Ways to Effectively Reduce the Cost of Using Forklifts

Forklift maintenance can effectively extend the life of the forklift, and it is also a guarantee of safe operation, allowing your forklift to be in the best working condition at any time. In some logistics 

distribution centers and warehouses that require extremely high logistics efficiency, due to the large daily shipment volume, in order to reduce logistics costs, forklifts are almost in a 24-hour 

working state, so how can we perform simple maintenance on the forklift to ensure our work efficiency? TOOMOTOO has prepared 10 simple methods for you:

1. Frequently replace tires that are easy to wear. This is a must. Excessive wear or blockage of tires will make the forklift unstable during work and produce huge vibrations, which is very harmful 

to the electrical system and hydraulic system. Therefore, when choosing a forklift, in addition to choosing more wear-resistant tires, we also need to choose the material and type of forklift wheels 

according to the actual conditions of the working road surface, whether shock-absorbing wheels or road wheels, tires are needed, and what characteristics their materials and hardness have.

2. Keep the working environment of the forklift clean, and pay attention to the cleaning of the forklift itself. The working environment of forklifts is in warehouses or production workshops, etc. 

There are usually some debris, such as wooden pallet fragments, plastic wrap, garbage, rags, production waste, etc. If these debris are entangled in the wheels or tires of forklifts, especially 

manual transport trucks and manual stackers, it will have a serious impact on work efficiency. In addition, the floor of the forklift workplace should be cleaned frequently, and even plastic pallets 

or metal pallets should be considered to replace wooden pallets.

3. Add hydraulic oil and lubricating oil in time. Forklift machinery needs more maintenance, and insufficient hydraulic oil will cause the forklift to fail to reach its rated height and rated load, 

which will also affect work efficiency.

4. Operate the forklift in accordance with the forklift operation manual. Do not operate it incorrectly. Misoperation will damage the forklift at the least and cause a forklift accident at the worst.

5. Reduce impact damage. In too narrow aisles, pay attention. It is best to arrange a well-trained forklift driver to work in this section, and pay attention to the vibration alarm and turn indicator 

to avoid hitting people, etc.

6. Take more time to train your forklift operators and teach them safety knowledge, which can reduce the damage rate to the forklift itself and the goods, and also greatly reduce the failure 

rate of the forklift.

7. Arrange preventive maintenance. It is best to formulate a maintenance plan. In the long run, formulating and implementing a maintenance plan can save a lot of money. This can prevent 

the failure of major components, and also avoid many expensive repair costs, extending the life of your forklift.

8. Have a strict forklift management system. When the forklift is not used, please remove the key to avoid unnecessary damage caused by other non-operators' misoperation. Tell the operator 

that during the forklift process, for some narrow aisles, you must get off the car to measure the width of the aisle to estimate whether the forklift and the goods can pass safely.

9. After work every day, take half an hour or an hour to listen to the "sound" of the forklift. Since the forklift is often in full load working state, in order to ensure normal operation the next day, 

please listen to the working sound of the forklift to ensure whether it is normal and whether it can continue to be used tomorrow.

10. Battery maintenance and battery charging training are necessary. The battery of the forklift is very important. Now many batteries are lead-acid batteries, but a small number of batteries 

are maintenance-free batteries, and most batteries still need special maintenance. At this time, you should pay attention to check the forklift distilled water regularly. If it is insufficient, please 

add it in time; when charging, pay attention that although most rechargeable batteries are intelligently charged, they still cannot be plugged in for a long time, otherwise it will cause damage 

to the charger. Due to the special nature of the battery, it is best to train the forklift operator to avoid expensive maintenance costs due to improper battery maintenance.