| How to Choose the Perfect Pallet Jack. | | | | As a guide most of the Jacks on the Market are |
| In every business today the Health and Safety of your | | | | designed to lift 2500Kg, which would generally cover |
| workforce is of utmost importance, not only to save | | | | most warehouse uses as moving anything over |
| them from personal injury but to reduce the cost an | | | | 2500kg would be beyond most storeman. |
| injury places on your bottom line. Without doubt the | | | | The next question would be "what is the surface of |
| most common place for injury is in the warehouse | | | | the floor that it will be used on?" The main reason to |
| where the majority of lifting and moving of stock takes | | | | ask this question is Pallet Jacks are available with |
| place. | | | | either Polyurethane or Nylon wheels. Polyurethane |
| This means that if you warehouse stock you must | | | | wheels are perfect for shopping centres, tiled floors, |
| have a cost effective method of moving the stock | | | | marble floors, timber floors as these wheels wont |
| inward and outward with minimal risk of injury. By far | | | | mark. Nylon wheels are hard and perfect for concrete |
| the cheapest and most reliable way of moving stock | | | | and warehouse floors, but they will mark. |
| is by using a Pallet Jack. | | | | Finally you will find that if you look around the |
| There are two different types of pallet jacks in | | | | warehouse you will see the Pallets themselves come |
| common usage today, the most simplistic is the manual | | | | in two main different widths. These are often classified |
| jack ideal for use in warehouses where pallets are | | | | into Euro or Standard Pallets. Euro Pallet Jacks are |
| stored mainly at ground level, the manual pallet jack | | | | designed with the forks closer together (usually |
| resembles a dolly that features forks on the front end. | | | | 450-570mm) while the Standard are 685mm apart. If |
| The operator walks behind the manual jack, controlling | | | | you intend to use the popular Chep or cheap Pallets |
| the direction of the jack with a simple steering | | | | you will find the Standard Jacks perfect but if you use |
| mechanism. The forks are slid underneath a pallet, and | | | | the Euro Pallet's then the Euro Jack will understandably |
| the operator uses a lever to gently active the lifting | | | | more useable. The only exception would be if the Jack |
| mechanism on the device. The manual pallet jacks are | | | | is to be used in the back of a truck where space is at |
| then used to walk the elevated pallet over to a new | | | | a premium. In this case the Euro would possibly the |
| location on the warehouse or plant floor. | | | | best choice. |
| When looking at purchasing a Pallet Jack there are a | | | | I hope by reading this article I hope that it has helped to |
| few questions that you will need to ask yourself. The | | | | take the mystery out of buying a Pallet Jack. |
| first would be how heavy the stock you will be lifting is. | | | | |