| Long gone are the days of complete
bundle minimum orders and sometime next week deliveries
Customers now expect next day deliveries of any quantity
and mix. To achieve these expectations more and more
stock holders are turning to Sidetracker for the solution.
Stock retrieval times reduced from 40 man minutes to
1 minute.
Reduced picking times enabled another customer to extend
same day despatch to 4.00pm
Reduced stocktaking from 3 days to 1/2 a day
 Sidetracker
multi direction lift trucks maximise Storage Capacity
and Eliminate Crane Handling of metal stock.
Sidetracker 4 way reach trucks were originally designed
for steel and nonferrous metal handling and are built
to last.
Sidetracker multi directional fork trucks operate in
the narrowest aisles from 1.5 metres and are still able
to load and unload delivery vehicles.
Case Study - Multi-Direction Lift Truck Maximises Storage
Capacity and Eliminates Crane Handling for Steel Stock
 Seeking
to maximise storage in a new warehouse and increase
product handling efficiency, Chesterfield Steel Services
has opted for a Sidetracker multi-direction reach truck
operating with a narrow-aisle cantilever racking system.
The truck has been designed to enable it to perform
virtually all materials handling functions inside and
outside the warehouse single-handed, which has improved
both speed and safety compared with conventional procedures
when a crane is used. Loads do not have to be slung
or double-handled, reducing labour requirements and
the risk of injury.
To enable the Sidetracker to perform the different
functions, it has been fitted with two pairs of forks,
one pair 800mm long and the other pair 1300mm, which
can be pivoted away to suit the work in hand. The shorter
forks carry loads in the 1700mm wide racking aisles,
with the longer pair rotated vertically out of the way.
For loading and unloading delivery vehicles the longer
forks, which can reach the centre of a lorry trailer,
are rotated to the horizontal position.
An integral weighing system allows supplies to be unloaded
weighed to within 3 kg and stored in a single operation
with a single operator. Likewise materials to be despatched
are handled with the same degree
of efficiency.
Polyurethane coated forks and load decks protect product
from damage and contamination during handling.
Case Study - Long Term Steel Handling
 Steel
stockholding is one of the most demanding applications,
therefore lift trucks need to be strong, rugged, reliable
and all these features are integral to a Sidetracker
as its exceptional manoeuvrability and space-saving
abilities.
The fact that Sidetrackers provide reliable operation
year after year in demanding working conditions, indoors
and out demonstrates their quality. Our three-year warranty
option underlines our own confidence in the vehicles.
Many Sidetrackers are used for more than 20 years with
no attention other than routine servicing. Unusually
for fork lift trucks, most Sidetracker customers buy
their vehicles outright, because they have such confidence
in their long-term reliability.
Quality is built into the vehicles from the bottom
up. For example, high-grade 50mm steel is used for the
main chassis sections. Repairing a fatigue fracture
on a Sidetracker chassis is simply unknown.
The electro-hydraulic twin power system is also extremely
strong and reliable. It is designed so that the two
motors automatically run together or singly, depending
on the power required. A Sidetracker can be driven on
one motor if the other ever fails, without a fall in
capacity.
When reliability is so important, well-proven technology
is the best option. Customers particularly welcome the
absence of electronic components, which on other lift
trucks have proved so unreliable and expensive.
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