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Term of the Road Dictionary

counterbalanced lift truck

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
Theme : Operations Transport Vehicles
Definition : Stacking lift truck fitted with fork arms (which can be replaced by another device) on which the load, either palletized or not, is put in a cantilever position in relation to the front wheels and balanced by the mass of the truck [EN 14943].

freitragendes Flurförderzeug

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
Theme : Betrieb Transport Fahrzeuge
Definition : Stapelgerät, das mit Gabelarmen ausgerüstet ist (die durch ein anderes Gerät ausgetauscht werden können), auf denen die Ladung, entweder auf Paletten oder nicht, im Verhältnis zu den Vorderreifen in Auslageposition transportiert und von der Masse des Staplers ausbalanciert wird [EN 14943].