If your goal is to be a forklift operator, you will find that job opportunities abound, but getting an official forklift certification will put you (and your employees) on the fast track to a higher than average salary and, perhaps more importantly, a safer work environment. In many geographic areas where manufacturing and transportation are Read more
Forklifts are a key asset across industries so making sure these machines are in good working condition is important. Just like any machine, the various mechanical parts of forklifts can suffer the effects of regular use (it is actually most common among critical parts). When a regular forklift maintenance and service plan is in place, Read more
National Forklift Safety Day is on June 12th this year. This day is a great opportunity to bring forklift safety to everyone’s “top of mind”. Now is the time to prepare a worthwhile day for your team. If you search National Forklift Safety Day online, you’ll find hundreds of safety tips. The hard part is Read more
Today marks the beginning of our annual tradition we call like to call “May the Forks be With You”. It’s a crazy intersection of our love of forklifts, of Star Wars and the month of May. Step One, Inspect your Forks Our May the Forks event serves as that yearly reminder to do an annual Read more
EcoFlex is an industry leading solution developed by Advance to better clean floors responsibly. There are two main components that are obvious from the name “EcoFlex”. “Eco” references the environment and the machines impact on the environment. “Flex” references flexibility, and ability to adapt to different needs. 4 Ways to Clean: Water Only Water Read more
When you see the Pack Mule Towable Order Picker Cart in action, there’s an immediate realization that a decades old way of doing things just met a fresh new approach. width=”560″ height=”315″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”> Here are 5 Reasons why we love this Cart: Faster Order Picking This cart speeds things up, especially if Read more
If you spend hours every week reading, interpreting, approving and disputing forklift repair invoices you may find this interesting. With a Full Maintenance agreement on your forklifts, that could be a thing of the past. Full Maintenance agreements are typically offered on new equipment and rolled into the monthly lease payment. And if you don’t Read more
Safety Comes First For the month of September (affectionately dubbed Safe-tember) we’re focusing on safety in the warehouse and anywhere our industrial equipment serves you. Equipment Engineered for Safety Designed to not only meet but exceed OSHA and ANSI safety requirements, all Toyota forklifts are equipped with standard safety features such as overhead guards, operator Read more
Thankfully competitions between forklifts and pedestrians don’t happen every day. But when they do the powerful forklift usually wins, causing serious injury to the pedestrian, even death. Here are 13 ways things employers, pedestrians and forklift drivers can all do to avoid these unpleasant confrontations. Employers: Separate the pedestrian and forklift traffic by creating designated walkways or travel ways. Restrict Read more
We believe that it is our people that make us great. Because collectively they have such a vast range of experience and expertise, I asked the team if they would be willing to contribute to our blog posts. This week’s post is by Tina Wilson. Everyone wants someone like Tina on their team. She Read more
