Reach Truck BT training 

Same for me.I got my license but still struggle with this thing on the new working place.

Appreciate the comment and agree it is a vital part of the machine and should be delivered to operators so they can make the appropriate actions required

mee too

Same here

sorry, but this is not the right way to position this type of reachtruck. 1 you don't approach a load with the forks in front of you - 2 the pivotpoint is correct for trucks with 180° stearing. This reachtruck has a 360° stearing.... - couldn't resist. For correct information; look at this link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KqNqV7aTxW0.html

Your very welcome be professional and stay safe

Thanks aluminium oxide appreciated

nah, i just make sure they know I´m coming. I always think a skull is not as hard as a fork........and they know it.

Appreciation jlc7300

Hope you did or do well. As far as conversion from counterbalance to reach the principals are the same only 1 extra motion/ operation. Opposite turning is the difficult bit to remember 🙃

I always rear my forks back unless the skid is like 1,000 lbs+.

Always level everywhere I went. Not "the company rule", but just made sense. You need to keep an eye out for tall pallets. Or in warehouses where the height of pallet slots can vary quite markedly all over the warehouse. Damaged a bar once due to assuming the employer was like my previous one for that

Yes Peter it's not for everyone and as an instructor it's my job to insure the operator and the company have the correct systems in place to provide a efficient and safe work force.

@@djfab3000 That's all what people are. Applications who you add and remove, systems.. In practice failing a course is sentenced to never be able to use your license on big companies. The truth is that schools are gatekeepers and people are drafted from the school.

@@robertagren9360 no. Systems are 'safe systems or procedures or ways of doing things'. They are not just a simple set of instructions, they are mindset too. That's why researching and understanding what you are getting involved with, what can happen if you get it wrong, and the principles around operating your truck safely are important. Now go try again 😬

In some ways it's a young person's game. 1st attempt to get the reach flt cert failed, aged 52, after 2 days (with 1 more day allocated) I was chucked off, the agency trainer said it was not for me. Got another go, with an in-house trainer (thanks Mikey at Tesco) & he felt after 5 days I was ok to let loose. It can be a very stressful job & physically hard off the truck. Felt myself nodding off on occasion on put-aways. And I learnt what chillblains are, in an unheated warehouse 😞(they suck).

@@robertagren9360 Maybe true in the USA but not my experience in the UK. Got a 2nd go. Never killed or injured anyone 🙂, a few pallets "down" & dents to racking in 10 + years but when you're all under pressure to hit targets, that's inevitable unless you're a human robot

Your welcome sport06

Your very welcome

@Gary Bea but it also depends on the shelve types in the warehouse. Our warehouse only have shelves where EPAL pallets go in by length.

Increase the distance of the load centre will then reduce the capacity the truck can handle. Thanks marco

Good information thanks for participating guys

Hey, we have people here that drive 2 epals at a time with reach out (one fork in one pallet). Is it legal to carry multiple pallets at once like this?

@@vincehoffman179 No, unless the truck has a double load setup.

Loo roll's nothing, colleagues dropped 750kg of wine bottles/packs onto her truck from 9 - 10 metres. Another operator was seen driving a truck with little shards of glass impaled in his shiny top of head. Thrills & spills at times

I trained a guy once with 1 eye and 1 arm. So he could not keep 1 hand on at all times. He was a brilliant operator and only operated Hydraulics with Handbrake and neutral applied. The only person that can tell you that you should not operate is a doctor so be careful of discrimination.

I was and am talking about your everyday driver. In our company we do not discriminate but there are allowances for personnel but I am talking about safety as a whole not one obliviously very talented person.

@@djfab3000 Outside of tests & learning phase I never applied brake routinely when operating lift. It might have been a little safer but it's all about time/performance & you find a skilful way of working

Minus 27°c in the iceland frozen food warehouse. Turn you in to a popsicle

didn't know what chillblains are until I worked in an unheated warehouse. They suck. You wear super-thick gloves, they interfere with your control

Aaaah, you wanted to drink them?

I would say this truck is 1 of my favourites after Toyota bought out BT, it then went a little downhill