Why Yale is the best choice for manual pallet jacks

Jan 13
09:53

2010

Rupert Smith

Rupert Smith

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The Yale manual pallet jack is also known as the pallet truck or a pump truck and is easily identified by its two front wheels that are mounted at the end of the forks. A hydraulic jack raises and forces the forks and their load upwards in order to clear the floor whilst in motion.

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So why go with Yale manual palette jacks when there are so many guys on the market?  They have been around since 1949 with a great positive track record of happy customers who feel like family.  Yale Materials Handling Corporation are a leading provider of a full line of high-quality,Why Yale is the best choice for manual pallet jacks Articles high-performance Lift Trucks (Forklifts), including electric, gas, LP-gas and diesel powered lift trucks. This includes narrow aisle, very narrow aisle and motorized hand trucks as well as a comprehensive Fleet Management service, parts, financing and training.

About Yale

Yale Materials Handling Corporation is a global organization and is part of the NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), the largest producer of lift trucks in the United States and the third largest worldwide with $1.5 billion in revenues. NMHG designs, engineers, manufactures and sells a full line of lift trucks under the Yale brand. Lift trucks ad well as their manual palette jacks are manufactured in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Scotland.

Retail sales of lift trucks and replacement parts are sold, supported and serviced through Yale authorized dealers and as a leader in materials handling, Yale’s lift trucks include the support of an entire company, strategically located dealer network, service technicians and everything needed to finance and manage a lift truck fleet.

Yale also manufactures a full line of products in Class I - Electric Rider Trucks, Class II - Narrow Aisle Trucks, Class III - Motorized Hand Trucks, Class IV - Cushion Tire Trucks and Class V - Pneumatic Tire Trucks. Product line offerings can vary by region so its best to check the product section on the website.

The contenders

Blue Giant is considered the other top ranking player specializing in everything from  handcarts to dock levelers.  Their FPT-55 manual pallet truck has a 5,500 lb capacity making it the perfect choice for budget conscious customers who require a reliable hand pallet truck. The EPT-55 manual pallet truck is great for heavy-duty tasks whose customers who want performance and value while the EPT-55-G manual pallet truckHas a galvanized finish making it perfectly suited to freezer and chemical exposure applications. EPT-55-SS Manual Pallet Truck is stainless steel finish offering maximum corrosion resistance in chemical, wet or cold applications.

Fast Lift Parts is the world's largest supplier of after-market pallet jack replacement parts  including Pallet Mule, Mobile, Lift Rite, Crown and others.  Aside the Yale manual pallete jacks, Crown Equipment Corporation also designs makes and distributes similar equipment and was founded in 1956.  They design and build roughly 85 percent of the parts used in their machines such as the engines, drive units, and electronic modules. Yale specializes which’s is why it is best to go with the most obvious tried and tested choice which has been around the industry the longest.