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Dais
Victoria, Australia

Can anyone/everyone please give me their advice on the pro's and con's of high level order pickers and what they think are the best brands. Cheers.

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Posted 27 Sep 2007 02:42 PM

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allen_c
Victoria, Australia

dais:

HLOP in a VNA set up affords you aisles of 1.2m to 1.5m therefore you gain more storage and you can access more SKUs/pick faces. That is a big advantage of the HLOP as opposed to mid/low level pickers. In some warehouses this overriding factor is enough to drive warehouse managers to go in that direction because the compromise is you will need a new warehouse extension or off-site storage.

However your throughput suffers because you are going higher up. So it is a compromise. What can you live with and what can you give away.
Also in a VNA you will not be able to use a forklift or reach truck if you want to putaway full pallets. You will probably need a turret truck.

Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:01 AM

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Dais
Victoria, Australia

Thanks Allen.

Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:11 AM

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allen_c
Victoria, Australia

No worries Dais and I would recommend Crown.

Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:20 AM

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Dais
Victoria, Australia

Crown seems to be the concensus. Everything I have enquired about, people across the globe recommend crown. Don't hear much about BT / Raymond products.
Cheers Allen

Posted 5 Oct 2007 12:36 AM

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ron_p
Illinois, United States

the new a/c raymond is a great unit we have 3 working great for 2 years low maintence

Modified 6 Oct 2007 09:33 PM
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Dais
Victoria, Australia

Thanks Ron,
Have you any idea how they compare to crown? When you chose the raymond, were there any specific benefits that made raymond a better option than other pickers?
Cheers, daze.

Posted 8 Oct 2007 09:17 AM

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johnr_j
Georgia, United States

If you are looking at VNA equipment, make certain you have more than one unit in your plans for the following reasons:

1.  If a unit goes down you  still can operate at 1/2 efficency.  If you have only one & it goes down - big problem.

2.  Rental units are unlikely to be available from your local distibutor.

3.  No other piece of equipment will work in an aisle set up around a VNA type machine.

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Posted 10 Oct 2007 10:36 PM

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Dais
Victoria, Australia

Thanks John,

That's not a concern. The aisles are not narrow, reach trucks woek in there to. It's the reliability I want to enquire about. If they have particular recurring problems specific to any of the trucks. But thank you for your input. Kind regards, Daisy. Have a great day.

Posted 11 Oct 2007 09:13 AM

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scots33
North lanarkshire, United Kingdom

If you could pick one up second hand, Id go for a Dambach combi(not sure if Atlet still sell them though), they were sold by Jungheinrich as ETX150s but dont touch the newer hercules one with a pointy stick....

Posted 11 Oct 2007 11:15 PM

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Dais
Victoria, Australia

I am looking at second hand units as well, but I need two and want them to be the same machine. I will research these machines. I haven't come across these in my searches.I am familar with the brands, but have not come across that model. So thank you very much. Daze.

Posted 12 Oct 2007 09:35 AM

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