Liftow Forklift Blog

Over the years, technologic advances in materials handling equipment have allowed lift trucks to lift heavier loads, lift things higher,...

Forklift operation and materials handling are by no means “easy” jobs, and even with safety enhancing technology and ergonomic advancements,...

As an experienced manager or operations professional, you understand a busy warehouse or distribution center can be rife with potential—often...

Extending the workday by a few hours, or even an entire double or triple shift, may make sense during periods...

You’ve got everything you need to start your new job off on the right foot. You’re enthusiastic, ready to learn...

Before beginning a shift, forklift operators should protect themselves and their co-workers from harm by conducting a simple, preflight check...

When most managers contemplate ergonomic changes to the workplace to improve employee safety and health, they think first about physical...

If your materials handling workplace involves both an indoor (warehouse forklifts) and an outdoor component (including an outdoor loading dock...

The Basics Forklifts are found in most every warehouse, distribution centre and construction site. Constantly buzzing around, these vehicles perform...

No matter how well designed and well-built your lifting equipment may be, no machine lasts forever without routine and proactive...

As a business owner or operations manager, you may hear plenty of buzz about “ergonomics,” as if this single word...

While some of your newly hired employees will have decades of experience in the specific task areas to which they’re...