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great image, but it needs to be referenced :) Kingturtle 03:43 31 May 2003 (UTC)

It's also not especially typical of standard forklifts as it appears to be a type known as a reach truck. They use a scissor mechanism to extend the backrest from the mast allowing manouevering in tight spaces. Notice how in the top pic, the forks couldn't be moved all the way into the pallet without hitting the diesel tank and wheels unless the forks are extended?Gest 10:33, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I drive a forklift at my job, and I have a digital camera. Such possibilities! I can provide pictures of a regular-style forklift, optionally with a barrel attachment or a carpet ram attached.

Drop me a line on my talk page if you want pictures. Dbenbenn 19:12, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Pallets 1.1 Major additions 1.2 Worldwide Sales 1.3 Container Handling Equipment 1.4 Dealers section 1.5 Rewrite and wikify

[edit] Pallets

It seems to me that the article needs to refer to pallets somewhere, but I wasn't sure where it should. -- Dominus 15:08, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I wasn't really sure how to smoothly work it into the existing article, either. So I added it as a related link for now. Figure that's better than no mention at all. :) -- Zawersh 18:35, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I would like to link to a buyer's guide my company put out about how to purchase forklifts. It's non-vendor specific and serves as an education tool for people in the market for a forklift. Can I post the link as long as I don't promote the business in the initial link? Please let me know. Thank you. -- 23:29, 22 Jul 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major additions

I just made some major changes - as usual please spell/grammar check. UrbanTerrorist 23:25, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

• Note that the 300 manufacturer database is real - I'm the person who's supplying it to the ITA. UrbanTerrorist 23:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Worldwide Sales

It's really just 2 major players with a lot of other large companies competing. I work for J.H. Ryder - HQ in Mississauga, Ontario. They're one of the largest dealers in North America. www.jhryder.com

• OK - so you work for Ryder - too bad you didn't leave your name, I'd be happy to call Hugh Ryder and tell him about you <EVIL GRIN>. As to his comment about there only being 2 major players - this may be the situation in North America at present, but there in the rest of the world there are Four major companies. UrbanTerrorist 04:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I deleted references to Crown and Nichiyu as one of the companies that "dominate the counterbalanced forklift market in terms of worldwide sales". Both of these companies are electric equipment specialists and while they each have a significant market, I think there really are only four *dominant* players in the market today.12.2.233.107 (talk) 03:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Container Handling Equipment

The page does not mention Container Handlers or Reach Stackers. Do these qualify as forklifts? 203.46.228.5 00:29, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

seems to me quite a bit is missing in the materials handling basis. I read the definition of a forklift at the beginning of the site and it said something with forks under the load.... On that basis I added the Log handling equipment....

Now much of the container handling equipment isn't under the load but lifts it from the top, but I can't see why at least the machines that sort of look like a forklift and grab the containers on the top corners and pack them around aren't 'forklifts' just because the 'forks' are on top of the load.

My parse would be there straddle carriers and the like are not, but taking a broader view, it seems to me that 'container handling equipment' under some name ought to have its own page as being different enough to justify it.---with all kinds of container handling equipment, with a cross reference to forklifts ultimately, --- but then I'm not a big cheeze at wiki, and no clue what the cheezes think Rvannatta 05:02, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dealers section

I deleted this section as per Wikipedia's policy on Exetrnal Links and commercial sites. Triwbe (talk) 15:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite and wikify

I've started rewriting parts of this article to make it more understandable to a layman.Shinerunner (talk) 12:42, 23 January 2008 (UTC)