Howdy,

The company I work for is setting up a new facility and wants to use as narrow as possible aisles. The layout of the roof supports will keep aisle widths relatively generous however, so a 6-7ft width is not out of reason. We will only be lifting to a height of about 15-16 ft and the weight required is minimal (3000lb is sufficient).

Originally the "person in charge" chose a Landoll Drexel SLT-30 ( landoll.com/mhp/PDF/slt35.pdf ) which would have been acceptable until I pointed out to him that it only can load in one direction (90 deg pivot, not 180). The layout of the new facility prevents having aisles on the ends and therefore this particular fork truck would not be able to load the opposite side. The fork truck must be able to load to both the left and the right, not just one way.

While I am a mechanical engineer, my knowledge of forklifts is quite limited. We're looking for a fork truck that has a decent reputation (isn't going to be constantly breaking down) and any advice to this point (given the previous information) would be greatly appreciated. I also saw that Landoll has a Bendi line that will load from both directions, but I have no experience with this company or this model.

Thanks for any assistance.