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chewingyu
Singapore, Singapore
I am in search of a way to save fuel consumption for my fleet of forklifts. Apart from telling drivers not to speed or rev unncessarily or leave the engine running for no reason, what else can I do?
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John_Lambert
Victoria, Australia
Hi chewingyuBetter to strive and experience all life’s colours from pain to ecstasy than to exist in a grey life
InventoryOps
Wisconsin, United States
Review facility layout and processes (aisle design, slotting, putaway and picking processes). See if task interleaving, batch picking, or other would be options for your material handling processes. See about the possibility of modifying the lift trucks (or getting different equipment) to move multiple pallets at a time. Use more efficient vehicles form longer distance moves. There are a lot of ways to reduce the distance traveled by warehouse workers that will not only save fuel, but will also save labor and wear and tear on equipment.
dave_j
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
There are devices which will shut down the truck after excess idle time, these can be adjusted to suit. Or try a speed limiter. Another option is CNG powered truck if you are using LPG currently, it is expensive to install initially but the long term ROI is huge. Most FLT companies would be able to advise.
johnr_j
Georgia, United States
Change to a higher durometer tire compound and change tires more frequently. Your operators & equipment might not like you too much especailly w/pneumatic tire forklifts - but that depends on the operating surfaces.Have An Exceptional Day!
william_o
Pennsylvania, United States
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gary_d
scotland, United Kingdom
stills hybrid drive will save you 50 percent on your fuel bill [url/email removed]
catwaddy
Florida, United States
buy Linde hydrostatic transmission
chewingyu
Singapore, Singapore
How does this help?
kevin_k
dumfriesshire, United Kingdom
from my experience linde diesel trucks are a bit fuel thirsty. best way to save fuel is to sack the first driver you see spinning the wheels . puts the wind up the rest of them
chewingyu
Singapore, Singapore
Not easy to just sack someone who seems to be using excessive fuel, let alone create unnecessary wear on tyres!
EasyM
South Carolina, United States
The Linde hydrostatic drive will save you some money on fuel. Very low rpm's up to about 7 mph.
chewingyu
Singapore, Singapore
The way to handle Linde forklifts are so different from the Toyotas that we have. Don't think it would be feasible for our guys to drive the Linde's.
chewingyu
Singapore, Singapore
Anyone tried the MTech Fuelsaver device from Fleetsafe? How effective is it?
dave_j
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
I think you have all the right replies but feel free to ask again about the points I raised regarding truck management systems.
Moon
NingBo, China
Hi,chewingyu
Moon
NingBo, China
Hi,chewingyu
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