're using previously manufactured products on loads that are beyond their capacity, the repercussions are not simply annoying. They can be really harmful. A standard pallet jack will not work if it is overloaded. They fail hydraulically. They fail structurally. They fail in ways which lead to the serious risk of loss, facilities and, most importantly, people. There is really only one safe, compliant and operationally successful solution for moving heavy, oversized or non-standard loads, and that's a high capacity custom pallet jack , and when it comes t...