outriggers, or straddle arms. The tiering truck is more
forklift trucks, cranes, and other transporting
maneuverable than the standard forklift truck and can
equipment.
generally operate in 6-foot aisles. The standard tiering
The standard pallet is a 40- by 48-inch platform
truck for the military services is the electric-powered
that accommodates most packages and stores in
type that has a load capacity of 4,000 pounds and a
warehouses. It is regarded as the general-purpose
lifting height of 68 to 150 inches.
pallet. General-purpose pallets may be either the flat
type or box type. Flat Pallets may be single-faced or
STRADDLE TRUCK
double-faced. Single-faced pallets (fig. 7-13, views A
and B) have one platform nailed or bolted to stringers,
The straddle truck is a diesel- or gasoline-powered
usually made of 2- by 4-inch material. A double-faced
four-wheel vehicle designed to straddle, pick up, and
pallet (fig. 7-12) has platforms on the top and the
transport loads of long and heavy supplies such as pipe,
lumber, and steel. The straddle truck (figure 7-11) is
used as an efficient conveyance for intra-station
movement of palletized material at many supply
activities. Straddle trucks offer a faster and more
efficient method of moving unitized pallet loads over
intermediate distances than the tractor-trailer train.
PALLET SLING
The pallet sling (figure 7-12) is used for overhead
lifting of palletized loads by a crane or ship's boom.
Normally, a cable is used for the sling, but a line or
chain may be used, depending on the weight of
material to be lifted.
A
Slings have rigid horizontal supports at the base,
usually made of steel bars or pipes. The horizontal
support must be strong enough to distribute the load
across the entire length. Some slings have movable
spreader bars at the top to prevent crushing the load
while it is being lifted.
PALLETS
A pallet is a wooden, steel, or aluminum platform
on which supplies are loaded, transported, or stored in
units. Use of pallets permits handling the material with
B
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Figure 7-12.--Pallet slings.
Figure 7-11.--Straddle truck.
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