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It’s the start of the summer – the busy, hot, productive season. During these 3 -4 months its important to pay attention to the health and safety of your material handlers; from your human operators to the equipment doing the heavy lifting. A great production and output month can easily be undone by an equipment breakdown or an operator accident or loss of valuable product. I spoke with the experts at PennWest, who gave me a run down on the top 5 ways that you can maximize your business in the summer.

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Top 5 Ways to Maximize Your Material Handling in the Summer Months

1. Get your Operators trained – Not all forklifts operate the same way, and with new hires during the busy season, it’s [...]

The battery for your electric lift truck is designed to give you power for 5 years and even longer.

The maintenance is easy if you have the proper knowledge. Flooded Lead Acid batteries are still the most reliable and most environmentally friendly power sources available. Your battery is almost 100% recyclable. Lead and Copper go to secondary smelters. Plastic is recycled and even the acid is separated and refined to later be used in fertilizers, cleaners, and purifiers in alkalia based materials.

Your battery has a Life Cycle. The life cycle is based on usage (Energy Out) and Charge (Energy In). One discharge and subsequent complete charge constitutes one cycle. Therefore, if you fully discharge and recharge your battery every day the life cycle of your battery is approx. 5 years. (1,500 Cycles / 300 working days a year. Every situation varies and the 1,500 cycle measurement is not absolute. Once 1,200 to 1,500 cycles [...]

Mt. Pleasant, PA – [April 8, 2019] – Toyota Material Handling (TMH) announced PennWest Industrial Trucks is a recipient of the annual President’s Award which recognizes the top Toyota forklift dealers in North America. The revered award recognizes the top dealers who perform at the highest level in parts, service, equipment sales, customer satisfaction and overall operations. Out of the seventy-five Toyota forklift dealerships in North America, PennWest was one of fifteen dealerships to win this top honor.

PennWest owner Mark Gaier and his wife, Libby, pose with the President’s Award next to Toyota’s signature orange forklift.

The winners, announced at Toyota’s Annual Dealer Meeting last month, will celebrate together on a Toyota-sponsored trip to Prague and Vienna in May.

“We are honored to receive this prestigious award from Toyota and I am [...]

Tuesday March 12, 2019

PennWest Industrial Trucks recently earned two top dealer awards from KION North America Corporation. KION North America awarded top dealers based on 2018 performance at its 2019 Dealer Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina last week. The 2019 Dealer Meeting gave dealers the opportunity to be the first in the industry to see the new full line of warehouse equipment that Linde Material Handling will release in North America.

Pictured from left to right: Mark Gaier, Rich Bevington, Scott Bennington, G.R. Clemence

PennWest Industrial Trucks, LLC dealer Principal and Owner, Mark Gaier, attended the KION North America dealer meeting. PennWest was one of only 17 dealerships to receive the prestigious Palmetto Award for meeting their annual market plan goals. For [...]

Rough Terrain Forklifts Class: 7 Fuel: Gasoline, Diesel, CNP or LP Gas Use: Rough terrain forklift trucks are specially designed for use in challenging topographical environments including farms, mines, quarries, gas wells, and more. They have large pneumatic tires that make them useful on construction sites or lumber yards. Many types of forklifts may be included in this group – the distinction is that the tires are for rough surfaces.JTVCZmMlMjBpZCUzRCUyNzE0JTI3JTIwYWxpZ24lM0QlMjdjZW50ZXIlMjclNUQlNUIlMkZmYyU1RA==

Internal Combustion Engine Pneumatic Tire Forklifts

Class: 5
Fuel: Gasoline, Diesel, CNG or LP Gas
Use: These trucks are most commonly seen in warehouses. They can be used either inside or outside for virtually any type of application. Because of the large capacity range of this series of lift truck, they can be found handling small single pallet loads to loaded 40-foot containers. These lift trucks can be powered by internal combustion engines and are available for use with LPG, gasoline, diesel, and compressed natural gas fuel systems.JTVCZmMlMjBpZCUzRCUyNzE0JTI3JTIwYWxpZ24lM0QlMjdjZW50ZXIlMjclNUQlNUIlMkZmYyU1RA==

Internal Combustion Engine Cushion Tire Forklifts

Class: 4
Fuel: Gasoline, LP Gas or Diesel
Use: These lift trucks are distinguished by the use of an internal combustion engine similar to a car. They may be counterbalanced. The internal combustion engine may use gasoline, diesel or LP gas. These forklifts are used inside on smooth dry floors for transporting palletized loads to and from the loading dock and the storage area. The cushion-tired forklifts are lower to the ground than forklift trucks with pneumatic tires. Because of that, these forklift trucks can be useful in low-clearance applications.JTVCZmMlMjBpZCUzRCUyNzE0JTI3JTIwYWxpZ24lM0QlMjdjZW50ZXIlMjclNUQlNUIlMkZmYyU1RA==

Electric Motor Hand or Hand-Rider Trucks

Class: 3
Fuel: Battery
Use: These are hand-controlled forklifts, meaning the operator is in front of the truck and controls the lift through a steering tiller. All controls are mounted on the top of the tiller, and the operator moves the tiller from side to side to steer the truck. These vehicles are battery powered, and the smaller capacity units use industrial batteries. They may be walked (hand trucks) or may have a seat. They are low lift units often referred to as pallet jacks. An example would be a motorized hand pallet jack.JTVCZmMlMjBpZCUzRCUyNzE0JTI3JTIwYWxpZ24lM0QlMjdjZW50ZXIlMjclNUQlNUIlMkZmYyU1RA==