Can I Increase the Lift of My Forklift?

The battery is the heart of a forklift truck and so it’s imperative that this part of the machine is well-looked after. The correct forklift battery maintenance will help to prolong the life of your forklift as well as keep it as powerful and as robust as possible, enabling exceptional lifting capacities and abilities. Here’s how you can maintain your forklift battery:

• Charging it only when the battery discharges
• Not over-charging the forklift battery
• Keeping battery fluids topped up
• Ensuring the battery is clean
• Charging the battery is a dry place

We recently published an article about how to prolong the life of your forklift battery – you’ll be able to get further information about forklift battery maintenance and its overall lifespan.

Keep your facility clean & tidy

Ensuring that your facility is free from debris, spillages and other issues will help to prolong the life of your forklift and keep it in good condition. By doing this, you’ll be able to maximise the lifting capacity of your forklift. Keeping your premises clean and tidy is just as important as maintaining your forklift battery.

If your warehouse is littered with trip hazards and puddles, for example, then this could cause significant wear and tear on the machine, but it might also result in workplace accidents. A particular obstacle could significantly damage your machine or, more importantly, injure one of your colleagues.

Make sure you get an oil change

Much like you would with a car, getting an oil change for your forklift will help to retain its overall power and robustness. It’s usually recommended that this be done once a year in order to keep the forklift in good working condition which, in turn, will ensure maximum or even increased lifting capacity. An oil change will also prevent your vehicle from corroding overtime, which could prove to be fatal for your machine if left untreated.

Charnwood Lift Trucks are pleased to be able to supply our customers with new and used electric forklifts, diesel forklifts and LPG forklifts. In addition to lifting equipment, we’re also able to provide new and used material handling equipment, including: reach trucks, order pickers, pallet trucks and more. We’re proud to be able to cater for all budgets and requirements, hence why we’re also able to offer forklift hire and pallet truck hire. If you would like further information about the services and machines we have available, get in touch with a member of our expert team today – we’re always happy to help.