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Forklift Forks: What Wear, Cracks, and Uneven Tips Could Be Telling You.

Forklift Forks: What Wear, Cracks, and Uneven Tips Could Be Telling You

A forklift can look pretty good from ten feet away. The paint is decent. The engine starts. The mast goes up and down. The operator says it’s been working fine. Then you walk around to the front and take a closer look at the forks. One tip sits noticeably higher than the other. The heel looks thinner than it should. There’s a mark near the bend that might be a scratch—or might be something more serious. Suddenly, “it’s been working

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Forklift tire wear patterns showing damaged and missing rubber on a warehouse forklift tire.

Forklift Tire Wear Patterns: 7 Warning Signs to Know

Forklift tire wear patterns can tell you a surprising amount about your operation. A cut, a missing chunk of rubber, or uneven wear may offer clues about the routes a truck travels, the surfaces it crosses, and the demands placed on it every day. A forklift tire usually doesn’t fail all at once. It might start with a small cut. Then a piece of rubber breaks away. A few weeks later, the ride feels rougher, and the operator slows down

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Forklift Overloading: 7 Warning Signs Your Truck May Be Over Capacity

Every once in a while, I’ll have a customer tell me: “I think my guys are overloading my forklift.” Usually, they don’t have proof. Nobody has admitted to putting 8,000 pounds on a 6,000-pound forklift, and there isn’t necessarily a scale sitting next to the loading dock. What they do have is a suspicion because something about the machine has changed. Maybe the rear tires occasionally look like they’re getting light when a load is picked up. Maybe the mast

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Since 1980, Forklift Exchange has grown into one of the United States’ largest material-handling machinery wholesalers. As a true one-stop shop for our partners and customers, we maintain a full inventory for parts support, offer equipment warranties, and provide nationwide service among continued investments into our facilities and team.

With OEM partnerships across the globe, we are continuously expanding our product offerings to offer high-quality and innovative solutions for all of our end users. Our 165,000-square-foot warehouse stores forklifts, trucks, and extensive equipment for construction, material handling, earthmoving, and aerial work.

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