Having doubts on whether your forklift is able to lift certain goods?
You are not alone! We often receive queries from old and new customers on whether a certain forklift will be able to lift certain goods. With our free tool below, you will be able to perform a simple calculation to determine whether the goods carried will be within the safe working load of a forklift.
Forklifts operate on the principle of moments
All forklifts come with a safe working load chart as well as a rated weight at a certain load centre.
In any lifting scenario, the rear counter weight acts in tandem with the goods carried, pivoting on the centre of the frontal wheel
For this calculation you need 4 main key information
-Rated Load of Forklift
-Rated Load Centre
-Centre of Gravity of Goods
-Distance of Centre of Gravity to Carriage (X)
Step 1:
Locate the following information
- Rated load of forklift
- Rated load Centre
Step 2:
Determine the Centre of Gravity for your goods
Step 3:
Determine the Goods Centre of Gravity Line distance from the Carriage (X)
