dan m

I understand you have not seen a narrow aisle piece of equipment meaning reach type unit with lap belts. But I have and it was a rear entry unit and the operator only could sit down to operate the machine. It was a moving mast unit (some call mast reach). And the unit was a 2002 model. As I mentioned earlier, I was always taught that on narrow aisle units in case of tip over the operator should step out.

With the conventional reach truck there are 3 different operating positions - operator facing full foward, 45 degree side stance and full side stance (operator facing 90 degrees to the left of full forward. Guess you might call units w/reverse steer for operations where driving in reverse are required a 4th position. Some positions are easier and faster to step out of the compartment. This is why I invited comments from people like, Crown, Raymond, Nichiyu represetnatives as to what their position is