Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Reverse Steering
Traditional forklifts are set up with forward steering, based on the operator primarily travelling forks first, with the load out front.
Eastern Lift Truck Co. is Now a JCB Industrial Equipment Dealer
We are excited to announce, Eastern Lift Truck Co. recently signed a dealer agreement, to represent the JCB Industrial line of equipment in Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington D.C.
Slip Sheet and Push Pull Attachments
A slip sheet is the name given to the thin, flat corrugated cardboard, plastic, or other type of laminated paper, used to store and move product, in place of traditional pallets.
How Automation Pays for Itself
In today’s marketplace, robotics and automation are gaining traction in places that never considered them before.
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Mast
What’s the first thing you think of when you read the word mast? Most people (outside our industry) think of a sailboat.
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: Sideloader
A sideloader in the material handling world is a specialized forklift designed to move sideways through tight spaces, moving long, sometimes awkwardly shaped, loads, that cannot be safely moved with a traditional forklift.
Top Five Data Points for Designing an AMR Project
No matter what type of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) project you have in mind for your facility, you will need five key points of data to start the process.
Top Forklift Attachments for Increased Productivity
Productivity and throughput are more important than ever to keep our supply chain moving.
Increase Your Storage Capacity with Combilift Multi-Directional and Long Load Handling Forklifts
We would like to introduce you to Combilift, one of Eastern Lift Truck Co.’s outstanding materials handling partners. Founded in 1998, in Monaghan, Ireland, Combilift has become world-renown for its innovative spirit and is the leading producer of multi-directional forklifts and long-load handling solutions.
Our Retail Services Division offers Balers, Compactors, and more!
The Retail Services Division of Eastern Lift Truck Co. provides baler & compactor and other sales and aftermarket care.
From Dock to Stock with an OTTO Motors AMR
In many warehouses, humans lift truck operators move pallets and materials from loading docks to pallet racks.
Toyota Forklifts Emissions Failure
Six weeks ago, Toyota Materials Handling stunned the industry when it shut down production of most of its internal combustion engine (I.C.E.) forklifts due to a surprising and only recently disclosed failure to obtain 2021 U.S. engine emission certification.
