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Hello,
I have a safety question: Our container yard has two reachstackers - soon to be three. I am now Operations Manager... when I was trained as a reachstacker driver, I was told: lift the container 10 feet with the boom retracted, then start transporting it. I am getting a fair bit of resistance from some new operators who want to lift the container about three feet off the ground and then start moving the machine.

There are clear instructions in the Kalmar DRF-450 that we have to do this. I believe this should be a standard operation procedure because of increased visibility, reduced risk of hitting other containers, and improved stability (COG). Am I right? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
  • Posted 9 Jun 2009 18:44
  • By Harvest
  • joined 9 Jun'09 - 3 messages
  • British Columbia, Canada

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