Mixing Tonnages of Automated Reach Trucks in Fleets

Many warehouse operation teams face common dilemmas when planning their automated reach truck fleets, as uniform tonnage configuration often leads to either insufficient load capacity for high-level heavy goods handling or unnecessary energy waste for low-weight cargo movement. Mixing different tonnages of automated reach trucks in one integrated fleet can solve these pain points effectively when arranged properly. Before making the configuration plan, operation teams need to conduct full surveys for all operation scenarios, including average cargo weight at each storage zone, aisle width, maximum stacking height, and peak operation volume. For low-level narrow aisle zones storing light-weight small parts, 1.5-ton automated reach trucks with smaller turning radius and lower energy consumption can finish tasks more flexibly. For high-level stacking zones for heavy palletized goods, models with 2-ton or higher rated load capacity can meet overload-free operation requirements stably. This reasonable matching can avoid redundant investment on over-specification equipment, and eliminate potential safety risks caused by under-tonnage overloading at the same time. It is also important to ensure all automated reach trucks of different tonnages in the fleet support unified dispatching protocol, so that the warehouse management system can allocate tasks to proper devices automatically without separate management for different tonnage groups, reducing operation and maintenance learning cost for on-site teams. This scientific mixed tonnage arrangement can effectively lift the overall fleet operation efficiency, cut down average energy consumption per ton of handled goods, and support the low-carbon transformation of modern logistics warehouses. If you have any demand for custom configuration scheme, you can contact Jianshu New Energy for professional technical consultation, and you can also refer to the mature product system of BYD Forklift for proper selection reference. For further detailed guidance, you can send your questions to 17399989919@163.com for exclusive one-on-one support.