Pump Trucks
A Pallet Truck, often known as a pump truck, and also known as a pallet jack is an every day piece of equipment used in all businesses such as distribution, manufacturing companies and various operations involved in logistics and moving freight on pallets. These pieces of equipment are necessary to move around freight that needs either loading or unloading from trucks.
The Pump Truck comes in many different types, sizes and capacities, although the most common is the manual pallet truck, which is powered simply by the user pumping a large handle that operates a hydraulic pump which in turn raises the load. These pump trucks have two forks which can be raised by the hydraulic pump. The load can be lowered again with a lever on the handle. The pallet truck offers enough clearance from the ground just to transport pallets of freight in a warehouse environment and should not be used for transporting the pallets at a raised height. The pump truck then lowers the pallet back down onto the floor
The standard pump truck would lower to around 70mm to fit under a pallet, which could then be raised to around 0.2metres. Special low profile pump trucks are also available from our online pallet truck shop and these will go down to as low as 35mm.
The use of these pump trucks is quite simple and no special training is required to use the equipment. In fact any unskilled warehouse staff member can use the pump truck in a warehouse environment and move pallets around. The cargo could be standard pallets or in fact any freight or other bulk items that are placed on the pallets. Warehouses generally despatch or receive freight and the use of these pump trucks reduces the need for skilled staff such as fork lift truck drivers.
These pump trucks are often used on the back of vehicles to assist in their loading and unloading. These are often used in conjunction with a forklift truck or manual stacker. The manual stacker does the same job as a forklift truck other than it is designed for lower weights and is generally electrically powered or the operator uses the hydraulic pump to raise and lower the forks.
Pump trucks are often seen in retail outlets where staff have to transport goods on a pallet from the rear stock room to the display area in the shop. Pump trucks allow the operator to transport the load long distances in the shop and are often used at night for replenishing stock on shelves
Depending on the weight of each pallet, a pump truck can carry two pallets at once. There are various capacity pump trucks available at our online pallet truck shop with capacities up to 3500kg
When making a decision which pump truck to purchase the user must first consider the pallets and loads to be moved. Pump trucks are available with various fork widths and lengths. The pump on each pump truck is available in different capacities. All these are available and can be bought at our online pallet truck shop with weight capacities ranging from 500kg to 3500kg.
The other consideration should be pallet size as pump trucks are available in many different widths and length. To assist in the selection process why no take a look at our online pallet truck shop as there are many of the top quality trucks on display including Eoslift trucks.
To browse the new range of Pump Truck products and to order securely online, visit our pallet truck shop at www.midlandpallettrucks.com or Tel: 01384 841440.
About Midland Pallet Trucks: Midland Pallet Trucks is is the sole UK distributor of Eoslift Pump trucks and is part of the Midland Bearings Ltd Group. Centrally located, the company occupies a 50,000 square foot warehouse and stocks enough product to supply the whole of the UK market with trucks and lift table trucks.
