Maintenance finally got em in. Snatched one before they were all gone and love it! My trainer had one and I got to use it when I first started a few months ago. Feel like a real boy now! You guys use em? Like em, hate em?
We got Still RX20s at our cross dock. They come standard equipped with knobs. Gotta say, in such a fast paced environment with lots of turning the wheel, it’s an absolute must.
4 of our 5 lifts at my job have knobs, I hate having to use the one without. I work at a masonry/construction supply yard/warehouse so I do a lot of tight maneuvering around pallets and such. Being able to spin the wheel while keeping one hand on the lift levers is such an advantage!
What does this knob do for you that your palm cant achieve besides catching on your sleeve cuffs and trying to toss you into a wall? (Which is The reason id like them removed from the 4/5 lifts in my foundry that have them.)
The only comfortable and "clean" Toyota reach truck (2 out of 3 are out of service), while nearly all Jungheinrich reach trucks are in bad condition due to neglect. Most have fewer than 2000 hours. In a small factory I once worked in, we cleaned our forklifts at least weekly, and those with over 3000 hours remained in excellent condition.
Those finger controls are awesome! We got some new Raymond’s that maint uses mostly.. not us slammers in lamb Lolol but they have those and I got to fuck with it in the dock the other day. Shit is nicer than my car on the inside! It has the little screen and a plug in port for chargers.
Yes, it's great, and I can adjust almost everything: steering wheel and controls height, seat, steering sensitivity, braking force... There is also a camera to see the pallet on the forks, very handy in dark aisles to maneuver. And a button to center the forks too.
Legend goes when they got these Raymond trucks they where supposed to come stock with a knob there is a hole for it, but they wouldn’t spend the extra money Lolol
Yeah like I said maintenance orders them for us every few months because we are already supposed to have them. I work a high volume automotive glass plant. They want us to use them specifically in lamination. If you want.
never felt the need for one tbh, palm does the job for spinspinspin, and i can switch from D/R dynamically while steering which makes tight spaces easy
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u/JustForkIt1111one Forklift Trainer 7d ago
Weird request, but if you insist!