KOMATSU FORKLIFT PARTS

 

HOW FORKLIFTS SAFELY CARRY AND LIFT HEAVY LOADS

A forklift is counterbalanced and operates on a teeter-totter principle. A load on a beam (the forks) supported by a fulcrum (the front wheels) is counterbalanced by a weight on the other end of the beam (the forklift body and counterweight built into it). Forklifts are designed and manufactured deliberately unbalanced! The load of the forks must be balanced by the weight of the lift truck in order for this principal to work. We need a proper load to balance our “teeter-totter”.

You balance at both ends! A properly loaded lift truck does not exceed the rated capacity of the truck as listed on the trucks data plate.