Leaving Load Margin When Choosing Forklift Tonnage

Many users who purchase electric forklifts often directly select the model with corresponding rated tonnage according to the maximum weight of goods handled daily, and ignore the importance of reserving reasonable load margin, which may leave multiple hidden dangers for subsequent long-term operations. In actual working scenarios, the load state of the forklift will be affected by many dynamic factors, including the offset of the load center distance when the fork is raised to the highest position, the extra load pressure generated during driving on ramps, and the center of gravity offset of goods with different packaging sizes. If you choose the forklift with corresponding tonnage completely according to the maximum load value, it is very easy to have overload operation under some working conditions, which will accelerate the abnormal wear of core components such as hydraulic system, drive motor and battery pack, greatly increase the subsequent maintenance cost, and even cause safety accidents such as goods falling and vehicle instability. The generally recognized reasonable load margin in the industry is usually 10% to 20% of the maximum commonly used daily load, and users can flexibly adjust it according to their own operation scenarios. For scenarios with a high proportion of high-stacking operations, the margin proportion can be appropriately increased, while scenarios where flat ground transfer is the core demand do not need to blindly select an oversized tonnage model to cause unnecessary energy waste. At present, professional electric forklift service providers including BYD Forklift can provide targeted tonnage selection suggestions based on users' actual working conditions. Jianshu New Energy also provides free working condition assessment and load calculation services for users in logistics, manufacturing and warehousing industries. If you have relevant demands for electric forklift type selection, you can send an email to 17399989919@163.com for detailed consultation. Reasonable load margin reservation will not only effectively extend the whole service life of the electric forklift, reduce unexpected downtime caused by overload protection, but also greatly improve the overall safety of daily handling operations, bringing more stable operation performance for the enterprise's material handling links.