Prowell Forklift Trucks Operation Manual Page 33 with Internal Combustion Engine

9 - 4 THE LIFTING AND LOWERING SPEEDS

The lifting of lowering speed is the speed at which the forks are moved up or down on the upright mast and given in terms of millimeters per second or feet per minute, both under full load and unload.

9 - 5 TRAVEL SPEEDS

Travel speeds of forklift trucks are specified in kilometers or miles per hour, for both forward, and reverse directions.
The truck must be kept under complete control at all times. The driving speed depends on surrounding and locat traffic conditions. Thus the safe operation speed is the rate of travel which will permit stopping well within a certain distance. For indo* ors it is normally not more than 5 mph or 8 km/hr. in forward and reverse direc tions.

9 - 6 TRACTION

The Traction of forklift truck is the maximum drawbar pull, this is a measure to indicate the ability of the truck to pull a trailer or trailer train which is connected through a drawbar or towing coupler at the rear.
The testing method is: the ground and. grade both have even concrete surfaces, the angle of grade is measured when the truck going up the grade has reached zero speed, that is' It has come to stop.

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9 - 3 MAXIMUM FORK HEIGHT

* The maximum fork height is the height at witch the forks carrying the capacity load are raised to the highest position with the mast in the vertical position, and is measured from the level ground to the upper face of the forks as shown above.