hey Bruce, same here at Perrigo. Started today I was told 7.5 out of 10. Are you still at this job, if so how fast did you pick it up? Any tips. My biggest mistakes i need to fix is steering.
Great introductory video. I have over 25 years experience warehousing. Eight years as a trainer. Competent on a sit down counterbalance, stand up counterbalance (as shown here) and narrow aisle reach truck with outriggers. I have trained or re-certified over 2300 employees. Like I said, great video. Three things I would like to comment on. 1) When stopping or changing directions using the directional control it is called plugging. Perfectly acceptable way to stop, slow down or change direction. The dead man is for emergency stops only as you said. 2) Right foot on the dead man only. Do not put both feet on it. It is your emergency stop and you don't want to have to jump off it when someone walks out in front of you. KEEP YOUR LEFT FOOT INSIDE THE MACHINE. It is very easy to let the left foot hang out the back. #1 injury using these machines is getting ones foot smashed. 3) You mentioned traveling with the tilt all the way back. This does stabalize the load, although if the load consists of many cases or individual pieces, every time you hit a little bump (like the seam in concrete sections) the load will shift slightly toward the operator. If you travel a long distance, the load will look like this / when you get to your destination. Use only enough tilt to keep the load stable. Good job.
I've dabbled with a couple of weird ones. Don't know what they're correctly called. So one was a large truck possibly 2 ton capacity side-loading reach for long or wide loads. Once picked up, the load was lifted half the height of the vehicle then retracted and lowered on to the deck of the vehicle which extended to the front and rear of the truck. Fork tilting was done by pivots on the axles - so the whole truck tilted. It had 2 feet that could be lowered for stability. Make: Lancer Boss. The other odd one was a warehouse electric which could change direction on the spot 90° and had 360 steering. It had 4 wheels, one near the (reach) forks which was like a normal front wheel, the one diagonal to that was a free caster wheel with a suspension spring, the other rear wheel was the steering & driving wheel and the one diagonal to that could be turned hydraulically up to 90° to change the axis of travel. So it could travel forward/reverse as well as left/right. A direction pointer on the top of the wheel that steered indicated the direction of travel - as it was capable of going backwards in forward and forwards in reverse !
@@millomweb Those are unknown to me. I would like to see them if you have pics or vids. I am familiar with the sidewinder. Conventional sit down counterbalance with special wheels that allow it to go in any direction. Uses a joy stick instead of steering wheel. Thanks for sharing.
@@dennisroberts4178 I take it your 'sidewinder' is the one with any direction wheels. Google "lancer boss side forklift" for images of the big one, typically: www.1stmachineryauctions.com/media/lot/Sideloader-Extras-1.jpg
@@dennisroberts4178 The bi-directional reach.... Hmm..... This is a smaller 3-wheel type: sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1oc1XgmYH8KJjSspdq6ARgVXao/227742454/HTB1oc1XgmYH8KJjSspdq6ARgVXao.jpg 4-wheel type - called 'multi-directional'. I'm going to suspect it was a BT Rolatruc with solid rubber tyres, a suspensionless caster wheel, a direction wheel (forwards or sideways) a sprung free caster wheel and a 360° motor wheel. Which was a bugger to turn while stationary as not power steering !
I just got a job paying 23$ an hour I definitely know how to drive one now it's a bag on the line I thank you for this video this is something I always wanted to do 💪💪💯💯
@@rngkappa4685 what state you live in? I’m trying to get into warehouse operator job and was wondering if there’s any tips on what companies to look for?
@punishedsuperdragon 23 bucks an hour in Tennessee where I just started . Low stress . 2 days training . Then 4 days weeks before you have to start producing actual numbers. Which is an easy attainable number. 2.50 an hour more if you show up every day. And they still can't keep people🙄🙄🙄
Thank you I start a new job next week and this a good video to watch. There going to train me to operate a stand up forklift so by watching this it gives me heads up what to prepare for
I have driven FLT sit on trucks for almost 30yrs and will be starting a Conversion Training for the Stand-Up Reach in two weeks time, from 14/11/2021, so looking for what needs to be learned before starting the course.. This has helped a great deal. Thank you for Sharing.
Love this video! Prepped me mentally and passed training… it definitely takes practice until you’re fully comfortable. Our warehouse only allows us to travel with the forks trailing, driving reverse going forwards is a challenge. 😊
Thank you for sharing this. Just starting forklift training and it really helps to get familiarized with operating procedures before I start my actual training. Very informative, thanks again!
Thanks for the video. I’ve watched several times trying to get driving in reverse down. I’m in training with several other ppl and got nervous went to drive with forks in front of me and that is to never be done where I work. Only to drop off my pallet. So basically driving in reverse at the rear of this machine going “forward” everything is backwards. My problem today I was driving too slow lol. I thought slow was good. Guess going at a turtles pace isn’t good for production. I’m going back today for training and hope now after watching this I’m more comfortable and be ready for my certification. It’s my call. If I’m ready to certify or not. Right now I’m making the same money regardless. For me. It’s all about safety and confidence. Ty!
Thank you so much for this video as I started a new job last week in a new centre that rebuilds servers. They never told me I would be getting reach forklift training! I found the training very stressful as I never had any experience at all with this machine or any others. I have to pass my test this Friday and this video has helped me a lot. Thank you.
Drove Raymond & Crown stand up electric 3 wheeled forklifts for over 23 years. It's one of the few things I can say I'm an expert at and this video was really good!! 👍👍 I have no nit picks. 😊
@@millomweb I know it's a bit late, essentially as long as the load is only about 2 to 6 inches off the ground and tilted back you're not going to feel the lift topple in any direction when you use the dead man pedal. You can also reverse direction to stop that's called plugging.
@@millomweb should stop immediately since you should only be going one or two miles an hour tops since you should not be traveling at all while forks are raised except for backing out from racks
Great video! only thing I noticed was right in the beginning, having the forks angled up like that and not flat on the ground is a tripping hazard, always raise the whole assembly up a bit and tilt forward so the forks are flat :)
I really really appreciate this video been taking on new responsibility at a major distribution center forklift is new to me thank you so much and we have that same lift
I’m starting a material handler / forklift job position here soon. And havnt driven one of these in over 20 years so this video is a nice little refresher thanks
I was always trained on a stand up machine to ALWAYS drive in reverse on the ones where you stand sideways for more control. I have used a few stand up forklifts where you actually stand facing forward which in that case reverse is harder. A Crown reach truck has almost zero visability through the front. but in my experience, reverse is safer because at top speed if you make small movements the back moves an inch, the front moves a foot sided to side. if you turn the wrong way by mistake at top speed, it's easier to correct in reverse before something bad happens its also easier to make turns in reverse because you can see how close you are to a rack when your right on top of it from the back. the forks will just follow you around like a trailer. I worked at Pentair in anoka and they pretty much expected top speed at most times to meet quotas. but i've used these in several places of work and usually no one drove forward until they were picking a pallet. just like its far easier to drag a pallet jack behind you and not even pay attention because its going to just follow you than it is too push it forward across the building. those are my thoughts.
Honestly with the training ive been receiving from a 5-year worker/trainer from the current job that I've been getting you have taught me much more than what they have taught me
I got taught doing 8s going in reverse and just lifting pallets one by one and stack them ...so easy . Some people have a hard time with the whole going backwards thing
I’m having my training now for 60 hours and it’s really a big challenge for guys like me who really wants to start a new career in operation and logistics. Hopefully I could gain full confidence with the help of your training guide…Thank you
Have confidence don't give up it takes time aa. When I was new I would practice on an empty dock and I would get a stack of empty pallets preferably chep ( the blue ones) remember those pallets can look the same frontwards or sideways the truck is there is usually a white paint mark on one of the skids on the side.. take your stack apart with your lift one pallet at a time top to bottom and restack next time take your stack apart and restack but from the bottom up gotta do a little more thinking that way but remember we all started out the same way... You will be an all star in no time..
I'm not sure if I should technically advise against this, but the biggest thing you want to master with any forklift is compound movements - especially on a reach. You don't want to be performing 2 or 3 operations in series, such as a fork reach, a fork tilt and a fork raise, such as when picking a pallet up off the floor. Instead, you want to learn to be fluid with the controls so that you can raise up the forks and tilt at the same time, then as you clear your legs (on a reach) retracting the forks back into the mast. Same thing for putting a pallet down, you don't want to reach your forks out, lower them, then tilt them forward in 3 rigid operations, you want yo do it in one, smooth, compound movement. Learning to do efficient compound movements is how you safely increase production speed, rather than operating faster than you can or going full speed 24/7. Another fun trick to learn, especially with the reaches, is to learn how to float the pallet when you're reaching. So if you come in to drop the pallet and you've driven the reach too far forward, maybe because the space was tight and you didn't have a straight approach, then you can essentially drive to where you want the pallet to be on the floor and as you slowly reverse the reach, you extend (reach) the forks. It takes a while to learn this compound movement because you've got to train your brain to perceive the pallet whilst your perspective (you) is moving and it takes pretty fine motor skills too. Pretty cool though when you reverse the reach truck and push the pallet forwards at the same rate so the pallet basically floats there. ... Then all you have to do is drop the pallet down and drive off like a badass, don't forget to tilt the forks all the way forward or you'll catch the pallet and drag it with you, making you look like a complete idiot and undoing all your hard work and expert operator training. Another thing is if you're working in high-density narrow aisle warehousing, when you learn to drive the reach, it's going to be really really difficult at the start to get the correct angles to face into the racking to pick pallets. There is no golden rule per se, but the trick is to watch your caster wheels on the legs because they're your indication of your turning circle. A reach truck has an oversteer, so you can pivot on your inside caster when and you can see it not moving at all, or you can oversteer it and you'll see your inside caster moving backwards towards you whilst your outside caster moves forwards... If that makes sense. If you pivot steer the reach, using your inside leg (the caster wheel) as the pivot point, it's almost certainly going to be very very tight to make that 90 degree turn from travelling down an aisle to facing the racking. Remember, these narrow aisles are only a little over 2 pallets wide, just wide enough for two reach trucks to travel side by side - barely wide enough to make the 90 degree turn. When I first learned, I wasn't instructed, I was just told that I had the requisite forklift ticket so I could legally drive it, so just take it slow until I figure it out. I would try to point steer on that inside wheel and I would end up almost stuck in the aisle on and angle because my turning circle was too wide or I would 'aim' my pivot point right at the edge of the pallet, then I'd have to inevitably oversteer to make the tight turn thus I would not be facing the pallet in line - I would be off to the side. The trick is to 'overshoot' the pallet because you have to oversteer it to make that tight turn. The hard part is your brain organically learning how to judge the length of the overshoot to square up to the pallet properly. Imagine closing a door. Imagine the door frame is the pallet and the door is the forklift. Just how the door pivots on the hinge to go from 90 degrees to closed, you'd intuitively think the best way to square up to a pallet in an aisle would be the same thing - to treat your inside legs caster wheel as the 'door hinge' and to pivot on that point until you square up to the pallet. Not so. However, if you overshoot it by just about a foot, then when you 'oversteer' and inevitably that pivot point wheel rotates back towards you, it moves into place and you square up nicely... Yep, anyway, definitely not the easiest skillset to instruct via writing. But those would be the two most important things about driving a reach. Consciously observe that oversteer and try to learn how it works; your brain will eventually understand it. And, learn how to make compound movements.
@@jimsox881 Yo James, I talked to you above. I appreciate the time this guy put into writing all that, but what it comes down to is putting in the time. Eventually, like yoyur car, your lawn mower, or whatever, the vehicle you drive kinda becomes a part of your body. Standup forklifts are a different animal from sitdowns, bigtime. It's just a matter of not knocking down pallet racks with a few million dollars of product on them during your learning curve. Easy peasy. :-) I'm learning right now also, and slow and steady win the race, my man.
I start my new job tomorrow. It's nice to know they're willing to train me on a standup forklift because I have 5 yrs prior driving different forklifts. This is really useful information if you're interested operating them. I drove them but never got to fully operate because I was mostly on a cherry picker, forklift sitdown and pallet rider at my old job. I hope I do good on it lol.
Operated sit down forklift for 9 years and I still couldn't figure this thing out. But after a few days you'll get it. Just don't overthink it go with the flow. people with no experience hopped on it and were running circles around me within an hour. .
Thank you very much I'm staying in Germany presently I love to be an operator Excavator, forklift, skid steers,crane and others machine,after I finish my Dutch course.I have learned alot since watching your video ❤❤❤❤.
If you drive the crown forklift it’s very hard to get used to the Raymond versions. I operated the crown version at Amazon. Amazon slows down all their equipment to snail pace levels.
About to start a new next week..I've had sum experience but this vid help me remember some things..I'ma be operating a lift truck.. something like this one
Working with crown stand up Still can not get use the the steering lol Confusing as of now but thanks for the info being studying this vid for days now
Don't tip the load off. Boss gets mad and it goes in your permanent file. But that's okay because no employee record is truly permanent. Someday the sun will burn out and that will make everything mankind has ever done completely pointless. 🙂
I went to one of my accounts they didn’t want me to operate the trucks because I hadn’t taken their safety course, no sweat, I sat through it and billed them for a svc call.
13:18 you talk about fitting in tight then pull up on cone, switch cameras, move cone with fork, and switch cameras to the original view in different areas, and then you pass in-between the cones.
I've got a feeling that a forklift truck was the first vehicle I ever drove. Nothing as luxurious as that machine, I had 3 pedals to deal with - accelerator, brake and clutch. 2 Speed gearbox.
I'd say the hardest thing to learn on this forklift is the steering. It's different from a car. When you're going in reverse on this forklift, you turn the wheel the opposite way from what you would do in a car. It makes this forklift very maneuverable. That doesn't mean everything else is easy to learn per say, but learning the steering I'd say, is the hardest. And it's exactly like he said at the start. The only way to learn is to drive it. Put in the hours on it. And little by little you will get better at it.
Hello This is the exact equipment we use on the company that I work,and I going to tell you right now if you load and unload trucks with this specific equipment is super tire we load and unload trucks like 95% of the time,if you going to be a order picker it's fine but if you gonna be entering trucks a lot is really tire just a heads up
I know what you mean, man. Just give me a sit down forklift for everything but really tight spaces. And if there are really tight spaces, let someone on a standup do it, and leave me alone on my sit down.
Had to go to my near by tech school today to get trained on the standup forklift. Thanks to this video ( and the fact I’m a fast learner) I went in and killed the training. The man said in all the years he been teaching forklift, he had NEVER had anyone just come in and move the machine like a pro. He thinks I touched a forklift before when I haven’t touched one a day in my life til today🤭. I was on the exact same machine. Thank you so much and I will send recommendations to you guys👍🏽😊
I drove a sit down forklift for over 9 years. Still figuring this one out four days later. While others who have no previous experience hop on this one and go. The trick is to don't overthink it. It's all muscle memory . Just use short steering wheel movements for travel. Until positioning at lift location. Me thinks🤯
@@jimsox881 See my post a little ways above. I just started a new job a few days ago. I drive a truck, pulling a trailer between two company buildings. I have to load and unload at each building when I arrive. At one building I use sit downs and everything is great (I've driven sit down forklifts at other jobs, but not for years). At the other building I have to use a standup and so far I hate it, at least the one they have for me to use. The joystick is way too sensitive in my opinion, but I've never driven any other standup so I have nothing to compare it to. A tiny movement of my hand for for a fraction of a second can cause disaster. I only have about a total of about an hour running the standup in two days, and I've improved a lot since the first time I got on it, but damn, I do NOT like that machine. At least not yet.
Although I already do operate a stand-up fork truck, you should have the camera straight on the operating dash panel. In some parts of the vid the camera isn't even on the operating lever. U also want the camera to have a close up right smack on the button U use on the lever. Ppl have left Gr8 comments on here, they are espically helpful for those who haven't operated a stand-up. Have a Gr8 day
I'm new on the job and they stress always driving with the forks in the back . Forks front only to engage load and pick up or dropp of pallet .. NEVER drive with forks forward. Just saying . And you need to lower your forks
In the training I've had, you only drive backward when the pallet of material you're carrying is too high to see over easily. Depends on where you are though. Do what the guy who signs your paycheck tells you to do. That's the best way to get the next paycheck.
Also if you drive forward your field of view is blocked with the mast. It is ok to drive forward for short distances, but as a rule of thumb you should always drive with the forks trailing you and you will always be looking in the direction of travel.
15:50 My company requires us to completely flatten the forks out when we are done with the lift. Even that little bit that's up in the front here would cause trouble for us.
I just lied on my interview... I hope this works lol!!!!
Any update ?
I lied too and im in it
me too!
Did you get that job? Just curious lol
Hello everyone, yes I did get the job. It’s very easy!!!
You’ve helped a lot of people get a job and maintain one lol. I too Got a job as a forklift driver and I start Monday thanks
Fixing to start a new job Monday that requires using this machine I had some what experience but now I feel more confident thanks !
Glad I could help
Me too
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hey Bruce, same here at Perrigo. Started today I was told 7.5 out of 10. Are you still at this job, if so how fast did you pick it up? Any tips. My biggest mistakes i need to fix is steering.
Great introductory video. I have over 25 years experience warehousing. Eight years as a trainer. Competent on a sit down counterbalance, stand up counterbalance (as shown here) and narrow aisle reach truck with outriggers. I have trained or re-certified over 2300 employees. Like I said, great video. Three things I would like to comment on. 1) When stopping or changing directions using the directional control it is called plugging. Perfectly acceptable way to stop, slow down or change direction. The dead man is for emergency stops only as you said. 2) Right foot on the dead man only. Do not put both feet on it. It is your emergency stop and you don't want to have to jump off it when someone walks out in front of you. KEEP YOUR LEFT FOOT INSIDE THE MACHINE. It is very easy to let the left foot hang out the back. #1 injury using these machines is getting ones foot smashed. 3) You mentioned traveling with the tilt all the way back. This does stabalize the load, although if the load consists of many cases or individual pieces, every time you hit a little bump (like the seam in concrete sections) the load will shift slightly toward the operator. If you travel a long distance, the load will look like this / when you get to your destination. Use only enough tilt to keep the load stable. Good job.
Thank you for providing all of this info. Greatly appreciate you sharing your experience with others!
I've dabbled with a couple of weird ones. Don't know what they're correctly called. So one was a large truck possibly 2 ton capacity side-loading reach for long or wide loads. Once picked up, the load was lifted half the height of the vehicle then retracted and lowered on to the deck of the vehicle which extended to the front and rear of the truck. Fork tilting was done by pivots on the axles - so the whole truck tilted. It had 2 feet that could be lowered for stability. Make: Lancer Boss.
The other odd one was a warehouse electric which could change direction on the spot 90° and had 360 steering. It had 4 wheels, one near the (reach) forks which was like a normal front wheel, the one diagonal to that was a free caster wheel with a suspension spring, the other rear wheel was the steering & driving wheel and the one diagonal to that could be turned hydraulically up to 90° to change the axis of travel. So it could travel forward/reverse as well as left/right. A direction pointer on the top of the wheel that steered indicated the direction of travel - as it was capable of going backwards in forward and forwards in reverse !
@@millomweb Those are unknown to me. I would like to see them if you have pics or vids. I am familiar with the sidewinder. Conventional sit down counterbalance with special wheels that allow it to go in any direction. Uses a joy stick instead of steering wheel. Thanks for sharing.
@@dennisroberts4178 I take it your 'sidewinder' is the one with any direction wheels.
Google "lancer boss side forklift" for images of the big one, typically: www.1stmachineryauctions.com/media/lot/Sideloader-Extras-1.jpg
@@dennisroberts4178 The bi-directional reach.... Hmm.....
This is a smaller 3-wheel type: sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1oc1XgmYH8KJjSspdq6ARgVXao/227742454/HTB1oc1XgmYH8KJjSspdq6ARgVXao.jpg
4-wheel type - called 'multi-directional'.
I'm going to suspect it was a BT Rolatruc with solid rubber tyres, a suspensionless caster wheel, a direction wheel (forwards or sideways) a sprung free caster wheel and a 360° motor wheel. Which was a bugger to turn while stationary as not power steering !
I just got a job paying 23$ an hour I definitely know how to drive one now it's a bag on the line I thank you for this video this is something I always wanted to do 💪💪💯💯
Nice me too but I get 25.50 I just started 2 weeks ago and they trained me on this equipment and the reach truck
@@rngkappa4685 what state you live in? I’m trying to get into warehouse operator job and was wondering if there’s any tips on what companies to look for?
@punishedsuperdragon 23 bucks an hour in Tennessee where I just started . Low stress . 2 days training . Then 4 days weeks before you have to start producing actual numbers. Which is an easy attainable number. 2.50 an hour more if you show up every day. And they still can't keep people🙄🙄🙄
@punishedsuperdragon Every job sucks in its own way, that's why they have to pay you to keep coming back. One day at a time, keep on keepin on.
Thank you I start a new job next week and this a good video to watch. There going to train me to operate a stand up forklift so by watching this it gives me heads up what to prepare for
Great video ! Have a new job and will be operating this machine and legit covered all my worries ! Definitely recommend more of these!
I have driven FLT sit on trucks for almost 30yrs and will be starting a Conversion Training for the Stand-Up Reach in two weeks time, from 14/11/2021, so looking for what needs to be learned before starting the course.. This has helped a great deal. Thank you for Sharing.
I have my interview tomorrow to start new job and this video helps me a lot now I got some confidence.
I start training tomorrow. I am glad I watched this video to know what to expect! Thanks!
Great tutorial I needed this I start my job next week using this Equipment
Glad I could help
Love this video! Prepped me mentally and passed training… it definitely takes practice until you’re fully comfortable.
Our warehouse only allows us to travel with the forks trailing, driving reverse going forwards is a challenge. 😊
Thank you for sharing this. Just starting forklift training and it really helps to get familiarized with operating procedures before I start my actual training. Very informative, thanks again!
Hi
Thanks for the video. I’ve watched several times trying to get driving in reverse down. I’m in training with several other ppl and got nervous went to drive with forks in front of me and that is to never be done where I work. Only to drop off my pallet. So basically driving in reverse at the rear of this machine going “forward” everything is backwards. My problem today I was driving too slow lol. I thought slow was good. Guess going at a turtles pace isn’t good for production. I’m going back today for training and hope now after watching this I’m more comfortable and be ready for my certification. It’s my call. If I’m ready to certify or not. Right now I’m making the same money regardless. For me. It’s all about safety and confidence. Ty!
thanks so much...I'm very experienced with the sit-down forklift. However,this is new to me. It was very helpful.
I wish I saw this video before my training. But everything you said was on point. Definitely a great video for any first time learner
Thank you so much for this video as I started a new job last week in a new centre that rebuilds servers. They never told me I would be getting reach forklift training! I found the training very stressful as I never had any experience at all with this machine or any others. I have to pass my test this Friday and this video has helped me a lot. Thank you.
Glad I could help
Drove Raymond & Crown stand up electric 3 wheeled forklifts for over 23 years. It's one of the few things I can say I'm an expert at and this video was really good!! 👍👍 I have no nit picks. 😊
Thanks for the comment!
How quickly did they stop when you lift your foot off the pedal while the forks are raised ? Considering an abrupt stop could tip the thing over !
@@millomweb I know it's a bit late, essentially as long as the load is only about 2 to 6 inches off the ground and tilted back you're not going to feel the lift topple in any direction when you use the dead man pedal.
You can also reverse direction to stop that's called plugging.
@@millomweb should stop immediately since you should only be going one or two miles an hour tops since you should not be traveling at all while forks are raised except for backing out from racks
Thanks man. Nice video and excellent demonstrated. I learn a lot from watching this video. So that's how we operate a standing forklift
you're welcome....thanks for the comment!
Great video!
only thing I noticed was right in the beginning, having the forks angled up like that and not flat on the ground is a tripping hazard, always raise the whole assembly up a bit and tilt forward so the forks are flat :)
Excellent point...thanks for sharing!
I really really appreciate this video been taking on new responsibility at a major distribution center forklift is new to me thank you so much and we have that same lift
Glad it was helpful!
Today will be my first time on a stand-up lift I found your video very helpful
I’m starting a material handler / forklift job position here soon. And havnt driven one of these in over 20 years so this video is a nice little refresher thanks
I was always trained on a stand up machine to ALWAYS drive in reverse on the ones where you stand sideways for more control. I have used a few stand up forklifts where you actually stand facing forward which in that case reverse is harder. A Crown reach truck has almost zero visability through the front. but in my experience, reverse is safer because at top speed if you make small movements the back moves an inch, the front moves a foot sided to side. if you turn the wrong way by mistake at top speed, it's easier to correct in reverse before something bad happens its also easier to make turns in reverse because you can see how close you are to a rack when your right on top of it from the back. the forks will just follow you around like a trailer. I worked at Pentair in anoka and they pretty much expected top speed at most times to meet quotas. but i've used these in several places of work and usually no one drove forward until they were picking a pallet. just like its far easier to drag a pallet jack behind you and not even pay attention because its going to just follow you than it is too push it forward across the building. those are my thoughts.
Excellent advice....thanks for sharing!
I use the same brand he is we always go backwards when traveling further distances
I never knew this. Thank you so much for sharing! I’m going to put this information into practice tomorrow!
Your demonstration about how to drive a startup forklift is excellent. Thanks
Honestly with the training ive been receiving from a 5-year worker/trainer from the current job that I've been getting you have taught me much more than what they have taught me
However the inversion of driving controls based off of me being able to drive I have to train myself to think that I'm driving in reverse all the time
Interesting video.
Had this tutorial and on the job training at the workplace. Took me three days to get the hang of it.
Thanks for the comment!
I got taught doing 8s going in reverse and just lifting pallets one by one and stack them ...so easy . Some people have a hard time with the whole going backwards thing
practice makes perfect
But some companys dont let use them or practice if u know a bit how do i get more practice then
A LOT of people have a hard time going backwards - in their cars !
I’m having my training now for 60 hours and it’s really a big challenge for guys like me who really wants to start a new career in operation and logistics. Hopefully I could gain full confidence with the help of your training guide…Thank you
60hrs?? My daughter was given 3hrs of training.... she left work defieted... but she's a badass 😎 and will not be deterred!
Have confidence don't give up it takes time aa. When I was new I would practice on an empty dock and I would get a stack of empty pallets preferably chep ( the blue ones) remember those pallets can look the same frontwards or sideways the truck is there is usually a white paint mark on one of the skids on the side.. take your stack apart with your lift one pallet at a time top to bottom and restack next time take your stack apart and restack but from the bottom up gotta do a little more thinking that way but remember we all started out the same way... You will be an all star in no time..
I'm not sure if I should technically advise against this, but the biggest thing you want to master with any forklift is compound movements - especially on a reach. You don't want to be performing 2 or 3 operations in series, such as a fork reach, a fork tilt and a fork raise, such as when picking a pallet up off the floor. Instead, you want to learn to be fluid with the controls so that you can raise up the forks and tilt at the same time, then as you clear your legs (on a reach) retracting the forks back into the mast. Same thing for putting a pallet down, you don't want to reach your forks out, lower them, then tilt them forward in 3 rigid operations, you want yo do it in one, smooth, compound movement.
Learning to do efficient compound movements is how you safely increase production speed, rather than operating faster than you can or going full speed 24/7. Another fun trick to learn, especially with the reaches, is to learn how to float the pallet when you're reaching. So if you come in to drop the pallet and you've driven the reach too far forward, maybe because the space was tight and you didn't have a straight approach, then you can essentially drive to where you want the pallet to be on the floor and as you slowly reverse the reach, you extend (reach) the forks. It takes a while to learn this compound movement because you've got to train your brain to perceive the pallet whilst your perspective (you) is moving and it takes pretty fine motor skills too. Pretty cool though when you reverse the reach truck and push the pallet forwards at the same rate so the pallet basically floats there.
... Then all you have to do is drop the pallet down and drive off like a badass, don't forget to tilt the forks all the way forward or you'll catch the pallet and drag it with you, making you look like a complete idiot and undoing all your hard work and expert operator training.
Another thing is if you're working in high-density narrow aisle warehousing, when you learn to drive the reach, it's going to be really really difficult at the start to get the correct angles to face into the racking to pick pallets. There is no golden rule per se, but the trick is to watch your caster wheels on the legs because they're your indication of your turning circle. A reach truck has an oversteer, so you can pivot on your inside caster when and you can see it not moving at all, or you can oversteer it and you'll see your inside caster moving backwards towards you whilst your outside caster moves forwards... If that makes sense. If you pivot steer the reach, using your inside leg (the caster wheel) as the pivot point, it's almost certainly going to be very very tight to make that 90 degree turn from travelling down an aisle to facing the racking. Remember, these narrow aisles are only a little over 2 pallets wide, just wide enough for two reach trucks to travel side by side - barely wide enough to make the 90 degree turn. When I first learned, I wasn't instructed, I was just told that I had the requisite forklift ticket so I could legally drive it, so just take it slow until I figure it out. I would try to point steer on that inside wheel and I would end up almost stuck in the aisle on and angle because my turning circle was too wide or I would 'aim' my pivot point right at the edge of the pallet, then I'd have to inevitably oversteer to make the tight turn thus I would not be facing the pallet in line - I would be off to the side. The trick is to 'overshoot' the pallet because you have to oversteer it to make that tight turn. The hard part is your brain organically learning how to judge the length of the overshoot to square up to the pallet properly.
Imagine closing a door. Imagine the door frame is the pallet and the door is the forklift. Just how the door pivots on the hinge to go from 90 degrees to closed, you'd intuitively think the best way to square up to a pallet in an aisle would be the same thing - to treat your inside legs caster wheel as the 'door hinge' and to pivot on that point until you square up to the pallet. Not so. However, if you overshoot it by just about a foot, then when you 'oversteer' and inevitably that pivot point wheel rotates back towards you, it moves into place and you square up nicely...
Yep, anyway, definitely not the easiest skillset to instruct via writing. But those would be the two most important things about driving a reach. Consciously observe that oversteer and try to learn how it works; your brain will eventually understand it. And, learn how to make compound movements.
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This is excellent information. Thank you for taking the time to share all of this! Very helpful for other operators!
Ugh. Now I'm even more confused. Lol. Nice tip. Goals
@@jimsox881 Yo James, I talked to you above. I appreciate the time this guy put into writing all that, but what it comes down to is putting in the time. Eventually, like yoyur car, your lawn mower, or whatever, the vehicle you drive kinda becomes a part of your body. Standup forklifts are a different animal from sitdowns, bigtime. It's just a matter of not knocking down pallet racks with a few million dollars of product on them during your learning curve. Easy peasy. :-) I'm learning right now also, and slow and steady win the race, my man.
I start my new job tomorrow. It's nice to know they're willing to train me on a standup forklift because I have 5 yrs prior driving different forklifts. This is really useful information if you're interested operating them. I drove them but never got to fully operate because I was mostly on a cherry picker, forklift sitdown and pallet rider at my old job. I hope I do good on it lol.
Best of luck!
Just wondering how did it go for you?
Operated sit down forklift for 9 years and I still couldn't figure this thing out. But after a few days you'll get it. Just don't overthink it go with the flow. people with no experience hopped on it and were running circles around me within an hour. .
Thank You for everything in this video cause I learned some good stuff about the stand-up forklift
Very informative and helpful. Thanks very much!
Thank you very much I'm staying in Germany presently I love to be an operator Excavator, forklift, skid steers,crane and others machine,after I finish my Dutch course.I have learned alot since watching your video ❤❤❤❤.
Home depot training says tilt the tips of the forks on the ground so they are flush to prevent tripping.
Really great video - incredibly helpful - great demonstrations
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
I just got certified on sit down. I've only been driving for 2 months. I'd like to learn stand up though my current job doesn't use them. Cool video.
If you drive the crown forklift it’s very hard to get used to the Raymond versions. I operated the crown version at Amazon. Amazon slows down all their equipment to snail pace levels.
I’m driving Raymond now. I don’t like the steering.
Thx for showing me everything now all I have to do is pass the test now 🙏
13:18 I like how they change camera angles right before he's about to hit the cone lol good video nonetheless thanks for uploading!🙂
Oh we edit out a LOT of dumb crap I do!
Thank you so much helped me out amazingly
About to start a new next week..I've had sum experience but this vid help me remember some things..I'ma be operating a lift truck.. something like this one
Good luck!
Great explanation . Greetings from Spain !!
Thank you! Happy new year 🎉
Top! Easy and clear!
Very informative thank you
1 tip i would say is plugging, when you giggle the forward reverse to stop instead of the deadman. nice instructive video
ALL YOUR VIDEOS HELP AMERICA. THX
Working with crown stand up
Still can not get use the the steering lol
Confusing as of now but thanks for the info being studying this vid for days now
This video helps me a lot
Just an awesome video.😃
Informative. Thank you.
14:41 - Ooh - skids as well ! Not surprised on that ice rink ! It won't skid going forward, it'll tip the load off instead ;)
Don't tip the load off. Boss gets mad and it goes in your permanent file. But that's okay because no employee record is truly permanent. Someday the sun will burn out and that will make everything mankind has ever done completely pointless. 🙂
Just got hired at Lowe’s and this is the exact same machine I use!
Thanx for clarification for every body 👍
Lol i lied on all my resumes, im fully certified on all forklifts now thanks to u guys 🙏🏾😂
Great video 💪🏾
Thanks for the info.
Great video man
Thanks for video.
forklift movement start at 8:16
I went to one of my accounts they didn’t want me to operate the trucks because I hadn’t taken their safety course, no sweat, I sat through it and billed them for a svc call.
Lol...nice
13:18 you talk about fitting in tight then pull up on cone, switch cameras, move cone with fork, and switch cameras to the original view in different areas, and then you pass in-between the cones.
I've got a feeling that a forklift truck was the first vehicle I ever drove. Nothing as luxurious as that machine, I had 3 pedals to deal with - accelerator, brake and clutch. 2 Speed gearbox.
Thank you sir very much.
Here after lying in my interview
lol....did it work?
Heavy Metal Learning yes indeed I start on Monday great vid🔥
@@rojelite2216 good luck!
Me too...Lol
Same here overnight stocking 👆
In Canada WE refer To stoppimg thé truck as"plugging"Great training vidio
I'd say the hardest thing to learn on this forklift is the steering. It's different from a car. When you're going in reverse on this forklift, you turn the wheel the opposite way from what you would do in a car. It makes this forklift very maneuverable. That doesn't mean everything else is easy to learn per say, but learning the steering I'd say, is the hardest.
And it's exactly like he said at the start. The only way to learn is to drive it. Put in the hours on it. And little by little you will get better at it.
Thank you 🙏 so much man
No problem 👍
Love the video
Hello
This is the exact equipment we use on the company that I work,and I going to tell you right now if you load and unload trucks with this specific equipment is super tire we load and unload trucks like 95% of the time,if you going to be a order picker it's fine but if you gonna be entering trucks a lot is really tire just a heads up
I know what you mean, man. Just give me a sit down forklift for everything but really tight spaces. And if there are really tight spaces, let someone on a standup do it, and leave me alone on my sit down.
Nice tutorial
i drive these at work they are fun as hell
Nice presentation
🎉🎉🎉 Thanks so much sir
That was helpful. Thanks. 😏
Had to go to my near by tech school today to get trained on the standup forklift. Thanks to this video ( and the fact I’m a fast learner) I went in and killed the training. The man said in all the years he been teaching forklift, he had NEVER had anyone just come in and move the machine like a pro. He thinks I touched a forklift before when I haven’t touched one a day in my life til today🤭. I was on the exact same machine. Thank you so much and I will send recommendations to you guys👍🏽😊
I drove a sit down forklift for over 9 years. Still figuring this one out four days later. While others who have no previous experience hop on this one and go. The trick is to don't overthink it. It's all muscle memory . Just use short steering wheel movements for travel. Until positioning at lift location. Me thinks🤯
@@jimsox881 See my post a little ways above. I just started a new job a few days ago. I drive a truck, pulling a trailer between two company buildings. I have to load and unload at each building when I arrive. At one building I use sit downs and everything is great (I've driven sit down forklifts at other jobs, but not for years). At the other building I have to use a standup and so far I hate it, at least the one they have for me to use. The joystick is way too sensitive in my opinion, but I've never driven any other standup so I have nothing to compare it to. A tiny movement of my hand for for a fraction of a second can cause disaster. I only have about a total of about an hour running the standup in two days, and I've improved a lot since the first time I got on it, but damn, I do NOT like that machine. At least not yet.
Thank you
Thank you so much
You're most welcome
Thanks buddy
Thank you.
Welcome!
You a Legend
lol...ok then
How quickly does it stop by pressing the emergency stop button ? Same as the pedal, I'd guess.
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Thanks sir
Not a single dislike :) Nailed it
Although I already do operate a stand-up fork truck, you should have the camera straight on the operating dash panel. In some parts of the vid the camera isn't even on the operating lever. U also want the camera to have a close up right smack on the button U use on the lever. Ppl have left Gr8 comments on here, they are espically helpful for those who haven't operated a stand-up. Have a Gr8 day
I drove all lifts but a stand up and have an interview on Mon. I think I got it just the steering behind and sideways
Believe in you ,you got it
Great video👍
Thanks!
The forklift girl.. you just motivated me. Thanks 😊
I'm new on the job and they stress always driving with the forks in the back . Forks front only to engage load and pick up or dropp of pallet .. NEVER drive with forks forward. Just saying . And you need to lower your forks
In the training I've had, you only drive backward when the pallet of material you're carrying is too high to see over easily. Depends on where you are though. Do what the guy who signs your paycheck tells you to do. That's the best way to get the next paycheck.
Also if you drive forward your field of view is blocked with the mast. It is ok to drive forward for short distances, but as a rule of thumb you should always drive with the forks trailing you and you will always be looking in the direction of travel.
I am from East Africa, can you help me find a job there? Am fully experienced in these.
What type of forklift is that? Where this forklift is been used? Because each forklift has its own purpose.
Ah a Dock Stocker, fixed many of those and reach trucks and turret trucks lol.
Nice
7:44 Yes that is true, BUT the max load cap on the plate is going to be with the mast at full height and fully extended, 24 inch from mast.
Good call...thanks for the info!
Sould I pay for the OSHA certificate for learning it because the company I will start to work they give stand up forklift certification.
15:50 My company requires us to completely flatten the forks out when we are done with the lift. Even that little bit that's up in the front here would cause trouble for us.
Awesome
Thanks!