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blany
manama, Bahrain

Hi, I was just interested to know what are the requirements of a forklift used for container stuffing?

Posted 24 Nov 2007 03:45 PM

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omaralpizar
Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

Hi, this is a good question related mainly with container stuffing and stripping.
In first term you must choose a machine with lifting capacity to lift the maximum weight of cargo units to be stuffed in.
In second term you shall take into account the type of cargo, if cargo could be degradated with fumes from exhaust, you must consider using electric forklifts or LPG for this purpose.
Normally cargo in containers are handled in pallets, if pallets must be stuffed two high, you will require a high free lift mast, this mast must have a total height when folded about 2,100 mm or less.
There are masts with two stages or three stages that can fit with this requirement with free lift from 990 to 1400 mm
Probably you will need to detach the backrest in order to obtain a higher freelift to operate inside the containers.

Your forklift supplier can provide you with suitable alternatives, I recommend to contact your local TCM dealer and I am sure you can obtain the alternatives you need.

With my best regards,

Omar.

You can contact me in: [url/email removed] or [url/email removed]

Posted 30 Nov 2007 00:12 AM

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chris_n
West Midlands, United Kingdom

You need a Full Free Lift Triple or Duplex Mast which will have a lift height of 4.4m and 3.0m respectively. Normal capacity for a Container Loader is 2.0/2.5 tonnes allthough 3.0 tonnes can also be used. Sideshift is a requirement. Normally forks are 950/ 1000mm for 1000 X 1200mm loads loaded two X 1200mm accross. Flood Lights and a mirror are a good idea. If u are on a ramp IC engine is best but as per Omar u will need exhaust purification. If u have a dock leveller u can use electric which is clean.

Posted 30 Nov 2007 04:40 AM

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Ahmed_Parekh
Sindh, Pakistan

GIVE SUGGESTION FOR SAFETY OF ROAD USERS

My son, Aamir Parekh and his companion driver Hanif died, when container fell on their car from passer by trailer on 4th August 2006. (Photo enclosed).

To stop repetition of such tragic incident, request is being made to road users, who manage to collect information and experience from their overseas contacts about transportation of containers on road in foreign countries.

Grisly reminder of lethal danger….

Accidents kill 500,000 Pakistanis annually as per Dawn of June 7, 2007

So, act now and send suggestions to following email address, remembering:-

“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”. (Geoffrey Moss.)

Nine tenth of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
(President, Theodore Roosevelt)

(Father of deceased)
40 – B, S.M.C.H.S. – Karachi – Pakistan –
+92 (021) 452 4008 – 454 3237, 0300- 822 9664, 0301- 822 9664

emails: [url/email removed]

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Ahmed Parekh

Posted 1 Feb 2008 09:59 PM

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bill_reimundus
Essex, United Kingdom

You have my sympathies for your tragically lost son.

One of the reasons container movement by road can be problematic is that there is, unbelievably, no requirement to weigh containers at embarkation ports. Port operators, therefore, take the information on payload weights from container packers and consignors entirely on trust, but that trust has been grossly abused for many years. Consequently, there are often many container lorries which are grossly overloaded and therefore in breach of the law but the culprits are not the hauliers but the container packers and consignors and their motive is, quite simply, meanly-earned profits.

Following on the MSC Napoli container ship grounding off the Devon coast last year, the marine accident investigation board found that no less than 20% of the above deck containers had underdeclared container payloads of 3 tonnes and in one case it was 20 tonnes! Such wrongly given information not only affects ship stability but also places greater stresses on the hull.

The World Whipping Council and others are now considering making the weighing of all containers mandatory but it will not just be the ports that will have to weigh containers. It would also put pressure on all container stuffers and consignors to weigh the loads placed inside containers.

For a fuller story see my article by going into Google and tapping in: "Container Payload scams cost billions and risk lives".

Posted 8 Dec 2008 06:03 AM

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kevin_k
dumfriesshire, United Kingdom

this is right , i,ve been called out to a truck that refused to lift a container off a lorry . customer jumping up and down shouting trucks rubbish . notes said 14 ton gross . common sense could see that the lorry tyres when under strain . i asked them to run the trailer over a weighbridge before we go any further . 24TON in the bugger ,no wonder 16 ton truck couldn,t shift this box . still waiting for the apoligy

Posted 9 Dec 2008 05:09 AM

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