Reach Assembly & Carriage
During a regular work shift, both the carriage and the reach assembly receive a large amount of stress. High durability of these items is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that the truck keeps production levels high. Yale reach devices are designed using heavy-duty parts for long life and durability. The reach assembly is cushioned at the end of the stroke for great durability and better operator ergonomics. Moreover, excellent visibility is provided with the optimal hose routing and the open carriage design.
The Reach Assembly Rear Carrier offers rigidity and durability by being mounted on angled load rollers in order to resist side to side forces. Furthermore, the stronger inner frame assembly helps to withstand vibration and shocks during load handling. The thick inner frame's side weldments have also been designed for durability.
There are tapered roller bearings at reach mechanism pivot points that make up the Reach Arm Mechanism. These pivot points decrease the side to side twisting and motion of reach assembly in tough operations. In order to lessen carriage twisting, dual reach cylinders are mounted. There are key pivot points that have grease fittings in order to guarantee longer service life by providing lubrication.
Routed through a flexible track in order to reduce potential damage and binding are a variety of wires and hoses. The carriage is one more vital part. There is Reduced Carriage Travel Speed offered with Carriage Extended option so as to stop high speed travel with the reach assembly extended. This helps to reduce stress on the reach mechanism itself.
Mast
The mast's durability and rigidity are vital to both the operator's confidence and the truck's overall uptime. This is moreso when the reach truck is being operated at tall lift heights. The mast needs to be rigid enough to endure any twisting caused by the truck's motion or any off-center loading problems. The mast should be sure it could rise and lower in a smooth way with minimum consumption of power.