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High Level order pickers

Can anyone/everyone please give me their advice on the pro's and con's of high level order pickers and what they think are the best brands. Cheers.
  • Posted 27 Sep 2007 14:42
  • By Dais
  • joined 3 Sep'07 - 26 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
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I am looking at second hand units as well, but I need two and want them to be the same machine. I will research these machines. I haven't come across these in my searches.I am familar with the brands, but have not come across that model. So thank you very much. Daze.
  • Posted 12 Oct 2007 09:35
  • By Dais
  • joined 3 Sep'07 - 26 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
If you could pick one up second hand, Id go for a Dambach combi(not sure if Atlet still sell them though), they were sold by Jungheinrich as ETX150s but dont touch the newer hercules one with a pointy stick....
  • Posted 11 Oct 2007 23:15
  • By scots33
  • joined 11 Oct'07 - 8 messages
  • North lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Thanks John,

That's not a concern. The aisles are not narrow, reach trucks woek in there to. It's the reliability I want to enquire about. If they have particular recurring problems specific to any of the trucks. But thank you for your input. Kind regards, Daisy. Have a great day.
  • Posted 11 Oct 2007 09:13
  • By Dais
  • joined 3 Sep'07 - 26 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
If you are looking at VNA equipment, make certain you have more than one unit in your plans for the following reasons:

1. If a unit goes down you still can operate at 1/2 efficency. If you have only one & it goes down - big problem.

2. Rental units are unlikely to be available from your local distibutor.

3. No other piece of equipment will work in an aisle set up around a VNA type machine.
  • Posted 10 Oct 2007 22:36
  • By johnr_j
  • joined 3 Jun'06 - 1,452 messages
  • Georgia, United States
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Thanks Ron,
Have you any idea how they compare to crown? When you chose the raymond, were there any specific benefits that made raymond a better option than other pickers?
Cheers, daze.
  • Posted 8 Oct 2007 09:17
  • By Dais
  • joined 3 Sep'07 - 26 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
the new a/c raymond is a great unit we have 3 working great for 2 years low maintence
  • Posted 6 Oct 2007 21:31
  • Modified 6 Oct 2007 21:33 by poster
  • By ron_p
  • joined 4 Mar'05 - 11 messages
  • Illinois, United States
Crown seems to be the concensus. Everything I have enquired about, people across the globe recommend crown. Don't hear much about BT / Raymond products.
Cheers Allen
  • Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:36
  • By Dais
  • joined 3 Sep'07 - 26 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
No worries Dais and I would recommend Crown.
  • Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:20
  • By allen_c
  • joined 5 Oct'07 - 3 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
Thanks Allen.
  • Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:11
  • By Dais
  • joined 3 Sep'07 - 26 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
dais:

HLOP in a VNA set up affords you aisles of 1.2m to 1.5m therefore you gain more storage and you can access more SKUs/pick faces. That is a big advantage of the HLOP as opposed to mid/low level pickers. In some warehouses this overriding factor is enough to drive warehouse managers to go in that direction because the compromise is you will need a new warehouse extension or off-site storage.

However your throughput suffers because you are going higher up. So it is a compromise. What can you live with and what can you give away.
Also in a VNA you will not be able to use a forklift or reach truck if you want to putaway full pallets. You will probably need a turret truck.
  • Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:01
  • By allen_c
  • joined 5 Oct'07 - 3 messages
  • Victoria, Australia

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