When a Standard Pallet Truck Simply Will Not Do – The Case for Special Application Equipment

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Those that are used for industrial pallet movement are based on one basic principle: that the load is a standard pallet, in standard condition, moving under standard conditions (smooth, level floor, proper aisle width and clearance). For most of the applications where pallets are handled, the assumption holds true. However, this is not true in manufacturing, food processing, pharmaceutical manufacture, clean room, cold store and specialist industrial applications — frequently in a manner that is blatant and disruptive to a company's operations.

The width of the pallet is too great. The floor surface is challenging. A traditional painted steel truck cannot maintain the integrity of the environment that it needs to operate in. A turning radius is required which is not available with a conventional model. The load is not handled in a standard way and it is not safe to transport it with a standard truck.

That's where a special application pallet truck can become not only a handy tool to add to a material handling programme — but a necessary one. When the application-specific solution you need is required across North America, Superlift is the partner who can offer you the expertise, product range and engineering to produce the perfect solution.

Understanding What a Special Application Pallet Truck Actually Solves

The term special application pallet truck is deliberately broad — because the applications that require a non-standard solution are somewhat broad and diverse. Slightly different requirement to handle repeated chemical cleaning cycles in a food processing or pharmaceutical facility, where a standard mild steel pallet truck would not be suitable. Low clearance facility model for facilities with low lifting height or no overhead constraint for the lifting equipment. Extra wide fork model for oversized or non-standard load. Cold Storage Pallet Truck (specially designed for reliable hydraulic operation in cold temperature conditions). A heavy-duty model capable of carrying loads that are much more than what the standard capacity of a pallet truck.

Superlift delivers in-depth application knowledge in just these areas. Our application specialists are on the ground with clients to determine the specific operational challenge – load characteristics, floor conditions, environmental requirements, aisle dimensions, and usage intensity – and then create a special application pallet truck solution to address each of these requirements without giving any one of them the short shreshta.

Why Superlift Delivers Where Others Cannot

Superlift has developed one of the industry's most full and trusted product lines of ergonomic material handling equipment ranging from lift tables to lift carts, upenders, electric carts, stackers, pallet trucks, skid lifters, work positioners and custom designed solutions of up to 100,000 lbs. No product is designed for any purpose other than to lift, tilt, rotate, upend, move, extend or lower products in pretty much any industrial application you can think of — and every product will perform in the most extreme actual conditions without any degradation in performance or safety.

What made Superlift stand out from regular equipment vendors were our first-rate customer service, the industry's best warranty, and the attitude of problem solving through application. When your operation faces a material handling challenge that the standard catalogue cannot answer, our application specialists are ready to develop the right solution — and to do it with the kind of commitment and expertise that makes a real difference.

Every time you face an ergonomic concern or a non-standard application challenge, call Superlift first.