Truck Mounted Forklift Operator Training
It’s been overdue and forgotten that the forklifts carried on the back of the trucks and trailers we see every day moving down the road are funny looking – yes, difficult to operate – no, but very unique in their own way.
They clearly have 3-wheels, look like an all-terrain forklift of which they are and they also move product to places that aren’t normally accessible by a crane or certainly not by carrying.
Roofing companies like Roofmart as well as Totem, Rona, Home Depot and others have now switched or are switching over from crane delivery to using a truck mounted forklift.
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The reasoning is two fold, bigger knuckle boom cranes fall under a Licensed Crane Operator requirement which is a good thing, however the costs associated with that have become a challenge. Particularly in Alberta where labor isn’t as easy to find as it was before. Now the TMF or truck mounted forklift comes in and makes it very easy to put an operator in the chair. But…given the fact that it has only 3-wheels makes it an easy target for tiping over in a fast turn as well as driving on the hill slope.
Our training program is 4 hours long, very comprehensive and teaches the do’s and don’t s of operating a TMF in Alberta. All too often many of the units we see are running down the road installed incorrectly by the operator and either hanging down too far, no slack on the chains or the steering wheel is in the wrong position and it goes on.
If you are a business owner, you may want to consider our certification training, I can assure you that with my 15-years experience, your operators will learn a thing or three.