and if not, how the hell do you know what it really will pick up in reach mode ? All the nameplates I see on these show the usual 24" centers rating and nothing more. Well, is that 24 inches out with the forks tucked back against the mast or is that with the forks in reach mode ?
Also I notice that apparently no one ever ordered these things new to straddle a typical pallet size*. Most seem to have about 32" between the outrigger legs. So I presume the deal is you "reach" beyond the outriggers to pick up a 42 or 48 wide pallet from the floor. And yet I never see an actual capacity printed to do that.
I even happen to have the same literature that a dealer might have had for a 2004 vintage Prime Mover 4500 lb capacity reach truck, with all the nitty gritty details....and even that doesn't have a chart showing what the capacity is at various reach positions. Which I hope is because the 4500 lb rating is at max reach with load at 24 inch centers on the forks....but that seems too good to be true. What say ye ?
*I notice in my Prime Mover dealer price sheet that these could be ordered with outriggers from 32 to 50 inches inside distance, in one inch increments, apparently at the same price. But in looking at used reach trucks they all look pretty much the same to me, with outrigger legs about as close as you would think they could be. Admittedly, a reach truck with outrigger legs 50 inches apart would be a rather silly looking thing and defeat much of it's "tight quarters" desirability since it would then be wider at the floor than an 8,000 lb cushion tire forklift.
Also I notice that apparently no one ever ordered these things new to straddle a typical pallet size*. Most seem to have about 32" between the outrigger legs. So I presume the deal is you "reach" beyond the outriggers to pick up a 42 or 48 wide pallet from the floor. And yet I never see an actual capacity printed to do that.
I even happen to have the same literature that a dealer might have had for a 2004 vintage Prime Mover 4500 lb capacity reach truck, with all the nitty gritty details....and even that doesn't have a chart showing what the capacity is at various reach positions. Which I hope is because the 4500 lb rating is at max reach with load at 24 inch centers on the forks....but that seems too good to be true. What say ye ?
*I notice in my Prime Mover dealer price sheet that these could be ordered with outriggers from 32 to 50 inches inside distance, in one inch increments, apparently at the same price. But in looking at used reach trucks they all look pretty much the same to me, with outrigger legs about as close as you would think they could be. Admittedly, a reach truck with outrigger legs 50 inches apart would be a rather silly looking thing and defeat much of it's "tight quarters" desirability since it would then be wider at the floor than an 8,000 lb cushion tire forklift.