Paddy B,
What type of reach truck are you talking about ----
1.) The little baby ones used in a warehouse or
2.) finn r was refering to (container handling, telescoping reach types) the giant sized (PaPa Bear)ones in his response.
Most of this thread seems to be discussing the warehouse type, electric reach.
Let's see if this train is on the right track.
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